by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2016 The head of France’s DGSI intelligence agency warned that France was “clearly targeted” by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) a week before EgyptAir Flight 840 crashed into the Mediterranean. The Airbus A320 carrying 56 passengers, seven crew and three security officers disappeared early on May 19 as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been monitoring renewed rocket tests by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli military sources said Hamas has renewed the testing of extended-range surface-to-surface rockets. The sources said Hamas engineers have overseen the development of new Iranian-designed rockets in launches from the Gaza Strip into the Mediterranean Sea. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia has expanded its naval task force near Syria. The Russian Navy said it added a destroyer vessel to the task force in the eastern Mediterranean. The Navy said the Udaloy-class destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov was housing the command of the task force, deployed to protect Syria from an attack […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ATHENS — Greece has hosted a regional naval exercise. On March 25, Greece has hosted Noble Dina 2014 in cooperation with Israel and the United States. The two-week naval exercise, headquartered in the Greek island of Crete, was taking place in the eastern Mediterranean. This marked the third edition of Noble Dina, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s offshore natural gas reserves were said to have increased. A U.S.-led consortium has released an estimate of the new Tamar Southwest block in the Mediterranean Sea. The consortium, led by Noble Energy, said Tamar Southwest could contain 19 billion meters of gas. “At this stage there are only […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — A Syrian missile base has been bombed in an attack attributed to Israel. The Syrian opposition said a Syrian Air Force base in the coastal province of Latakia was bombed on late Oct. 30. The opposition said the rocket attack appeared to come from the Mediterranean Sea. “Several explosions were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The post-Soviet ebb of Russian naval glory seems to be over under a more aggressive President Vladimir Putin. That seems to be the unmistakable message Moscow is trying to send to the world. In recent weeks, President Putin ordered a dramatic increase of Russian naval presence in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Exactly 300 years after the Treaty of Utrecht settled the century-long royal spat between Spain and England, the last remaining territorial issue between the two countries flared up again in recent weeks. At issue is the sovereignty of Gibraltar which overlooks the vital isthmus connecting the Mediterranean and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Morocco and the United States have been reviewing joint naval operations in the Mediterranean Sea. The administration of President Barack Obama has been drafting plans for enhanced naval cooperation with Morocco over the next year. Officials said the cooperation could include joint exercises, coordinated maritime security patrols and training. “Morocco’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia has reported the deployment of an advanced intelligence naval ship in the eastern Mediterranean. The Russian Navy has deployed its CCB-201 for intelligence operations off the coast of Syria. CCB-201 was deemed one of the largest intelligence-collection ships in the Russian fleet. “The ship arrived in June 2013 and […]