Ankara arbitrarily claims vast swathes of the Eastern Mediterranean as Turkish (approximately 462,000 square kilometres of maritime territory) and seeks, among other things, to undermine the legally ...
The eastern Mediterranean’s potential for escalation was evident in February 2020, when France deployed its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to defensively stalk Turkish frigates sailing near to the ...
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