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Linde said that as a “guest” she would not engage in a dispute. “I would hope that everybody in Turkey will have the possibility to express their views as frankly as you are doing, minister. Thank you,” she said.

In the pre-coronavirus period he unsuccessfully tried to open many fronts at once but did not achieve the victories that as self-styled sultan he very much desired.

The Turkish leadership went as far as to liken the situation at the border to the plight of the Jews during the Holocaust. This disrespected the memory of the millions brutally murdered by the Nazis.

Erdogan can do anything in the darkness that surrounds him but that is also his Achilles’ heel – the prospect of being destroyed by his megalomaniacal nature and abuse of the tools he believes he has at his disposal.

Erdogan appeared unimpressed by what the EU was offering so far, saying the Union was always offering help but then falling short or not stepping up.

From that perspective, Germany has an historic obligation to lead Europe to abandon the role of passive observer as regards Syria and make it an active player.

The Greek government announced emergency measures to counter an “asymmetrical threat” from Turkey which it accused of directing in a coordinated manner the passage of many thousands of migrants to the land and sea borders of Greece.

Russia supports Assad and accused Turkey of flouting agreements it made with Moscow, aggravating the situation in Idlib, and failing to neutralise militants there,

At the same time waves of US protectionism, have undermined international trade, have undermined global growth, limited the rise of China, limited the power of India and rising Indian and Latin American economies, and have trapped embattled Africa turning it into a centre of refugees and migrants..

Syria and its populations are paying a huge price for the cynical power plays of major countries.

Vladimir Putin’s Russia which is distant from the Western values of democracy and liberty is steadily gaining predominance in the Middle East.

Mitsotakis must say that Greece demands solidarity in confronting Turkey’s arbitrary, hostile, and erratic behavior and its revisionist policies.

The problematic Turkish leader continues to provoke everyone and remains indifferent to international and domestic reactions and he has opened fronts in Cyprus and in Syria.

Η χώρα δεν είναι μόνον τόπος για πόλεμο αλλά και τόπος που έχει πλούσιο πολιτισμό και ελπιδοφόρο μέλλον.

Στη Διάσκεψη Δωρητών «Supporting Syria and the Region», η οποία θα διεξαχθεί την Πέμπτη, 4 Φεβρουαρίου, στο Λονδίνο, θα συμμετάσχει ο πρωθυπουργός, Αλέξης Τσίπρας.

«Στη Συρία, άλλοι τραβάνε πριν πεθάνουν, άλλοι τραβάνε αφού σκοτώσουν», λέει ο σκηνοθέτης Mohammed. «Κι εγώ στο Παρίσι, το μόνο που μπορώ να κάνω είναι να βιντεοσκοπώ τον ουρανό και να συναρμολογώ αυτά που έχουν τραβήξει άλλοι». Ένα παράδοξο κινηματογραφικό παζλ για γερά στομάχια, το «Silvered Water, Syria Self Portrait» δεν χωράει σε καμία κατηγορία. […]