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'This is really a very important and historic day and the discussions we will have with the Prime Minister of Israel, I believe will lay the foundation for an even stronger, cooperation with the countries of the Middle East,' Anastasiades said.

Ankara (which already has established military presence in Libya) and Tripoli also signed a defence pact which is the pretext for Turkey’s planned broader intervention.

“We want to be part of a solution in Libya because it concerns us as well. We are geographically closer than Turkey and if there were another government in Libya we could discuss delimiting the EEZ," the PM said.

Ankara has used as a pretext an invitation that the Tripoli government issued for military assistance from Ankara.

'nce there is an invitation (from Libya) right now, we will accept it,' Erdogan told members of his party. 'We will put the bill on sending troops to Libya on the agenda as soon as parliament opens.,' Erdogan said

With many underlining the geopolitical benefits for Greece of the planned EastMed gas pipeline, Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis took pains to stress that the project is not aimed at Turkey.

In total there were 101 overflights over Greek islands with the clear purpose of symbolically challenging Greek sovereignty over the islands.

The US Congress is piping mad at Turkey and has made this clear at various levels - including cancellation of the F-35 deal - that Ankara cannot prevail in a showdown with Washington.

'We simply expect everyone to see the realities and we invite all our neighbours to do so,' Akar declared.

'As we have stated in these past letters, to the UN, that its Convention on the Law of the Sea states that regardless of their size islands have sea zones just as land zones and have full sovereign rights.

Trump said tals with Erdogan were 'wonderful' but it was unclear if the two NATO allies made any breakthrough on the S-400 issue.

Other EU countries must follow the German example as regards the distribution of migrants. Berlin took in 1 million migrants and refugees and distributed them proportionately around the country without upsetting social cohesion .

Developments in Syria and the Middle East more generally have offered space to Russia and regional authoritarian leaders.

The Kurdish position was not clear. Speaking to Ronahi TV, SDF commander Kobani said the agreement is “just the beginning” and will not achieve Turkey’s goals.

Given the situation and the confluence of events Mitsotakis cannot be a mere observer at his first summit.

We are dealing with an unbelievable leader of a superpower who overnight abandons his allies and with his provocative statements undermines his relations with Europe and triggers a chain reaction with all the regional countries.

'We are saying we should form such a safe zone that we, as Turkey, can build towns here in lieu of the tent cities here. Let’s carry them to the safe zones there,' Erdogan said.

All the data and information indicates that Turkey is allowing refugee flows in order to pressure and blackmail the EU in order to advance its demands on many open fronts.

As an international affairs expert has said, 'In our day and age you don’t have to declare war against a country. Carefully directed refugee flows suffice to wreak havoc.'

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci are due to have a rare meeting in Nicosia on Aug. 9 in a bid to jumpstart talks on a Cyprus problem solution.