Greece’s military is carrying out unscheduled exercises along the country’s northern borders, with fighter jets flying over an informal tent city of 11,000 migrants. The drills foresee activation of rapid-response ground units and aircraft, as well as air defense units in parts of the eastern Aegean Sea. Source: Ekathimerini
Italy’s League has overtaken the Five Star Movement in voter support and become the country’s leading party in opinion polls for the first time, according to a poll by SWG to be be aired on television channel LA7. Source Bloomberg
Italy on Saturday demanded that the Netherlands recall two Dutch-flagged migrant rescue ships after one of the non-government organisations that operate them called the interior minister a fascist. Source: Times of Malta
Turkish military forces have entered the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Manbij as part of a deal agreed with the United States, Turkish media reported on June 18, citing local sources. Source: Hürriyet Daily News
