Eastern Mediterranean
UN Security Council condemns Turkish move to reopen Cyprus ghost town...
Jul 23, 2021
The UN Security Council has demanded "the immediate reversal" of a unilateral decision by Turkey and Turkish Cypriot leaders to reopen the...
Turkish ship fires warning shots at Cyprus coastguard
Jul 16, 2021
NICOSIA: A Turkish coastguard vessel fired warning shots on Friday at a Cyprus police boat on patrol for undocumented migrants near the...
EU chief warns Erdogan over north Cyprus visit
Jun 25, 2021
BRUSSLES: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Friday warned Turkey’s leader not to jeopardize a push for better ties with the...
Turkey allows Qatar to deploy 36 warplanes, 250 personnel for training...
Jul. 2, 2021
The Technical Regulation on the Deployment of Qatar Military Aircraft Personnel in Turkey signed between Ankara and Doha has been submitted to...
Anastasiades calls Cyprus fires worst tragedy since the Turkish invasion of...
By Andria Kades
July 4, 2021
The ongoing fire in Cyprus is the worst tragedy the island has faced since the invasion, President Nicos Anastasiades said...
Maritime boundaries agreement with Turkey is “invalid” says Saleh in Athens
July 2, 2021
“All foreign forces and mercenaries must leave the territory of Libya” was sent on Friday during the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias...
Rival NATO And Russian Fleets Practice Sinking Each Other In The...
By David Axe
Jun 30, 2021
Since last week, two rival fleets—one each belonging to Russia and NATO—have taken turns pretending to sink each other in...
Russian Navy & Air Force begin major exercise in Mediterranean Sea...
By Jonny Tickle
25 Jun, 2021
photo: Screenshot © Ruptly
On Friday morning, Russia's Navy kicked off a joint exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, where, alongside the...
Turkey threatened Northern Cyprus presidential contenders, former leader claims
Mustafa Akinci has accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of running a campaign against him in October elections
By Ragip Soylu
17 June 2021
photo: AFP
The...
AFRICOM military’s exercise: The art of creating new pretexts for propagating...
Phoenix Express 2021, the AFRICOM-sponsored military exercise involving 13 countries in the Mediterranean Sea region, concluded last week. While its stated aim was to...