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Five-Nation Military Exercise in East Mediterranean Sends Message to Ankara

The Naval forces of Greece and Cyprus will join those of Egypt, France, and the United Arab Emirates in conducting a large-scale sea and air exercise off the Mediterranean coast of Alexandria, Egypt starting Monday, November 30. The joint exercise...

Turkey to Conduct Military Exercises on Greek National Holiday, Breaking NATO Agreement

Just hours after an agreement to cancel military activities planned on each country's respective national holidays, Turkey announced that it would go ahead with planned military exercises scheduled on Greece's OXI Day. This announcement breaks the moratorium announced by NATO...

Joint Greek-US Military Exercise Held South of Crete

A joint Greek-US aeronautical exercise was held on Monday in the sea area south of Crete. According to a Hellenic National Defence General Staff's announcement, the exercise, which is part of the ongoing military cooperation between Greece and the United...

US and Greece Conduct Joint Military Exercises Near Mount Olympus

A large-scale joint military exercise in the foothills of Mount Olympus took place on Wednesday between the aviation units from the armies of Greece and the United States. This new Greek-American exercise took place only a few weeks after the...

French Fighter Jets Roar Over Cyprus in Joint Military Exercise

France partnered with the Republic of Cyprus in testing its anti-aircraft defense capabilities in a joint military exercise which was conducted across the free territories of the Republic on Monday. Numerous French ''Rafale'' fighter jets pretended to be trying to...

Italian Navy Frigate Conducts Military Exercises With Cyprus off Larnaca

The Italian Navy's Frigate ''Virginio Fasan,'' which had been docked at the port of Larnaca from February 8 until February 10, has carried out a joint military exercise with the Cypriot Navy, it was made public on Tuesday. According to...

Greece, France and US Send Message of Strength in ''Alexander the Great'' Military Exercise

The large-scale joint military exercise dubbed ''Alexander the Great'' concluded its operations on Friday on the Greek island of Skyros. The multinational military exercise, which has been conducted jointly this week by the armies of Greece, France and the United...

Turkey and Pakistan Conduct Joint Military Exercises off Greece's Castellorizo

Turkey and Pakistan have been conducting joint military exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in the last few days, off the small Greek archipelago of Castellorizo. This is seen by many experts as a Turkish response to the ongoing strategic...

Turkey to Hold Aegean Military Exercise on Greek Election Day

Turkey has issued a navigational telex reserving a large area south of the island of Kastellorizo, within Greece's continental shelf, for military exercises on Sunday, July 7th as Greeks go to general elections. The Turkish Navtex has reserved an area...

Cyprus To Hold Joint Military Exercises With Israel Until May 29

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Cyprus announced on Monday that it has begun joint military exercises with Israel. The exercises began on Monday, May 20 and will continue until May 29. The Ministry's announcement noted that all operations...

Increased Dolphin Deaths in Greece Possibly Caused By Turkish Military Exercises

More than fifteen dolphins have been found dead in the Aegean Sea since the end of February, Greece's ''Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation'' disclosed recently. The issue has already gone viral around the world, with members of the Institute claiming...

Turkey to Hold Massive Military Exercise in the Aegean

Turkish forces are preparing to hold their biggest ever exercises in the Aegean, involving frigates, destroyers and warplanes, between Feb. 27 and March 8, the Anadolu news agency reports. In a show of military muscle-flexing, more than one hundred warships...

Cyprus and Israel Begin Joint Military Exercises

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Cyprus, along with their Israeli counterparts, are beginning a new joint exercise as part of the annual military cooperation program between the two countries. The exercises will begin on Monday, December 17 and will last until...