Turkey will continue to explore the seabed of the Eastern Mediterranean in search for hydrocarbon reserves, Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Wednesday on the backdrop of renewed escalation with Greece, which considers the area of drilling part of its own exclusive economic zone

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will have a meeting with US State Secretary Mike Pompeo on Friday to discuss the escalation of tensions with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a press release

Greece opened fire at a civilian boat carrying two Turkish nationals and one Syrian inside Greek territorial waters on Monday night, the Turkish Coast Guard said in a statement on Tuesday

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias warned on Tuesday that Greece was ready to defend its sovereignty amid the maritime feud with Turkey and called on Ankara to immediately withdraw from the Greek continental shelf

More than 130 Iraqi asylum seekers who were being housed in overcrowded camps in Greece have left the European country voluntarily on a charter flight bound for Iraq, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday