A Turkish military convoy in the Syrian town of Ariha in Idlib Province in August. From a political standpoint, it seems fair to assume that neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan can use air power and ballistic missiles without Russian consent. Col. Aydın Seviş sent a letter to the court expressing concerns about the secret military documents when they were already incorporated into the case file: Nordic Monitor is a news web site and tracking site that is run by the Stockholm-based Nordic Research and Monitoring Network. Sep 30, 2020 The fresh flare-up between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which began with mortar and artillery exchanges early Sept. 27 and became full-fledged drone warfare within hours, continued into its fourth day Wednesday. All this comes as Turkey and Russia face off in the Syrian conflict, where Ankara backs anti-government rebels while Moscow is key ally of President Bashar al-Assad. Amir Makar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Acting on the advice of the MEBS commander, the General Staff’s deputy legal counsel Col. Aydın Seviş wrote to the Ankara 17th High Criminal Court on August 24, 2017, repeating the same concerns about the secret documents and urged the establishment of a commission to screen the documents. At the beginning of the year, virtually single-handedly, Turkey took a stand in northwestern Syria, managing to stall a blistering air and ground offensive by Russian and Syrian forces and to hold on to a portion of the last opposition-held Syrian province, Idlib. He warned the legal department of the General Staff that the documents contained secret documents about the national security of Turkey, classified intelligence reports and operations in Syria and the eastern Mediterranean. But the various consortiums have excluded Turkey, and Greece’s ownership of islands close to the Turkish coast gives Athens claims of exclusivity that rankle Ankara. Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu Agency, via Getty Images. Tensions between Greece and Turkey go back, at least recently, to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and the island’s division. Turkey says Greek forces are firing live ammunition and that they killed four migrants last week, claims that Athens denies. Mr. Erdogan’s opponents at home criticize his methods but generally support his stance. Despite Turkey’s refusal to confirm the use of Turkish armed drones in the Caucasus, Mr. Bayraktar posted Azerbaijan’s defense ministry footage of drone strikes on Twitter on the first day of the conflict. Curiously, Moscow has been atypically low key thus far in the latest flare-up. Greece has used tear gas and water cannon to hold them back. How the conflict will evolve is a crucial question in an energy-rich region where Russia, Turkey and Iran are major stakeholders with competing interests. His aggressive policies put him increasingly at odds with Russia. Coşkun ordered the military to forward copies of all email messages from the previous two months including encrypted ones, on August 1, 2016. Mr. Mitsotakis wants to show firmness at home without unduly provoking Ankara, Greek officials say. Keep track of the latest developments on the Center for Preventive Action’s Global Conflict Tracker. Photo by AFP via Getty Images. They feel that the territorial distribution needs to reflect that reality.”. France, Greece and Cyprus want a tough line, while Germany, Spain and Italy favor a more conciliatory approach. Also, Turkey's wariness of any fallout on its relationship with Russia in the Syrian and Libyan conflicts requires it to keep the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the level of low-intensity distraction battles. There are five main factors behind the flare-up: Both Azerbaijan and Armenia have acquired new military capabilities, particularly in terms of drones; indirect fire; intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance; command, control and communication; and proxy elements. But he is unlikely to try in the Aegean, since Turkey has said that such a move would be grounds for war. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.

Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said Tuesday that Ankara was “open to talks without preconditions, but when one side starts imposing preconditions, then there are many things we will put forth, too.” He warned Greece to “stop being bratty” and drawing red lines that could lead to conflict. An estimated 35,000 migrants from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere have been trying to enter Greece, a European Union member state, since Ankara said on Feb. 28 it would no longer keep migrants on its territory as required under a 2016 deal with the European Union in return for aid. Attacks in Turkey and clashes with Kurdish groups significantly increased in 2016. Our first domestic rocket launched with national technologies went up to an altitude of 130 kilometers, exceeding the 100 kilometer limit, which is accepted as the the boundary of space,” the Turkish president explained. Find out more, Under cover of Covid, a bigger shift is taking place, Donald Trump and Nigel Farage are two sides of the same coin, Local lockdowns need clarity and oversight, Getting the young to watch TV is all about family viewing, Letters: Danger of the Government feeding on a vicious circle of restrictions, A full-scale assault mounted by Azerbaijan troops against Armenian positions. © 2020 Al-Monitor, LLC. Their purpose, they say, is to deter Turkey from further energy exploration in disputed waters, something it has been doing for several weeks with vessels guarded by warships and jet fighters.

Photos unverified by Reuters have shown migrants apparently being stripped to their underwear after being caught on the Greek side of the border, and then sent back. The second difference is the intensity of information wars and the role of social media. Air forces have been absent from the battlefield thus far, despite Armenia’s claim that one of its Su-25 jets was shot down by a Turkish F-16. Stressing that a micro satellite launch project had successfully been tested, he claimed Turkey would achieve the ability to launch satellites, conduct tests, produce infrastructure and establish a space base. How a rush for Mediterranean gas threatens to push Greece and Turkey into war ... Mediterranean and has raised fears of a naval conflict between the two Nato ... on 11 September 2020… When Armenia killed a general and other officers of Azerbaijan’s army in a missile strike in July on the decades-old cease-fire line between the two countries, Turkey immediately offered help in preparing a response, according to a retired Turkish general, Ismail Hakki Pekin. The document was discovered in a court case file in the Turkish capital where investigating prosecutor Serdar Coşkun, a loyalist of President Erdoğan, appears to have forgotten to remove the classified documents before submitting the file to the court. Turkey’s domestic arms industry has expanded to producing warships, attack helicopters, and armed drones. Biden said in a tweet today that the Trump administration should seek to de-escalate the renewed fighting in the Caucasus. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation.