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Middle East & North Africa

Retired Turkish colonel on TV: if Israel attacks Turkey, “Turkish commanders will drink their morning coffee in Tel Aviv”

A retired Turkish staff colonel told TGRT Haber that if Israel attacked Turkey, Israel’s “geography” would change within 24 hours.…

29 Oct2 min read

Greek-Turkish Relations

Turkish defence ministry sources say Ankara is “ready” to sign a delimitation deal with Egypt, repeating the 15,000 sq km claim against Greece

Turkish defence ministry sources said on October 28 that Ankara is ready to sign a maritime delimitation deal with Egypt,…

29 Oct3 min read

Cyprus

Cronos field: Eni signs the main contracts in Nicosia, with first Cypriot gas in 2028 through Egypt

Eni signed on October 26 the main engineering, procurement, construction and drilling contracts for the Cronos gas field in Block…

26 Oct2 min read

Analysis

Greece-Egypt EEZ agreement explained: what the 2020 deal says

The 2020 Greece-Egypt treaty delimits part of the two countries' exclusive economic zones. Here is what it says, what it…

26 Oct8 min read

Cyprus

Great Sea Interconnector: survey ship Abeille Marengo leaves Naples for Heraklion, NAVTEX expected in early November for Crete-Cyprus surveys

The French-flagged survey vessel Abeille Marengo has left Naples for Heraklion, with arrival expected on Tuesday, October 27. The seabed…

24 Oct2 min read

Cyprus

Israel’s Saar tells Cyprus’ Kombos the Turkish–Libyan memorandum harms regional states, as Christodoulides asks the EU to revive its mutual defence clause

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar spoke by phone with Cyprus’ Konstantinos Kombos about the Turkish–Libyan memorandum, which he said harms…

22 Oct2 min read

Cyprus

EU “strongly regrets” Libyan ratification of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: Kallas restates that it infringes third states’ rights

In a formal statement on 21 October, High Representative Kaja Kallas said the EU strongly regrets Libya’s ratification of the…

22 Oct2 min read

Greek-Turkish Relations

Turkish Defence Ministry to Greece and the EU: “Unilateral assessments by third parties” do not invalidate the Turkish–Libyan memorandum

Turkey’s Defence Ministry said at its weekly briefing that “unilateral assessments by third parties cannot remove the legal force” of…

22 Oct2 min read

Greece

State Department on the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: “good-faith negotiations” – while Greece raises it at the UN Security Council

Responding to a question from Greek public broadcaster ERT, a State Department spokesperson urged “partners in the Eastern Mediterranean” to…

22 Oct2 min read

Europe

UN: migrants paid up to $509 million to smugglers on sea routes to Europe in 2025, with 3,404 dead or missing

UNODC and IOM estimate that smuggling fees on the four main sea routes to Europe reached between $388 million and…

22 Oct2 min read

Greek-Turkish Relations

Ankara hits back at Israel over the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: its “disinformation” office calls the charge of destabilising the Eastern Mediterranean “clear disinformation”

The Turkish Presidency’s Center for Combating Disinformation called Israel’s statement that Turkey is destabilising the Eastern Mediterranean “clear disinformation”, posting…

21 Oct2 min read

Politics & Diplomacy

Egypt stands with international law: Cairo rejects the Turkish–Libyan memorandum as “absolutely null and void” – a firm answer to revisionism and a boost for Athens and Nicosia

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry rejected the Libyan House’s ratification of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum as absolutely null and void, citing the Law…

21 Oct3 min read