Are Turkey and Greece Heading for War?
Turkey has threatened to invade the Greek islands in the Aegean since at least 2018. A recent Egyptian-Greek maritime deal appears to have escalated Turkey’s regional aggression.
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Arabs and Muslims to Turkey’s Erdogan: “Why Don’t You Protest Against Yourself?”
“Erdogan’s Turkey has been normalizing its relations with Israel since the establishment of Israel.” — Rawaf al-Soain, Saudi writer, Twitter, August 14, 2020.
Bashagha’s central bank ally pays the bill for Turkey’s support
Libyans are wary over a statement issued by the Turkish Central Bank regarding a MoU concluded on Monday with the Central Bank of Libya.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, al-Sadiq al-Kabir, dropped a bombshell, surprising everyone in Libya by signing a “vague” memo of understanding with the Turkish Central Bank, just a few days following the visit to Turkey by Fathi Bashagha, Minister of the Interior of the Government of National Accord, and Khaled al-Mishri, head of the Libyan State Council. Both men are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood organisation and made the trip to Turkey amid the growing crisis between Bashagha and Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj.
EXCLUSIF: Il était le n° 2 de l’Etat islamique « Daesh » au Nord-Mali: Mort de Abdelhakim es-Sahraoui à Ménaka dans un accrochage
Des sources crédibles ont confirmé à l’Express DZ la mort de Abdelhakim es-Sahraoui, n°2 de l’Etat islamique « Daesh » au Nord-Mali, dans la périphérie du cercle de Ménaka, dans un accrochage avec des unités de combat opérationnelles étrangères.
Erdoğan Needs New Enemies
All those Turkish-Greek tensions in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas bolster a century-long Turkish nostalgia to take back some of the Greek islands. Yeni Safak, a fiercely pro-Erdoğan newspaper, suggested that the Turkish military should invade 16 Greek islands.
Al-Sarraj, Qatar and Turkey’s Defense Ministers discuss Sirte-Jufra military build-up
The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sarraj met Monday in Tripoli with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and the Qatari Defense Minister Khaled Al Attiyah and discussed latest military mobilization in Sirte and Jufra.
Six Russian military cargo flights arrive in eastern Libya from Syria
The spokesman for the Libyan Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Sirte-Jufra Operations Room Abdelhadi Drah said they had depicted six flights on Russian military cargo planes coming from Syria’s Lattakia to eastern Libya’s Labreg and Benina airports.