Greece
U.S. Navy awards Meritorious Unit Commendation to NSA Souda Bay for 14-month surge in Eastern Mediterranean support
The U.S. Navy says its base at Souda Bay in Greece absorbed more than 1,000 extra personnel and 29 aircraft…
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Middle East & North Africa
Houthis claim ballistic missile strike on Saudi operations room at Badr camp in Aden, third attack on the city in a week
The Houthis say they hit a Saudi operations room at Badr camp in Aden with a ballistic missile; the coalition…
Europe
Costa and von der Leyen tell MEPs EU sanctions on Russia “will stay until Russia stops the war”
Reporting to the European Parliament on the October summit, Costa and von der Leyen covered the 2028-2034 budget, Ukraine, Russia…
Balkans
Kosovo: UN mission head warns tensions are “eroding trust” as Council splits over UNMIK’s future
Peter Due told the Security Council on 20 October that tensions and unresolved issues with Serbia are eroding trust in…
Asia-Pacific
Ghost Shark: Australia’s Anduril XL-AUV will lay mines and launch swarms of drones
Australia revealed the payloads of Anduril’s Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous submarine: up to 12 sea mines, ALTIUS drones for reconnaissance…
Middle East & North Africa
Druze – Syria: Explosive-laden drone attacks on Internal Security posts in Suwayda
Armed groups attacked Internal Security posts in the western countryside of Suwayda, southern Syria, with explosive-laden drones on Monday, Syrian…
Middle East & North Africa
Libya: Turkish intelligence chief Kalin in Tripoli with Dbeibah as Tripoli’s Foreign Ministry welcomes the Turkish–Libyan memorandum
Turkey’s MIT chief Ibrahim Kalin met Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah in Tripoli on the day Libya’s House of Representatives approved…
Greek-Turkish Relations
Fidan: Turkey is an “aspirin” for Greek politics – he defends the casus belli (“not a threat of war”) and says Ankara wants written notification for cable surveys
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Greek politics needs “a dose of anti-Turkish rhetoric… like aspirin”, defended the 1995 casus…
Europe
Metsola on the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: “Greece and Cyprus can rely on our solidarity” – the European Parliament joins Costa and von der Leyen
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola expressed Parliament’s solidarity with Greece and Cyprus over the Turkish–Libyan memorandum, answering Greek MEP Elisabeth…
Greece
Counter-NAVTEX from Heraklion: Greece declares Turkey’s NAVTEX 1032/26 for the KOBI RUEGG surveys “null and void” – lines south of Crete lie on the Greek continental shelf
The Hellenic Navy’s Heraklion NAVTEX station issued NAVWARN 1337/26 declaring Turkey’s NAVTEX 1032/26 for the research vessel KOBI RUEGG null…
Middle East & North Africa
UK and Oman pledge closer defence and maritime cooperation as Sultan Haitham makes State Visit
London says Oman is a vital partner for security and the free flow of trade through the Strait of Hormuz,…
Analysis
The Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum explained
The 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum draws a sea boundary that ignores Greek islands. This explainer sets out what it is, what…