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The threat made by Turkey: a guide
Since the immoral and illegal EU/Turkey Deal was enacted on 20 March 2016, it seems as if we have written almost once a week about the...

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 9, 201914 min read
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Turkey and Northern Syria part two: a ‘safe zone’ which will not long be either
We had intended to publish this yesterday, 7 October 2019, but as news broke of the Trump administration’s decision to ‘stand aside’ and...

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 7, 201915 min read
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Turkey and Northern Syria part one: Invasion?
i. Turkey to be ‘allowed’ to enter/invade Northern Syria The US’ White House Press Spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham announced this morning...

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 7, 20199 min read
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Greece - an ongoing, and growing, crisis
Arrivals to Eastern Aegean islands, 1 January – 4 April 2018, inclusive Lesvos, 3,079. Total arrivals since 30 March: 351. Chios, 397....
Rory O'Keeffe
Apr 6, 201829 min read
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Syria: the future
IS appears to have suffered further set-backs in Syria, with the announcement by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF – a US-backed...
Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 22, 20175 min read
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Iraq and Yezidis: troops seize Sinjar
Iraqi and Iranian-backed forces have seized the Yezidi city of Sinjar, where in August 2014, IS committed one of its most horrific...
Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 17, 20172 min read
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The (lack of) Calm Before the Storm: Iraq, Syria and the international community
In an article for the Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies, Lieutenant Colonel Dr Mordechai Kedar warns that Shias in Iraq and in...
Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 3, 20173 min read
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A Tale of Two Cities: Referenda in Catalunya and Erbil
This week began with an internationally-condemned independence referendum in a regional capital in an intensely strategically-important...
Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 2, 201716 min read
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