Six Turkish drones violated Greek airspace over the Aegean on Saturday, October 10, according to Greece's Hellenic Natio...

Six Turkish drones violated Greek airspace over the Aegean on Saturday, October 10, according to Greece's Hellenic National Defense General Staff. The UAVs carried out eight violations of air traffic regulations within the Athens Flight Information Region and five direct violations of Greek national airspace. The incidents were spread across three separate sectors: the northeastern, central, and southeastern Aegean. Greek military forces detected, identified, and intercepted the drones in accordance with international procedures, the General Staff confirmed. The timing is notable. The violations came just days after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Athens and publicly underscored Greece's value as a strategic partner and key NATO ally. Turkey and Greece are both NATO members, yet Ankara's drone activity in the Aegean has continued without interruption. Saturday's incidents are part of a broader pattern. Earlier this year, on August 6, Turkish warplanes and drones breached Greek airspace 17 times in a single day, triggering a simulated dogfight between a Greek F-16 and a Turkish fighter jet. That was the eighth simulated dogfight recorded in 2026. The two countries are also locked in a separate dispute over overlapping military exercise zones in the central Aegean. Turkey issued a NOTAM reserving large stretches of airspace inside the Athens FIR through October 27. Greece countered with its own notice and refused to stand down, scheduling exercises in zones that directly overlap the Turkish-designated areas. Ankara declared the Greek notice "null and void," a position Athens flatly rejected. Greece maintains it holds authority over air traffic services inside the Athens FIR regardless of Turkey's unilateral claims, and the Greek military says it will continue intercepting unauthorized aircraft under established international rules. #Greece #Turkey #AegeanDispute