Spillover of the Syrian Civil War

The US military has halted a program for training Turkish pilots on the F-35 fighter jets taking place in the United States, following a warning last week from the US State Department to Ankara, giving it until July 31 to scrap a contentious deal with Russia for the S-400 missile defense system, Foreign Policy magazine reported on Tuesday.

A Turkish soldier was killed and five others injured in an attack in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on June 9.

Four Turkish F-16 and two F-4 fighter jets flying in three formations entered the Athens Flight Informational Region (FIR) on several occasions in the northeastern and southeastern Aegean on Monday.

They were chased off by Greek air force pilots in line with international rules of engagement. Two of the six fighter jets were armed.

Eight Turkish military aircraft on Tuesday carried out 34 violations of Greek national airspace in the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean, according to defense sources who reported one mock dogfight between Greek and Turkish aircraft.

Turkish fighter jets conducted a total of 39 violations of Greek air space on Good Friday, despite it being an important day on the Greek Orthodox calendar.

Sixteen Turkish jets, two of which were armed, conducted unauthorized flights over the northern, central and eastern Aegean, Greek military authorities said.

Counter-terrorism operations across Turkey saw the arrest of 13 people for their suspected links to the ISIL, police sources said on April 19.         

Israeli planes targeted a military position near the province of Hama in Syria on April 13, but Syrian air defenses intercepted and downed some of the rockets, Syrian state television said.

Russian and Turkish naval forces held a joint maneuver in the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on March 8.

Turkish fighter aircraft violated Greek airspace five times on Monday, a week after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's official visit to Turkey.

Six Turkish F-16 fighter jets and two F-4s flying in three formations, along with three CN-235 surveillance aircraft and two helicopters entered Greek airspace in the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean.

This will happen if the UN Security Council fails to acts urgently to prohibit Israel's incursions into its airspace, RT is reporting.