Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has reported another major natural gas reserve in the Mediterranean Sea. Israel’s Delek Group said it found significant quantities of gas at the offshore Karish-1 well, located 75 kilometers northwest of Haifa. Delek, which holds a 53 percent interest, said tests conducted at Karish, located in the Alon […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — The Israel Navy, expected to protect the nation’s new energy reserves, would require a fleet in the Red Sea, a report said. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs asserted that the Navy would need a significant presence in the Red Sea. In a report by a former senior U.S. official, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has reported the flow of natural gas from a major offshore field. The government and an energy consortium said gas from Israel’s Tamar field in the eastern Mediterranean began to flow on March 30. The government said Tamar was believed to contain 10 trillion cubic feet of gas, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — The Russian Navy has completed preparations of a major exercise along the coast of Syria. Officials said the Russian Navy has sent a fleet to the eastern Mediterranean Sea for a major exercise in mid-January. They said the four-day exercise would include combat and logistics vessels. “A tactical group of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia has been preparing for major naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean. Officials said the Russian Navy has sent at least 12 warships for exercises in the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aden in January. They said the exercises would include demonstrations of anti-submarine and air defense operations near the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has again allowed an Iranian Navy ship to pass the Suez Canal toward Syria. A senior official said the Egyptian Navy approved the passage of an Iranian ship loaded with weapons to move from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The official said Egypt dismissed a request by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — A Western energy contractor plans to intensify exploration in Morocco over the next year. Australia’s Tangiers Petroleum was preparing to explore a 670 kilometer block off the coast of Morocco in 2012. Tangiers has completed a three-dimensional seismic survey at the offshore block of Tarfaya and was conducting analysis in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Fariborz Saremi, FreePressers.com China, Russia and Iran are widely considered to be allies and partners.They form a strategic barrier directed against U.S. expansionism. The three countries form a triple alliance which constitutes the core of a Eurasian coalition directed against U.S. encroachment into Eurasia and its quest for global hegemony. Iran […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Bedouin tribes have launched a major strike on the military in western Egypt. Bedouin sources said hundreds of tribal fighters attacked military and security forces near the western Egyptian city of Mersa Matruh on Jan. 13. They said the attack was to re-gain land confiscated by the former regime of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Turkish Navy last month held live fire exercises near the natural gas fields of Israel and the Republic of Cyprus. Diplomats said Turkish warships were conducting live-fire maneuvers in the eastern Mediterranean in an apparent show of force toward Israel and Cyprus. They said the Turkish ships were firing […]