Greece Says Turkish Rhetoric Risks Escalation NATO Can’t Afford

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Greece accused Turkey of “extremely aggressive rhetoric” that risks destabilizing the region and weakening NATO, the latest bout in an escalating war of words between the two NATO allies over tensions in the Aegean Sea.