by Solon Ardittis
The EU-Turkey agreement on Syrian refugees was finally adopted on 18th March and came into force three days later. While flows have started to decline moderately over the past couple of days,…
by Nasim Ahmed
I was probably not alone in wanting to be surprised by British Prime Minister David Cameron as he made the case for air strikes against Daesh/ISIS in Syria to a packed parliament on…
by Brad Cabana
The more tensions escalate in Syria, the clearer the picture there becomes. This week those tensions escalated dramatically with the downing of a Russian SU-24 bomber, by Turkish F16s, near the border…
by Soumaya Ghannoushi
Sunni Islam is in turmoil. Over the last two decades, it has been in the grip of ferment and fragmentation unprecedented in its long history. After the wave of radicalisation that had swept…
by Yves Pascouau
The October European Council meeting took place after an unprecedented sequence of actions, with the Luxembourgish Presidency, the European Commission and the Council adopting and proposing a series of legislative and operational measures…
by Marc Pierini
Only a few weeks ago, the al-Assad regime seemed in danger of losing the swath of land from Latakia to Damascus to the assaults of the Islamic State of Iraq and the…
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by Christos Mouzeviris
A few days ago, a drowned child’s picture on the coast of Turkey, became the tragic poster of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. The three year old Aylan Kurdi’s washed up…
(Photo taken from time.com)
by Isabelle Panasi
It has already been four years that Syria has gone to war. In March 2011, the rebellion’s movement started. A large number of citizens asked the departure of Bashar…
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by Naveed Ahmad
Tehran seems in festive mood over the likely nuclear deal. US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian…
DISCLAIMER: all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe
by M. Behzad Fatmi / @BehzadFatmi
Islamic State to Iran is what Al Qaeda has been to America. The analogy might not resonate well…