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Well,

In the midst of the events occurring from Syria to Libya, it seems that tensions are growing dangerously in the area of Cyprus ...

among other articles :

www.bbc.com

Turkey-Greece tensions escalate over Turkish Med drilling plans

Greece and Turkey plan rival naval exercises off Crete amid an escalating row over energy claims.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com

Greek naval and air forces on heightened alert against Turkey - Meta-Defense.fr

www.meta-defense.fr www.meta-defense.fr

cyprus-mail.com

All eyes on US, Greece and EU meetings over Turkey (Update 3) | Cyprus Mail

The foreign ministers of Greece and the United States will meet in Vienna on Friday to discuss tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Greek foreign ministry said, amid a dispute between Athens and Ankara over hydrocarbon resources. Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced later...
cyprus-mail.com cyprus-mail.com

thehill.com

Turkey’s search for oil may spill over into conflict with Greece

The best resolution would be for Turkey to discover oil or gas in waters that are incontestably Turkish.
thehill.com thehill.com
 
Turkey and one of the competing regimes in Lybia claim adjacent economic zones that connect the Turkish and Lybian coastlines. These claims conflict with the EZ-claims of most other states surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
 
It seems my country has seen its far share of controversy regarding the situation in Libya

timesofmalta.com

Maltese arms dealer charged with violating Libya sanctions

Five charged in court on Friday
timesofmalta.com timesofmalta.com

Besides that, it seems that new shipments to Haftar's forces have been made, including heavy aritllery, SAMs, and aircraft like the MiG-29 and the Su-24. It seems as if it might blow up again into full blown conflict over there again, unfortunately, and Malta will be at the forefront.

timesofmalta.com

US says photos show Russian arms supplies to Libya rebels

Russia continues to supply a broad range of arms to Libyan rebels including fighter jets, air defence missiles, land mines, and armoured vehicles through the state-backed mercenary Wagner Group, the US Defense Department said Friday. The Pentagon...
timesofmalta.com timesofmalta.com
 
This comes from a Dutch naval site i am following.

It seems there have been new incidents at sea between the Greeks and Turkish navies. On August 13th there was a new confrontation at sea between the Greeks and the Turkish line around the Oruç Reis and two sea tugs.

A Greek frigate came close to the Turkish sea tug Cengiz Han that the tug had to divert twice. Meanwhile, he Oruç Reis was "hindered" by a Greek submarine, what that exactly means is not known.

In addition, when the Greek frigate continued to harass Turkish ships, a Turkish frigate deployed electronic countermeasures (ECM) against the Greek frigate.

Closer to the Greek coast, in the Aegean Sea, military units from both countries seems to also have met each other as sources report that an unknown submarine was detected yesterday by "detection systems" of the Hellenic Navy a few miles off the coast of Evia and Andros. These islands are located to the east of Athens. Greece may have a network of hydrophones in this region.

Two S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk and an AB-212 anti-submarine warfare helicopters were deployed to locate the submarine. Using dipping sonar, the AB-212 managed to find the submarine, after which surfaced surface ships took over contact.

According to the report, it was a Turkish Type 209 submarine. Both Turkey and Greece have these submarines from (now) tkMS. The Greek 209's (Type 209 1100 and 209 1200) date from the 1970s, Turkey operates with Type 209 1200 from the 1970s and 1980s, but also with eight Type 209 1400 from the period 1994 - 2007. Both countries have also purchased the new Type 214, the Greek boats are already sailing, the Turkish ones are still under construction.
 
www.wsj.com

Turkish, Greek Frigates Collide in the Mediterranean Sea

Rival warships from Turkey and Greece have collided in the Eastern Mediterranean, officials from both countries said, amid a naval standoff triggered by Ankara’s recent decision to begin oil exploration in contested waters.
www.wsj.com www.wsj.com

it emerged that a Greek and a Turkish warship were involved in a minor collision on Wednesday. A Greek defence source called it an accident, but Ankara described it as a provocation.
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www.aljazeera.com

Mediterranean crisis: Turkey warns Greece, slams ‘bully’ France

Turkey warns Greece of retaliation if attacked amid claims in energy-rich region as Ankara accuses Paris of ‘bullying’.
www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com
 
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Reading back to the earlier incident where a French frigate was targeted by a Turkish warship, I realized yesterday (only) that the incident might have involved Exocet missiles as sold by France to Turkey during the early 2000's !!
 
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338 flights in 9 months is more than one flight a day...

mobile.reuters.com

Russia steps up support for private military contractor in Libya: U.N. report

Russia has stepped up its logistic support for private military contractor Wagner Group in Libya with some 338 military cargo flights from Syria in the nine months to July 31 to aid Wagner fighters backing eastern-based Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, according to a U.N...
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“They are, we assess, being operated by Wagner Group,” Berg told reporters Friday. “These fighters are engaging in combat activities. We have seen them conduct ground strikes and conduct combat activities in country. So they are not there for training the Libyan National Army, they’re not there to simply support the LNA. They are there to conduct combat activities on behalf of their own national interests.”

“We also know they’re not that good,” Berg said, citing that one Mig-29 aircraft crashed in June followed by another on Sept. 7.
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www.militarytimes.com

AFRICOM: Russian fighter jets flown by mercenaries are conducting combat activities in Libya

"They are there to conduct combat activities on behalf of their own national interests.”
www.militarytimes.com www.militarytimes.com
 
Probably the latter, I highly doubt the Russians *ahem* the Wagner Group would sell and operate top notch equipment for Haftar's forces.
 
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Why do I get the feeling that the State Department has set itself up for a fall?
 
Probably that the state department is not going to fail accepting from the EU what it is opposed regarding South China sea.
 
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www.thedrive.com

Russian-Supplied, Mercenary-Flown Su-24 Combat Jets Appear In Libyan National Army Video

The swing-wing Fencer attack jets are now wearing what appear to be Libyan national markings.
www.thedrive.com www.thedrive.com

www.thedrive.com

Two Su-24 Combat Jets Seen In Satellite Image Of Libyan Air Base As Air War Intensifies

Turkey sent air defense assets to Libya following the arrival of the Russian-supplied jets, underscoring growing foreign involvement in the conflict.
www.thedrive.com www.thedrive.com

www.thedrive.com

Russian MiG-29 And Su-24 Combat Jets Caught In-Flight At Libyan Base In New Satellite Images

The images show that the jets that Russia sent to the North African country last month are increasingly active.
www.thedrive.com www.thedrive.com

www.thedrive.com

Two Russian MiG-29s Have Crashed In Libya According To Top American Intel Official

US Africa Command official provides dates of two MiG-29 losses and reiterates the jets’ connections to Wagner Group.
www.thedrive.com www.thedrive.com
 
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A quick up to date brief of the air war over Lybia:

These former US Navy Oliver Hazard Perry frigates have been comprehensively upgraded by Turkey’s Havelsan. They are now fitted with the 250km (156 mile) range Thales SMART S Mk2 3D multibeam radar, operating in S-band, and optimised for medium-to-long-range surveillance and target designation in littoral environments.
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Ironically, the Wing Loong IIs, fitted with Thales satcom systems, are being shot down by Thales SMART S Mk2 radars. It meant the drones cannot not work in the areas covered by the Turkish air defences.
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Peace hopes growing to end long-running civil war | Times Aerospace

Vulnerable: The Wing Loong II unmanned combat air vehicle, operated by the UAE on behalf of the LNA, played a major role in ops until the Turkish changed tactics and started to shoot them down. Picture: Alan Warnes. Since Libya’s deposed leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in 2011, the...
www.arabianaerospace.aero www.arabianaerospace.aero
 
As has been the case for years, Peace will come, and it will soon be followed by war, violence and bloodshed. Hopefully this time things are different, but it doesn't seem to be that way.
 
New Lybian PM to form a United governement across factions. Here is an interesting read with pieces of his first interview:
www.dailysabah.com

Libya in solidarity with 'friend, ally' Turkey, interim PM says

Libya's new interim prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, said on Sunday that his country will be in solidarity with "friend and ally" Turkey,...
www.dailysabah.com www.dailysabah.com
 
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Those retorsive measures sound a lot like an ingerence in the internal affair of a foreign country... something that is contrary to UN membership.
 

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