Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday dismissed Turkey’s deployment of six F-16 fighter jets to the occupied north of Cyprus as a reaction to statements from European Union member states emphasizing that the island’s security is a shared responsibility.
Istanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, argued with the presiding judge on Monday in a chaotic start to a sweeping corruption trial that could extinguish the ambition of Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival to become president at Turkey’s next election.
Turkey will deploy six F-16 fighter jets to the occupied northern part of Cyprus, amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, broadcaster NTV reported on Monday.
Following successive shocks over the past few years, the world economy is being tested once more by the escalating conflict between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other.
Turkey has deployed 6 F-16 fighter jets and air defense systems to Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Monday.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visit Cyprus on Monday to show solidarity with the European Union island nation, which was attacked by a drone last week, effectively drawing it into the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
Greek exports to nine countries in the region had come to a considerable €3.2 billion in 2024.
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said, in an interview published Sunday, that the important naval base complex in Souda, used by NATO forces including the United States, is protected from strikes.
The US ranks first among the 10 most important markets for foreign visitors at Athens Airport.
French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Cyprus on Monday, days after dispatching a warship to the east Mediterranean island nation, where a Shahed drone struck a British air base on its southern coast last week during the Iran war.