Aug 28, 2020
Turkey’s rising role in regional issues
The United States has condemned talks Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a senior Hamas leaders in Istanbul on 22 August. The Hamas delegation was led by the terror’s group…
Aug 03, 2020
Turkey inflames region with seismic research in Mediterranean
Turkey remains at loggerheads with Greece and Cyprus over competing claims for offshore oil reserves in the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas, amid heightened activity by Ankara that signals potential impending…
Jun 18, 2020
Israel, Greece, Cyprus relations strengthen
Greece and Israel are significantly bolstering bilateral relations in numerous sectors, including in the fields of energy and maritime security. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis concluded a state visit to…
Jan 08, 2020
Russian/Turkish gas pipeline inaugurated
Russia's President Vladimir Putin today attended the opening ceremony of the TurkStream natural gas pipeline in Istanbul today alongside Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The pipeline has a total capacity…
Jan 02, 2020
Israel Advances EastMed Pipeline to Europe
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz today attended a trilateral summit in Athens, to sign a mulitlateral agreement with Greece and Cyprus to advance the construction…
Dec 31, 2019
Erdogan: Turkey ‘strengthened’ by its Mediterranean deal with Libya
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used his annual end of year address to proclaim that his nation’s position will strengthen in the strategically-important eastern Mediterranean Sea as a result of…
Dec 24, 2019
Israel set to sign East-Med deal with Cyprus & Greece January 2
Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz declared that Jerusalem views Turkey's recent agreement with Libya to divide the eastern Mediterranean Sea between themselves as “illegal.” He was quick to note the…
Dec 23, 2019
Greek and Turkish fighter jets feud over airspace
Fighter jets from the militaries of Greece and Turkey were involved in 16 mock dogfights, following the violation of Athens airspace by Turkish planes. The incidents reportedly occurred on December…
Dec 18, 2019
Turkey Inflames Mediterranean Geopolitics
The Greek daily morning newspaper Kathimerini is reporting that a Cypriot source told the Cyprus News Agency that the "deportation" of an Israeli research ship in the island nation's territorial…