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Two violations of Greek airspace by Turkish F-16 fighter jets

Turkish aircraft also committed five violations of air traffic regulations within the Athens FIR

Cyprus: Low-altitude flights by Turkish F-16s, Greek fighter jets on constant readiness with training flights

Three Turkish F-16s took off in the afternoon from the illegal airport of Tymbou, with the sound of their engines heard across much of eastern Nicosia

Green light from the competent parliamentary committee for the upgrade of F-16s and the “Achilles’ Shield”

PASOK and SYRIZA voted “present”, while the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and Course of Freedom voted against in the parliamentary committee. The final decisions will be taken by KYSEA (the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense) next week

US: Congressman Gregory Meeks reacts strongly to the deployment of Turkish F-16s in occupied Cyprus

The move "undermines the sovereignty of Cyprus and will only serve to increase tensions in the region", he says and calls on Erdogan "to change course immediately".

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