UAE joins Greek, Egyptian naval exercise in Eastern Mediterranean - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Sean Mathews

Sean Mathews

Dec 1, 2020

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, along with their accompanying delegations, all mask-clad due to the COVID-19 pandemic, meet during their trilateral summit at the presidential palace in Cyprus' capital, Nicosia, on Oct. 21, 2020. — IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

EDIRNE, TURKEY - MARCH 02: Three men hold a rope as they travel in an inflatable boat as they attempt to enter Greece from Turkey by crossing the Evros river on on March 02, 2020 in Edirne, Turkey. Thousands of refugees and migrants have flocked to the Greece, Turkey border after Turkey announced that it would open border gates for a period of 72hrs to allow refugees to cross into European countries after thirty three Turkish soldiers were killed in a Syrian air raid in Idlib. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Im

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C-L) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visit the Greek Naval frigate Salamis during their visit to the Naval Support Activity base at Souda, the foremost US naval facility in the eastern Mediterranean on the Greek island of Crete. - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on September 29, 2020, concludes a two-day visit to Greece on with a tour of a strategically vital NATO base on a trip aimed at easing tensions between Greece and Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean.

Crete at center of converging, conflicting interests for Turkey, Greece in EastMed

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Greek special forces participate in a military exercise, code name 'pyrpolitis', in the Aegean sea on April 6, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

As EU mulls sanctions against Turkey, East Med allies to begin joint drills

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