While the eyes of the world have been on the impeachment of President Trump, Brexit, the coronavirus and the new American peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians, the seeds for the next war perhaps are being sown in the Eastern Mediterranean.
In January, Cyprus claimed that Turkey sent exploration ships to drill for natural gas in Cypriot territorial waters, directly in areas where the mineral drilling rights already have been leased by Cyprus to the Italian company Eni and the French company Total. Cyprus blasted Turkey as a “pirate state” that flouts international law. Later that week, Cyprus backtracked on the claim, but tensions in the region remain high.
