Spillover of the Syrian Civil War

Turkish fighter jets violated Greek air space in the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean six times on Friday, leading to a mock dogfight between Greek and Turkish aircraft.

The Turkish jets - four F-16s and a CN-235 - also violated the Athens Flight Information Region four times.

An artillery shell fired from an area controlled by the Syrian regime landed near a rural area in the Yayladağı district of the southern province of Hatay on the afternoon of Sept. 21, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The artillery shell hit a rural area near the Pulluyazı military post of the 3rd Border Battalion Commandship.

The United States has refused to send F-16 warplane trainers to Turkey after Ankara requested them in order to fill the gap in the number of Turkish jet pilots.

The shooting down of a Turkish RF-4E Phantom reconnaissance jet on June 22, 2012 by Syria after it had violated Syrian airspace near Latakia was a secret false flag operation planned by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) to push Turkey into a military incursion into its southern neighbor at the outset of the civil war in the Arab country while dragging NATO along with it.

Turkey continued to escalate its provocations towards Greece, as 14 Turkish military aircraft violated Greek airspace on Friday a day after more violations took place over the Aegean Sea. Twelve F-16 fighter jets, six of which were armed and two CN 235 reconnaissance violated Greek national airspace for 60 times, while another 8 infringements of the Athens FIR occurred.

Turkish fighter jets proceeded to violate Greek national airspace over the Aegean Sea on Thursday. Two armed F-16 fighter jets and a pair of CN-235 reconnaissance aircraft violated Greek airspace a total of 37 times. The Greek air force responded by scrambling F-16 fighters and intercepting the incoming aircraft in accordance with international laws of engagement.

Several mortar shells exploded in an open area in the Golan Heights near the border with Syria Saturday afternoon, the army said, quoted by The Times of Israel.There was no damage and no injuries were reported.

Greek and Turkish fighter jets engaged in dog fights over the Aegean, as two Turkish F-16 fighter jets and a helicopter violated Greek airspace five times over the south and north eastern Aegean. Two of the Turkish jets were armed. Two infringements of the Athens FIR were also recorded.

On the eve of the national elections, Britain was hit by another terrorist attack on June 3 when a group of attackers drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and then stabbed bystanders with knives. While the police stopped the assailants by shooting them, the attack left seven people dead and nearly 50 injured.

Three Turkish CN-235 reconnaissance planes violated Greek airspace a total of
36 times, while 4 F-16 fighter jets infringed on Greek airspace over central, north and southeastern Aegean. Two of the fighter jets, which flew in in twin battle formation were armed. Greek scrambled and intercepted the incoming planes in accordance to international aviation rules of engagement.