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Turkey activates military intervention pact with Palestinians

Jun 14, 2021 @ 16:23Jun 30, 2021 @ 17:25 Diane Shalem 3735 Views Mediterranean, military pact, Turkey-Libya, Turkey-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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China Pivots East: First Naval Exercise in the Mediterranean

Jul 13, 2017 @ 19:10 11631 Views Baltic, China, India, Japan, Mediterranean, naval exercise, Russia, US, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

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

Mar 30, 2017 @ 19:25 16386 Views Israeli Navy, Mediterranean, nuclear submarines, Russia, Tartus, US Navy

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

Sep 29, 2016 @ 17:59 12414 Views Admiral Kuznetsov, Aleppo, Bashar Assad, Mediterranean, Russian Navy, Tartus

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

Sep 25, 2016 @ 16:04 137562 Views Admiral Kuznetsov, Egyptian navy, Iran, Iran in Syria, Iranian Navy, Israel, Israel Navy, Italian Navy, Italy, Mediterranean, US, US Navy

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

Sep 22, 2016 @ 17:12 11181 Views Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Egyptian navy, Iranian Navy, Italian bases, Mediterranean, Red Sea, US Sixth Fleet

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

Aug 11, 2016 @ 10:05 118508 Views Admiral Kuznetsov, Egyptian navy, Helicopter carriers, Israel Navy, littoral combat ship (LCS), Lockheed Martin, Mediterranean, Red Sea, Russian Navy, Suez Canal, the Gemal Abdel Nasser, US, US Navy

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

Jun 30, 2016 @ 19:09 11333 Views Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, helicopter carrier, Iran, ISIS, Mediterranean, Navy, Red Sea, Sahara, Sinai

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

Feb 25, 2016 @ 18:56 8892 Views Mediterranean, Russia, submarine

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

Dec 9, 2015 @ 13:51 45705 Views Binyamin Netanyahu, Egypt, gas, Greece, Israel, Mediterranean

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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