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In a bipartisan letter set to be sent tomorrow, Thursday, to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, a group of American lawmakers will request a classified briefing regarding the alleged presence of Hamas Political Bureau members in Turkey.

U.S. lawmakers and senators are urging Mike Pompeo to use the meeting with the Greek foreign minister to call for the immediate removal of all Turkish ships from the Greek EEZ.

By Gus M. Bilirakis *

I was eager to hear Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's speech to the United Nations General Assembly. As a prominent player in the Cyprus dispute, I was hoping to hear about his efforts to resolve the island's decades-long crisis. Instead, despite his calls to combat injustice and find solutions that the international community can achieve, he is clearly determined to single-handedly prevent peace and reconciliation on Cyprus.