Turkey has started new offshore natural-gas-drilling activities off the coast of Cyprus, prompting the EU to draw up sanctions
As Turkey pursues a military offensive in Syria, it is also flexing its muscles in Europe’s back yard: off the coast of Cyprus. There, Turkey started new offshore natural-gas-drilling activities earlier this month, prompting a European Union decision Monday to draw up sanctions.
Turkey’s latest drilling activities in Cypriot waters represent its boldest move yet in its spat with Cyprus and the EU over the large untapped natural-gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean. The move to drill is taking place in a location where...
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