Athens fears Middle East instability, joins others to push for change in EU's Syria policy

PoliticsForeign Policy Tags: European Union, Israel, Middle East
Photo by EC - Audiovisual Service
Photo by EC - Audiovisual Service

Athens is monitoring with concern the latest developments in the Middle East in the aftermath of the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, a development Greece fears could inflame tensions in the already-fraught region and wipe out any fragile hopes of achieving a ceasefire in the Gaza war.

In Greece, there are fears of an escalation in the wider region. Diplomatic sources in Athens appear certain that Tehran will respond to Haniyeh’s assassination on its territory. Such an event will provoke a subsequent further de-stabilisation in the re...

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