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A petrol bomb explodes among riot policemen during clashes with self-styled anarchists Friday that followed a rally in Athens marking the 44th anniversary of a student uprising against Greece's military dictatorship. Some 10,000 people attended the march, which was peaceful though anarchists later broke away from the crowd and clashed with police.

Greece's universities are increasingly coming into the grips of lawlessness, as evidenced by a spike in attacks on students and staff.  

The assaults, most of which go unreported, are apparently ideologically motivated and carried out by individuals who have no affiliation to the institutions - often self-styled anarchists occupying parts of campuses. 

A students’ demonstration at Syntagma Square, Athens outside the Greek Parliament has turned into a riot as anarchists and extreme leftists started to throw rocks and petrol bombs to the anti-riot police forces.

The anarchists broke ATMs outside banks in the wider area.

The area has been blocked by the police forces.

More information as they become available.

A day after 18 members of the Rouvikonas (Rubicon) anarchist group entered the Spanish Embassy in Athens to protest the use of police violence in Catalonia, a court Thursday imposed suspended six-month prison sentences on them for disturbing the peace.

Police arrested 18 people after members of the anti-establishment group Rouvikonas (Greek for Rubicon) entered the Spanish Embassy on the capital's central Dionysiou Areopagitou Street on Wednesday, scattering fliers and hanging a banner on the facade of the building in condemnation of police violence in Catalonia.

The United States dispatched 100 new trucks consisting of military equipment to the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria on July 30, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The trucks were reported in the city of al-Hasakah, located in northeast Syria, before heading to the northern parts of Raqqa.

The Greek government’s tolerant and passive stance towards disruptive actions, which in some cases lead to violent attacks by anti-establishment and anarchist groups, has led police officers in the field to feel baffled and disappointed. As the most recent incidents illustrated, anarchist groups operate in an environment of complete impunity.

The anti-establisment organization “Rouvikonas”, known for their surprise “attacks” against symbolic -as they say- offices, buildings and establishments, hit once again this time at the Greek Parliament. They usually throw leaflets with messages about certain issues that bother them and then they go as fast as possible.

Two topics have kept Turkey's agenda occupied for the past couple of days: The huge march for justice of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) that ended in Istanbul, and the G-20 summit held in Hamburg. 

Turkey has "successfully accomplished" its months-old military operation into northern Syria, but troops will not be withdrawn soon from the regions under Ankara's control as it seeks ensure life returns to normal in the area, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.