Tensions at Greek-Turkish border resume on Wednesday evening (vid)
After a two-day hiatus, tensions at the Greek-Turkish border near the Kastanies customs post in the Evros region resumed on Wednesday evening.
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After a two-day hiatus, tensions at the Greek-Turkish border near the Kastanies customs post in the Evros region resumed on Wednesday evening.
Tensions are heating up on the borders between Greece and Turkey in the region of Evros, as reports say Turkish forces fired shots over a Greek patrol unit on the Greek side of the border on Tuesday.
Turkey’s Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu said 1,000 special police officers had been dispatched to the borders with Greece at Evros “to protect the refugees.