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Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that Turkey will begin drilling for oil and gas near Cyprus in the coming days, according to a report by the state-owned news agency Anadolu. Ankara's move could stoke tensions with neighboring Cyprus and...

Turkish oil and gas exploration ships will soon begin drilling activities in the seabed near the northern, occupied, part of Cyprus, a senior Turkish Cypriot official stated on Wednesday. Ozdil Nami, the economy and energy minister of the so-called Turkish...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned Greece and Cyprus against "reckless" actions in the eastern Mediterranean, the Daily Sabah newspaper reports. "The reckless behavior of Greece and the Greek Cypriot Administration, by receiving support from several European states...

The leader of Turkey's opposition party Iyi (Good party) on Wednesday threatened Cyprus with invasion following the country's drilling for natural gas in its Exclusive Economic Zone, the boundaries of which are disputed by Ankara. Speaking in the Turkish parliament,...

A drillship leased by ExxonMobil continues its journey through the Mediterranean towards Cyprus, where it is expected to arrive on November 12. The Stena IceMax ship has passed the southern coast of Spain, as Turkey was again warning that it...

In statements made on Friday, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar continued his recent string of threatening rhetoric directed towards Greece and Cyprus, this time stating that Ankara will not accept a "fait accompli." Speaking at Turkey's National Assembly during a...

Energy giant ExxonMobil plans to carry out an exploratory drill at a prospect off Cyprus sometime in the fourth quarter, a senior official said on Friday, after a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades. “We discussed our plans for the drilling...

Exxon Mobil’s Ocean Investigator research vessel has sailed from the port of Limassol into block 10 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to carry out hydrocarbon explorations for the U.S. oil giant. Reports earlier in March that U.S. naval forces had...

The U.S. has backed Cyprus' right to drill for gas and oil within its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Replying to a question about recent Turkish provocations, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department reiterated that Washington's policy on Cyprus’ EEZ "is...

The U.S. Navy is conducting a major exercise in the Mediterranean at a time when tensions are worsening between Turkey and Cyprus over drilling rights. The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima arrived off the coast of Israel on March...