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#Russia reportedly engaging in “electronic warfare” against #British RAF aircraft by trying to interfere with the satellite communications of A400M transport aircraft taking off from the Akrotiri military air base in #Cyprus, possibly from #Syria https://t.co/fWm5uTjPSb pic.twitter.com/LTX7m29ZW4
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 19, 2021

Israeli military forces will hold a four-week exercise on #Cyprus this summer, called "war month", which seeks to simulate prolonged battle conditions in unfamiliar territory with the aim of boosting #Israel's wartime readiness https://t.co/rzuiUiAi2W pic.twitter.com/erjhoSuT6E
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 30, 2021

The #EU should stay out of talks on the #Cyprus problem as long as it recognises only the Greek Cypriot government, Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertugruloglu says, adding that a two-state solution was the only way forward for the divided island https://t.co/pdoyCngHhj pic.twitter.com/6r7ZscR9ym
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 24, 2021

#Turkey protests against a recent agreement reached between #Israel, #Greece, and #Cyprus to advance plans to build an underwater electricity cable in the Mediterranean, arguing that the planned route of the cable passes through Turkish territorial waters https://t.co/hEDs6oEphW pic.twitter.com/DA7o7kSgtI
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 16, 2021

Egypt

#Egypt's Minister of State for Information Osama Heikal welcomes #Turkey's move to stop criticism of the Egyptian government by opposition TV networks based in the country, adding he expects Egyptian media to also tone down attacks on Turkey https://t.co/V8RSkOUfNm pic.twitter.com/96oHn3SQlN
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 21, 2021

A court in #Egypt sentences Mahmoud Ezzat, the former acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, to life in prison in serves as another blow to the movement that has been the target of a crackdown since it was forced from power in 2013 https://t.co/3OYFRkWMft pic.twitter.com/6u9ZdNClYX
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 9, 2021

#France's nuclear aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and #Egypt's Segm Al Fateh frigate take part in a joint French-Egyptian naval exercise in the Red Sea, Egyptian military spokesman Tamer al-Refai announces https://t.co/uDEaZl7yG4 pic.twitter.com/ZoKRjUqTsQ
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 15, 2021

The Ever Given, a 400-metre long container ship weighing 200,000-tonnes that has blocked #Egypt's Suez Canal for nearly a week, has been refloated, raising hopes that the international waterway will soon be clear https://t.co/pcezIYNBXH pic.twitter.com/VNb14n3T0Q
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 29, 2021

Greece

NATO members #Greece and #Turkey hold a closed door meeting in Athens to try once more to settle their standoff over Eastern Mediterranean maritime borders and energy exploration and hydrocarbon drilling rights in the disputed Aegean Sea https://t.co/XUgfsN9Z4M pic.twitter.com/ahN322xCJK
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 17, 2021

#Turkey protests against a recent agreement reached between #Israel, #Greece, and #Cyprus to advance plans to build an underwater electricity cable in the Mediterranean, arguing that the planned route of the cable passes through Turkish territorial waters https://t.co/hEDs6oEphW pic.twitter.com/DA7o7kSgtI
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 16, 2021

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reopens #Greece's embassy in #Libya with the aim of resetting relations between the two countries that had previously been soured by the Libyan government's 2019 maritime boundary agreement with #Turkey https://t.co/WvuZB1KweQ pic.twitter.com/B3Gm98DTDB
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 7, 2021

Six Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 fighter jets arrive on the Greek island of Crete over the weekend in preparation for a joint military exercise between #Greece and #Saudi Arabia in the Eastern Mediterranean that is set to take place this month https://t.co/0U2PeGV4Sg pic.twitter.com/HEwHUjKtiD
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 15, 2021

Israel-Palestine

#Turkey protests against a recent agreement reached between #Israel, #Greece, and #Cyprus to advance plans to build an underwater electricity cable in the Mediterranean, arguing that the planned route of the cable passes through Turkish territorial waters https://t.co/hEDs6oEphW pic.twitter.com/DA7o7kSgtI
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 16, 2021

Lebanese Minister of Transport Michel Najjar announces that he has signed a document expanding #Lebanon’s exclusive economic zone claims in its maritime border disputep with #Israel by about 1,400sq km https://t.co/N1wze9YfJx pic.twitter.com/JsDceYsrbe
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 13, 2021

According to exit polls from the Israeli election, #Israel's incumbent right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud party might be able to establish a majority coalition if he gets far-right Yamina leader Naftali Bennett to join him https://t.co/r5adQFy1PA pic.twitter.com/BX2EX4typ9
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 23, 2021

Israeli military forces will hold a four-week exercise on #Cyprus this summer, called "war month", which seeks to simulate prolonged battle conditions in unfamiliar territory with the aim of boosting #Israel's wartime readiness https://t.co/rzuiUiAi2W pic.twitter.com/erjhoSuT6E
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 30, 2021

Lebanon

Foreign lenders including HSBC and Wells Fargo are cutting ties with #Lebanon’s central bank, sources familiar with the matter tell Reuters, underlining the country’s international isolation as it reels from economic crisis https://t.co/Fl6RZGI22F pic.twitter.com/D3bq9uWj9K
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 9, 2021

Lebanese Minister of Transport Michel Najjar announces that he has signed a document expanding #Lebanon’s exclusive economic zone claims in its maritime border disputep with #Israel by about 1,400sq km https://t.co/N1wze9YfJx pic.twitter.com/JsDceYsrbe
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 13, 2021

The Syrian regime signs a 4-year contract with a Russian company for oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean that could spark a new maritime border crisis between #Lebanon and #Syria https://t.co/j0KgvB6nE6 pic.twitter.com/E5U2XfMY6f
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 1, 2021

Lebanese President Michel Aoun tells Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to form a new cabinet immediately or else make way as soon as possible, amid growing anger over #Lebanon's intensifying economic crisis https://t.co/LwzEIYntRs pic.twitter.com/mX2dJIUsDm
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 17, 2021

Libya

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reopens #Greece's embassy in #Libya with the aim of resetting relations between the two countries that had previously been soured by the Libyan government's 2019 maritime boundary agreement with #Turkey https://t.co/WvuZB1KweQ pic.twitter.com/B3Gm98DTDB
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 7, 2021

The #UAE, which had previously backed #Libya's eastern-based putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar during the Libyan civil conflict, pledges support for the new unity government in Tripoli formed after United Nations-sponsored peace talks https://t.co/PG089wRrvk pic.twitter.com/7LBjTfIhhb
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 8, 2021

#France to reopen its embassy in #Libya's capital Tripoli to show its support for the North African country’s new unity government, President Emmanuel Macron says after meeting Mohammed al-Menfi, the head of the Libyan presidency council https://t.co/eHsnyFdOOl pic.twitter.com/3zC1Ef2bO5
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 24, 2021

The head of #Libya’s new interim government, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, and #Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirm their commitment to a 2019 maritime agreement that #Greece and #Cyprus have called on to be cancelled https://t.co/fhePw33f3p pic.twitter.com/vtx25otrts
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 13, 2021

Syria

The #US carries out airstrikes in #Syria targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups, the first military action undertaken by the Biden administration https://t.co/fcoCZPN80B pic.twitter.com/0D3QrPkGPv
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) February 26, 2021

Tempers flair between #Turkey and #Russia as warplanes target opposition-held areas in northern #Syria, causing damage to fuel facilities that are an economic lifeline for a region home to more than four million peoplehttps://t.co/UvaA5eWijx pic.twitter.com/gjQycz1kTo
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 22, 2021

The Syrian regime signs a 4-year contract with a Russian company for oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean that could spark a new maritime border crisis between #Lebanon and #Syria https://t.co/j0KgvB6nE6 pic.twitter.com/E5U2XfMY6f
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 1, 2021

#Syria starts rationing the distribution of fuel in the country amid concerns that shipments could be delayed because #Egypt’s #Suez Canal is being blocked by a giant cargo ship that ran aground, according to the Damascus-based Syrian regime's oil ministry https://t.co/mj3g3NPX6d pic.twitter.com/bAH67a51NS
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) March 28, 2021

Turkey

#Turkey detains 10 ex-admirals after over 100 retired navy officers express concern about how the Canal Istanbul project might affect the 1936 Montreux Convention over the Bosphorus Strait, in a statement the government says is ‘reminiscent of coup times’ https://t.co/i2fEsJQT4t pic.twitter.com/ZyndQbxgxZ
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 5, 2021

#Canada cancels all defense exports to #Turkey after an investigation finds that Canadian technology was used by #Azerbaijan, a key Turkish ally, during six weeks of fierce fighting with #Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region https://t.co/AwQ2uvfVZ9 pic.twitter.com/5XBjwdiunc
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 13, 2021

The head of #Libya’s new interim government, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, and #Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirm their commitment to a 2019 maritime agreement that #Greece and #Cyprus have called on to be cancelled https://t.co/fhePw33f3p pic.twitter.com/vtx25otrts
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 13, 2021

Politics drove #Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to sack central bank chief Naci Agbal after just four months in office, sources tell Reuters, with one describing a big interest rate hike two days prior to his dismissal as simply “the last straw” https://t.co/tIA2gE89YR pic.twitter.com/i1jj0nJZec
— Radio EastMed (@RadioEastmed) April 1, 2021

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