Tag: Mediterranean Sea
Erdogan issues missile warning to Greece
The Turkish leader declared that his latest weapons could “hit Athens” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Saturday that his country’s newest ballistic missiles could reach Athens, before reiterating Türkiye’s demand that Greece cease its alleged militarization of the Aegean islands. “Now we have started to make our own missiles,” Erdogan said in a speech on Sunday. “Of course, this production scares the Greeks….
Lebanon, Israel finalise US-brokered maritime border deal
Israeli and Lebanese leaders have signed a US-brokered deal that for the first time lays out their maritime border in the Mediterranean Sea. It enables both countries to conduct offshore exploration for gas and oil. The agreement comes after months of indirect talks that also ended a decades-long border dispute. The two neighbours have no official relations and are technically at war. Israel’s Prime Minister…