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Time will tell I guess.

If a full scale war breaks out,if Greek armed forces are in a bad position and request French military assistance,we would have no other choice than to step in,even if with the prospect of French casualties. The entire French political class as well as the public opinion being so anti-Turkey...

Cyprus,Greece,France and Italy have agreed to start a joint military presence in the eastern mediterranean. https://geetha.mil.gr/enarktiria-drastiriotita-tetrameroys-protovoylias-elladas-gallias-kyproy-italias-aeronaytiki-askisi-eunomia/

Erdogan is actually testing the Europeans,he thinks they will not make any move,in great part thanks to the Germans who do everything to avoid any escalation. Nobody knows how far France and Macron are willing to go,but there will be no backtracking now,France's credibility towards our Greek...

Some news ; The Charles de Gaulle will set sail in the coming days and its destination is confirmed to be eastern mediterranean (The AC and its escort could shortly take part in Operation Irini) ahead of Macron's visit to Greece on the 10th,it will reportedly carry 18 Rafales. A joint defence...

It is true. France did deploy hundreds of Légionnaires from the 1st and 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment + their equipments. They are solely there on an assistance mission,not combat. ;)

France didn't deploy Rafales,but 9 alpha jets,an A400M and a KC-130J. They arrived before Macron's visit to Lebanon today. The alpha jets will take part in a ceremony tomorrow celebrating the proclamation of the state of Greater Lebanon.

Outside France and Italy no other European country has any interests in eastern mediterranean. France is in a broader strategy of containing Turkish influence in the mediterranean. The Italians are a bit ambiguous about their intentions towards Turkey. The French minister of defence announced...

Same thing today but with an A330 MRTT.

An information spread by the Turkish press,nothing reported within French military circles about such an incident,but I'll keep looking. The alleged "communication" of the French frigate should give you an indication about how credible this is. "Hundreds of objects are flying over us that we...

Today a French Air Force C135FR took off from Istres-Le Tubé airbase with an unknown number of Rafales towards Cyprus,circled off the island and went back to France. An A400M also took the direction of Cyprus.

@Dante80 How is this credible ? Your intake would be appreciated.

Well well,Turkish and Greek jets regularly dogfight and lock on each others,nothing new,playing cat and mouth over the aegean is quite a "common practice". ;)

Indeed as @Predator mentionned the UAE is taking part in exercices independently from those between Greece,Cyprus,France and Italy. It seems the UAE sent more F16s to Greece,nine instead of four initially.

Eunomia: Cyprus Greece France and Italy Conducting Combined Drills in Eastern Med https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/08/eunomia-cyprus-greece-france-and-italy-conducting-combined-drills-in-eastern-med/

Griffon VBMR https://www.armyrecognition.com/french_army_france_wheeled_armoured_vehicle_uk/griffon_vbmr_6x6_multi-role_armoured_vehicle_ebmr_scorpion_technical_data_sheet_specifications.html The Griffon keep arriving in French army units. 1.872 vehicles are planned to be delivered to the...

I don't know why you guys are making it into a Franco-Turkish issue,French defence ministers and foreign ministers have regularely visited Iraq,either to visit and support French troops deployed there,re-affirm France's support to Iraq in its fight against ISIS but also to deal with the issue of...