Cyprus
Istanbul pogrom of 1955 explained: what US records show
US State Department records describe the anti-Greek violence of 6-7 September 1955 in Istanbul and Izmir, the police that did…
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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…
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…
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…
Middle East & North Africa
Tom Barrack in Damascus: meeting with al-Sharaa and al-Shaibani – “Syria’s destiny touches every side of the Middle East’s Rubik’s Cube”
US special envoy Tom Barrack met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in Damascus. The same day…
Europe
Kallas to Fidan: the Turkish–Libyan memorandum “violates the sovereign rights of third states”
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas raised the Libyan House’s ratification of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan…
Greece
Gerapetritis: “The illegal Turkish–Libyan memorandum will not be implemented” – Greece will extend its territorial waters “when it chooses”
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said the Turkish–Libyan memorandum “will not be implemented” because it produces no legal effects, that Greece…
Greek-Turkish Relations
Israel condemns the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: it “violates the sovereign rights of our close allies” – and accuses Turkey of destabilising the Eastern Mediterranean
Israel’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the Libyan House’s ratification of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum, saying it violates the sovereign rights of…
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…