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Greece holds military exercises with allies amid East Med tensions

This week we saw an uptick in military exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean amid Turkey’s continued provocations in Greece’s EEZ. Greece held military exercises with France, Italy, Cyprus the UAE, and the US. Retired General Taxiarchis Sardellis, HALC’s Nonresident Senior Fellow for Defense and Security Policy, is with us today to discuss these military exercises.

You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here:

Turkey prolonging East Med standoff

Greece starts more training exercises amid Turkey tension

Six Greek F-16s participated in joint drill off Cyprus

EU urges Turkey to stop drilling in Med, ponders sanctions

EU mulls sanctions on Turkey over Eastern Mediterranean tensions

France's Macron says he set red lines with Turkey in eastern Mediterranean

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