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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Oct 9, 201914 min read

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 7, 201915 min read

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, 20199 min read

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

Apr 6, 201829 min read

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

Oct 22, 20175 min read

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 17, 20172 min read

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 3, 20173 min read

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 2, 201716 min read

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...