ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek court on Thursday rejected Turkey's extradition request for the last two of eight Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece after a failed July military coup, their lawyer said.

The decision is the third in the case, which now sees extradition requests denied for five of the helicopter crewmen, and approved for the other three. The conflicting decisions have added to the tensions between the two NATO allies.

Thursday's ruling came two days after a different set of judges ruled the opposite way, approving the extradition of three of the servicemen. The extradition request for the first three was denied. Each decision has been taken unanimously by a separate three-member panel of judges in the same court.

The latest ruling was in agreement with the prosecutor's recommendation to deny the extradition request.

"It is a decision that is a credit to Greek justice and is in agreement with the sense of fairness and with the European Convention on Human Rights," the servicemen's lawyer, Christos Mylonopoulos, told The Associated Press.

All eight helicopter crewmen deny participating in the coup attempt and an alleged plot to assassinate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They flew to Greece on board a military helicopter the day after the coup and maintain they would not have a fair trial in Turkey.

The three whose extradition was approved have appealed that decision, while a prosecutor has also appealed the second court decision rejecting the extradition for the other three. All appeals are to be heard by the Supreme Court.

Turkish officials have stressed their government's interest in seeing all eight returned.

"Our expectation is for Greek officials to extradite these coup plotting soldiers to Turkey as soon as possible ... for these people to face justice in Turkey," Turkey's presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said moments before Thursday's ruling.