Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The European Union plans to increase surveillance over illegal migration through a new unmanned aerial vehicle. The EU’s Frontex frontier surveillance force has demonstrated the S-100 UAV for operations in the Mediterranean Sea. The French Navy deployed the S-100, also produced in the United Arab Emirates, on the L’Adroit offshore […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has determined that Hamas was operating reconnaissance balloons to look deep into the Jewish state. The Israeli military has spotted at least two Hamas balloons operating near the border with Israel. Officials said the Army’s Southern Command has warned that the balloons represented a new intelligence capability of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — The Russian Navy sent three vessels to the port of Beirut in 2013 on invitation of the Lebanese military and government. “This visit was on invitation of the Lebanese side,” the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Russian Navy port call to Beirut took place amid an intensification of the Sunni […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The United States has been negotiating an end to the Syrian civil war that could enable Russia to remain in that Arab League state, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that Moscow and Washington were engaged in intensive contacts to end the Syrian revolt. In […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel and the United States have completed the first flight of the advanced Arrow-3 ballistic missile defense system. Israel’s Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency reported the maiden flight of the Arrow-3 interceptor. In a joint statement, Arrow-3 is said to have been launched on Feb. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israel Navy has been recruited to protect against infiltration by African migrants. Military sources said the General Staff has ordered the Navy to increase patrols of the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea amid concern that African migrants would try to infiltrate the Jewish state. The sources said migrants […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Israel has proposed to construct a natural gas pipeline to Turkey. A Turkish official was quoted as saying that Israel submitted an offer to build a pipeline under the Mediterranean Sea to southern Turkey in an effort to market fuel to Western Europe. The Energy Ministry official said the government […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey’s shale reserves could prove promising for energy exploration. A Canadian contractor has assessed that the Silurian Dadas shale in southeastern Turkey could contain significant amounts of oil. The Calagary-based Anatolia Energy Corp. compared Silurian to the U.S. shale deposits of Eagle Ford, Barnett and Niobrara. Anatolia said it would […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Morocco has been deemed a major potential energy site. A senior Western executive said Morocco could find major crude oil and natural gas reserves in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. The executive, Damon Neaves of Australia’s Pura Vida, said Morocco could benefit from recent offshore discoveries of high grade […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — For the first time, Egypt has reported the passage of Israeli warships through the Suez Canal. Egypt’s state-owned Al Ahram daily said two Israel Navy vessels were allowed to cross the Suez Canal earlier this month. The newspaper, regarded as a mouthpiece of Egypt’s military regime, identified the Israeli vessels […]