In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate ended up on the Beirut waterfront, one thing is clear -- no one has ever publicly come forward to claim it.
There are many unanswered questions surrounding last week's huge, (...)
There was a time when the “region” was frowned on in Arabic political discourse. Although the word does not immediately signify a political entity or political boundaries, there was always a concern that it might be used to circumvent “Arab nation”, (...)
Countries and international organisations are sending help to Lebanon after a massive explosion in Beirut killed at least 158 people and injured 6,000.
Below are details of some of the assistance offered.
ARMENIA - A plane carrying medical supplies (...)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday that Turkey has restarted a search for energy in the eastern Mediterranean, accusing neighbouring Greece of failing to keep its promises.
"We have resumed the drilling activity. We have sent (the (...)
Egypt signed a maritime demarcation agreement with Greece to set up an exclusive economic zone.
The Egyptian minister of foreign affairs Sameh Shoukry signed the agreement counterpart Nikos Dendias
The two ministers discussed the possible means to (...)
Egypt's foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said on Thursday that the Turkish foreign ministry's response to an Egyptian-Greek maritime demarcation deal that defines an exclusive economic zone between the two countries is "surprising."
"It is (...)
Greece, Cyprus, Hungary and Poland have offered to act as neutral venues for UEFA competition matches if COVID-19 related-travel restrictions prevent them being played in the originally-scheduled country, the European soccer body said Thursday.
The (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed during a phone call with his Spanish counterpart Arancha González Laya the importance of confronting the transfer of terrorists and militias into Libya and rejecting foreign interference in the (...)
A massive warehouse explosion in Lebanon sent a devastating blast wave across Beirut, killing at least 100 people and injuring nearly 4,000.
An official source familiar with preliminary investigations blamed the incident on "inaction and (...)
Libya is facing a state of military escalation, mainly between neighbouring countries of the Mediterranean basin, and specifically when it comes to natural gas resources in the Mediterranean. Several political initiatives were tabled in order to (...)
In his televised teleconference with ruling party rank and file on Saturday, 1 August, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave reassurance to “Muslims from Palestine to Syria and from Arakan to Turkistan” who celebrated the Feast of Sacrifice (...)
Encroaching on Egypt's waters
EGYPT said on Saturday that Turkish seismic survey plans in the eastern Mediterranean could encroach on Egyptian waters where Cairo has exclusive rights. Egypt's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the survey (...)
A seismic survey that is planned by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean represents a violation and attack on sovereign rights, a statement by the foreign ministry said, further escalating tensions between the two countries.
In an official statement (...)
Turkey could pause energy-exploration operations in the eastern Mediterranean Sea for a while pending talks with Greece, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Tuesday.
In an interview with broadcaster CNN Turk, Kalin said President Tayyip (...)
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned statements by Greek officials and a flag-burning protest in Greece after the first Islamic prayers in nine decades were held at Istanbul's Hagia Sophia.
"Greece showed once again its enmity towards (...)
Turkey and Greece exchanged harsh words on Saturday over the conversion of Istanbul's Hagia Sophia into a mosque, a day after Islamic prayers were held at the ancient site for the first time in nine decades.
President Tayyip Erdogan, who attended (...)
Greece warned Thursday it will do ``whatever is necessary'' to defend its sovereign rights in response to plans by neighboring Turkey to proceed with an oil-and-gas research mission south of Greek islands in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The dispute (...)
Turkey must stop drilling for natural resources in waters in the eastern Mediterranean if there is to be progress in EU-Turkey ties, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said last week that (...)
“If things do not change, relations between the EU and Turkey are on a collision course.” This was the grim assessment, according to European officials, of the relationship between the European Union and Turkey, with many thinking the mistrust (...)
Greece and Cyprus will seek a "comprehensive European response" to Turkey's recent moves concerning Hagia Sophia and energy exploration, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Tuesday after talks with visiting Cypriot President Nicos (...)
Due to Turkish insistence to remain militarily involved in Libya, the south of the Mediterranean is full of tensions, on both the political and military levels. Egypt, France, Italy, Greece and Cyprus have all taken steps to ensure the security of (...)
Despite being a founding member of both NATO and the European Union, France usually maintains its own independent position in international affairs. Occasionally, its stances may align with the rest of the EU or with the NATO alliance, but in other (...)
The UN Security Council held a meeting via videoconference on the situation in Libya on Wednesday, 8 July. The meeting was chaired by the German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, as Germany has assumed the chair of the Security Council for the month of (...)
Nikoaos Garilidis is the new ambassador of Greece to Egypt, the country where he was born in July 1958 and where he lived until the early 1970s when he went back to Athens to study law and join the Greek diplomatic service.
This is his first year in (...)
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Greece, and Cyprus called on the United Nations not to register the maritime boundaries deal signed between Turkey and Prime Minister of the Government of the National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj, according to a (...)
