The two Iranian warships that passed through the Suez Canal last month en route to Syria, a move Israel branded “political provocation,” wil… (france24) [mappress] Source: france24,March 3, 2011;
Terming it as a “show of force”, US has moved its naval warships and fighter planes into the Mediterranean region as the situation in strife… (mynews) [mappress] Source: mynews, March 1, 2011;
In the vast waters around the Gulf of Aden, roughly 1 million square miles of sea, finding pirates and rescuing their victims is something e… By Jeanette Steele (signonsandiego) [mappress] Source: signonsandiego, February 24, 2011;
Two Iranian warships that have sailed from the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean are carrying advanced missiles to Hizbullah, Israeli source… (naharnet) [mappress] Source: naharnet, February 23, 2011;
HMS Cumberland has been ordered to stay on stand-by in the Mediterranean because of the crisis in Libya… (portsmouth) [mappress] Source: portsmouth, February 23, 2011;
The fate of the four Americans held by pirates on their yacht off Somalia ended in tragedy today as all four perished at the hands of their… (swampland) [mappress] Source: swampland, February 23, 2011;
U.S. Navy warship and helicopters are trailing a boat believed to be the one that was hijacked by Somali pirates over the weekend, a senior… (cnn) [mappress] Source: cnn, February 22, 2011;
Two Iranian naval ships entered the Suez Canal on Tuesday, a canal source said, en route to Syria on a purported training mission that Israe… (news.yahoo) [mappress] Source: news.yahoo, February 22, 2011;
Israeli navy is drawing up plans to secure facilities of several offshore gas drilling sites in the eastern Mediterranean and future explora… (istockanalyst) [mappress] Source: istockanalyst, February 21, 2011;
A warship is shadowing a yacht with four Americans on board that was hijacked by Somali pirates, a pirate said Sunday, as the vessel was rep… By Jason Straziuso (sfgate) [mappress] Source: sfgate , February 21, 2011;
Iranian warships, which Israel reported would cross the Suez Canal overnight, did not enter the canal with the daily convoy on Thursday that… (arabnews) [mappress] Source: arabnews, February 17, 2011;
DENMARK’s 6,300-ton command and support ship Esbern Snare, part of NATO’s counter-piracy mission, intercepted a pirate mothership and arrested 16 suspected pirates, but later returned them to Somalia having seized their cache of AK47s and RPGs, reported Lloyds List. Two skiffs were first spotted on
A South Korean cargo vessel, which was being chased by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, was rescued by the Chinese navy, China’s state media sai… (koreantimes) [mappress] Source: koreatimes, February 16, 2011;
Royal Navy frigate HMS Iron Duke raced to the aid of a badly injured sailor in the Gulf of Oman after receiving an urgent distress call from a Korean fishing vessel. HMS Iron Duke was the closest coalition warship to the MV Golden Lake when the call came through that a fisherman on board had [&helli
