Athens Dismisses Turkish ‘Militarization’ Claims as Regional War Fears Deepen

Greece has rejected Turkey’s accusations of violating international treaties in the Aegean, dismissing Ankara’s protests over the deployment of Patriot missiles to the island of Karpathos as “unfounded and unilateral.” The diplomatic rift has widened as the spillover from the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran reaches the Eastern Mediterranean.  Earlier this week, Turkey deployed six F-16 fighter jets and air defense systems to the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus.  Ankara billed the mov...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA