Turkey activates military intervention pact with Palestinians
Ankara has acted to invoke the 2018 security pact that President Tayyip Erdogan signed with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas
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Mediterranean
China Pivots East: First Naval Exercise in the Mediterranean
China’s most advanced warships conducted its largest ever naval exercise in the Mediterranean on Monday, July 10. The missile destroyer
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Russia’s Plan for a Nuclear Submarine Port at Tartus Jolts US, Israeli Navies
Something big was going on at the Syrian Mediterranean port of Tartus in early March. Russian Spetsnaz (special operations) forces
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Russian Diggers Expand Tartus for Large Fleet of Carrier and Missile Cruisers
Giant floating diggers are hard at work 24/7 on a gigantic project to expand the Russian naval facilities at Tartus
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Iran gains Mediterranean bases in Italy and Syria
As part of Iran’s drive to rule the strategic waves of regional waters, Tehran has negotiated a naval exchange deal
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Iran Prepares to Establish Its First Mediterranean Naval Bases in Syria and Italy
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and supreme military council have ordered the commander of the Iranian Navy, Rear-Admiral Habibollah
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Urgent Israeli Navy order for new US coastal craft
The Mediterranean is fast filling up with bigger and more sophisticated warships than ever before, leaving the Israeli Navy lagging
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Egypt Gains Edge with New Helicopter Carriers, But Smart Infrastructure Lacking
This week, Egypt took possession of the first of two Mistral helicopter carriers it will receive from France as part
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Russia Deploys to Mediterranean Large Fleet of Stealth Submarines
Russia has deployed up to a dozen diesel electric submarines in the eastern Mediterranean, DEBKA Weekly’s intelligence sources report. It
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El-Sisi in Athens to press forward on big Egyptian-Greek-Israeli gas deal
Egyptian President Abdel Fatteh El-Sisi has arrived in Athens for three days of talks with Greek Prime Minister Alex Tsipras on a
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