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Greece reports Turkish UAV overflight of Zourafa islet in the Aegean

· Zourafa — islet overflight

Greek-reported Turkish UAV overflight of a named islet

On 18 September 2026 a UAV flew over Zourafa, an islet in the northeastern Aegean, according to a Greek military account relayed the same day by the Greek outlet Politica. The exact time and the full route were not published, and the drone’s model was not specified.

The Greek account identified the drone as Turkish and presented the overflight as an airspace violation; the track has not been independently verified. The same account reported a formation of manned F-16s over Ro, which is not a drone incident. For the whole day it listed five UAVs among ten aircraft, with 13 flight information region (FIR) infringements and seven airspace violations by mixed aircraft; how many of these involved drones was not specified.

No impact or casualties were reported, and the account did not describe a specific response to the Zourafa overflight.

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Image from the Politica / Greek military breakdown report: Greek account of UAV overflight at Zourafa and mixed daily aircraft activity
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Attribution and uncertainty

Origin / operator / attribution
Turkish UAV according to the Greek military account relayed by Politica; no independent track verification here.
Investigation / uncertainty
Wider daily totals: five UAVs among ten aircraft, 13 FIR infringements and seven airspace violations across mixed aircraft. Drone-only infringement totals are unspecified; the earlier nine/five subdivision is not carried forward.

Sources · 1

  1. Politica / Greek military breakdown ↗Greek account of UAV overflight at Zourafa and mixed daily aircraft activity2026-09-18

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Reported date
2026-09-18
Record type
reported_military_encounter
End date / linked stage
2026-09-18
Date basis
Reported overflight on 18 September, described in same-day Greek daily reporting; exact time unspecified.
Location / jurisdiction
Zourafa islet, northeastern Aegean; UAV overflight location reported by Greece
Event categories
Reported military UAV overflight; claimed airspace violation
What was reported
The Greek account distinguishes a UAV over Zourafa from a manned F-16 formation over Ro. Only the UAV overflight is the event here.
Aircraft / vessel / quantity
One reported UAV overflight; model unspecified. Five UAVs appeared in wider daily activity, not five overflights at this site.
Origin / operator / attribution
Turkish UAV according to the Greek military account relayed by Politica; no independent track verification here.
Damage / casualties / disruption
No UAV impact or casualty reported in the cited account.
Response / outcome
Specific operational response to this overflight not detailed in the reopened source.
Investigation / uncertainty
Wider daily totals: five UAVs among ten aircraft, 13 FIR infringements and seven airspace violations across mixed aircraft. Drone-only infringement totals are unspecified; the earlier nine/five subdivision is not carried forward.
Route / entry mechanism
Reported overflight of Zourafa; complete route unspecified.
Explosive payload
Not reported.
Counting / links
No matching baseline event. Retain one specific Zourafa UAV overflight; the Ro F-16 overflight is manned and excluded. Mixed daily statistics remain context inside this row, not additional events.
Research provenance
N055 narrowed to its dated, named-location UAV overflight. G0918 reopened; unsupported drone-only daily subdivisions removed.

Record N055. Record fields keep the register’s original wording.