F. Kontrafouri فیلیو

Cairo-based intl journalist. HBC, TRT World, AJE, France24. My heart was born in Greece, beats in Afghanistan since 2005. @ColumbiaJourn grad. Live to freedive

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

Μy Kabul ❤️ (May 2020)

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

Egyptians are some of the kindest people on earth.

Many times, the guy at my kiosk where I buy my cigarettes, after I pay gives me a couple of pieces of gym as a gift. Tonight, the guy from where I buy my water just did the same 🍬

[The Hormuz Report @HormuzReport]

BREAKING: A source close to Iranian officials says Tehran has documented a pattern of oil market manipulation tied to Axios reports and Trump administration insiders, including evidence of a $9 billion insider trading operation linked to Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.

Some of the documented timeline from the $9 billion insider profit:

Between April and May 2026, a series of suspiciously timed trades in oil futures markets preceded major Iran war announcements—each tied to reporting by Axios.

On March 23, approximately $500–580 million in shorts were placed 15 minutes before Trump announced he was postponing strikes on Iran. Oil dropped.

On April 7, roughly $950–960 million in shorts were placed hours before Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Oil fell around 15 percent.

On April 17, around $760 million in shorts were placed 20 minutes before Iran's foreign minister announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Oil dropped.

On April 21, approximately $430 million in shorts were placed 15 minutes before Trump extended the ceasefire. Oil dropped again.

On May 6, nearly $920 million to $1.7 billion in crude oil shorts were placed approximately 70 minutes before an Axios scoop claimed the U.S. and Iran were near a "14-point agreement." Oil dropped 12 percent. Traders made an estimated $125 million. Iran called the report "the Americans' wish list."

Previously, a senior Iranian official told investigative outlet Drop Site News that Tehran privately warned JD Vance during Switzerland talks that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were "abusing" negotiations—"more interested in exploiting insider knowledge to profit in financial markets than reaching a deal."

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

@NedosVassilis Είναι και η Αίγυπτος μέσα, μην την ξεχνάμε. Τετραμερής.

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

Sami Sadat was the most prominent military figure of the Afghan Army during the Republic.
Five years after the Taliban takeover, his United Front began the launch of operations against the Taliban, to as he says, free Afghanistan from their tyrranic rule.

[افغانستان اینترنشنال @AFIntlBrk]

سمیع سادات، فرمانده ارشد جبهه متحد افغانستان، در پیامی تصویری آغاز مبارزه مسلحانه این جبهه علیه طالبان را اعلام کرده‌است. به گفته‌ی او، عملیات این جبهه بر هدف قرار دادن رهبران، پایگاه‌ها و اعضای طالبان متمرکز خواهد بود.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

No child should ever live like this, EVER!

Gaza has been forgotten 💔

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

For years, such armed attacks were part of the Taliban's standard modus operandi as they fought the Afghan government and spread carnage across Afghanistan. Now they may be getting a taste of their own medicine.

[KabulNow @KabulNow]

Local sources in Badakhshan province say that Zabihullah Amiri, the Taliban’s Director of Information and Culture in the province, was killed in an armed attack on Tuesday morning.

According to the sources, the attack took place on the Fayzabad–Baharak road when armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on Amiri, killing him at the scene.

Read more: https://t.co/iQdpkrf4zu

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

I am so angry that the world, including the Arab states, don't care about Israel"s atrocities in the West Bank and Gaza

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

Secondary migration of Afghans frm Greece to Germany continues unabated.
#Greece doesn't want them. It knows Germany is their final destination. So it grants them asylum within days.Then w travel documents in hand, they legally fly to Germany where they apply for asylum yet again

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

@pontecorvoste Don't you miss it too sometimes?

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

At least two USAF refueling and airlift aircraft left Tel Aviv around 23:30 local and are heading east, currently over Jordan.

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

Α historic leap forward for peace in the Middle East would only be the creation of a Palestinian state. Anyone who ignores this reality lives in a parallel universe.

[Prime Minister of Israel @IsraeliPM]

The Prime Minister’s Office:

The joint American and Israeli military action against the genocidal regime in Tehran and Israel's crushing of Iran's terror axis have created the possibility to expand the circle of peace.

As President @realDonaldTrump has said, Saudi Arabia's joining of the Abraham Accords would be an historic leap forward for peace in the Middle East.

Peace through Strength.

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

I'm listening to a fr CIA officer saying "Afghanis" are recruited by Iran to intimidate the Iranian population in various parts of Iran.
How can you take seriously someone who -still- doesn't know that the people of Afghanistan are called Afghans & that Afghani is their currency?

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

Shams, our blind kitten also happens to be my Arabic teacher! 😻

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

@CatofAthens Άστα, το έπαθα προχτές, απτη ζέστη η πίεση ξαφνικά έπεσε στο 5! Νομιζα θα πήγαινα στον άλλο κόσμο. Νερό και ηλεκτρολύτες!

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

There's many of us who now have no doubt that Israel's end-game in #Gaza is the ethnic cleansing of the Strip

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

An israeli sniper kills their mother: shoots her through the head — can someone explain how more israeli lies of self-defence might work here

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

A few days ago, I met in Cairo Zainab, a cancer patient from #Gaza.

Israel delayed her evacuation to Egypt for treatment for too long & here she's diagnosed with stage 4 cancer that is not treatable.
If she is to die, she only wants to return home and die in her beloved Gaza.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🔴 Gaza: Three cancer patients are dying every day in Gaza, where about 11,000 people are living with cancer, including 4,000 who urgently need medical evacuation, according to Dr. Saleh Sheikh Al-Eid, head of the Oncology and Blood Department at Nasser Medical Complex.

Al-Eid said cancer patients are “waiting for death” as the collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system and severe shortages of medicines leave doctors unable to provide lifesaving care.

He said medical teams have been forced to rely on outdated treatment protocols because chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and even low-cost essential medicines are unavailable.

Al-Eid added that displacement, malnutrition, and life in overcrowded tents have further worsened patients’ conditions.

Source: Palestine Online

[Gaza Notifications @gazanotice]

🚨This is what childhood looks like in Gaza‼️

[Mel @Villgecrazylady]

TL;DR: Concentration camps. The US is going to help Israel build and run concentration camps in Gaza.

[F. Kontrafouri فیلیو @filiopk]

Part of @AJEnglish's special coverage on Gaza titled "Gaza: Promises and Reality"

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Israel's control over the Gaza Strip is not over yet as their occupation of the enclave is set to increase even more after PM Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to expand control from 64% to 70% of the territory.

Al Jazeera’s Lina Abu Akleh explains.