Congress advances bill sidelining Turkey on Mediterranean gas dispute
The Senate advanced a bill rebuking Turkish attempts to drill for gas near Cyprus.
The Senate advanced a bill today that could sideline Turkey in its maritime gas dispute with Cyprus, marking another point of contention in the increasingly fraught US-Turkish alliance.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to advance the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Partnership Act mere days after Ankara dispatched a second drill ship off the Cypriot coast.