Spillover of the Syrian Civil War

Five new violations of Greek airspace and six infringements of the Athens Flight Information Region by Turkish aircraft were recorded by the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS) on Tuesday, as tensions continue to broil between the two countries.

Greek and Turkish fighter jets engaged in two dogfights over the Aegean on Thursday, after the Turkish jets violated Greek airspace 16 times in the northeast, central and southeastern Aegean, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (HNDGS) said.

A Turkish newspaper on Thursday said that two Greek soldiers who were arrested after accidentally crossing the border are being investigated by Turkish authorities for alleged espionage.

At least eight suspects have been taken into custody during anti-narcotics operations across Turkey, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on March 15.

An Israeli F-16 fighter jet crashed after Syria responded with anti-aircraft fire to an Israeli operation in its territory. Syria says its military base came under Israeli fire, and it hit multiple aircraft in response.

"Massive Syrian Anti-Air fire, one F16 crashed in Israel, pilots safe," IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus said on Twitter.

An Israeli fighter jet crashed on Feb. 10 after coming under fire from Syrian air defences during attacks against "Iranian targets" in the war-torn country, a spokesman said.

Two more rockets fired from Syria have killed a 17-year-old girl, after hitting the Reyhanlı district of Turkey’s Hatay border province on Jan. 31. 

Israeli jets and ground-to-ground missiles struck Syria early on Tuesday, Syria's army said, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated he would do what was needed to stop Hezbollah gaining "game-changing" Iranian weapons, according to Reuters. 

The Israeli army overnight carried out air strikes and fired rockets at targets in Syria, causing damage near a military position, the Syrian army said in a statement on Jan. 9.

Six Turkish F-16 fighter jets flying in three formations violated Greece's national air space in the southeastern Aegean on Thursday.

Greek military authorities said that the aircraft also violated aviation rules inside the Athens Flight Information Region. Four of the F-16s were armed.