Elements of the European Union Naval Force Mediterranean Operation Irini (EU NAVFOR Med Irini) boarded and inspected a commercial tanker early in the morning (local time) ..
Tag: Libya
Following the migrant crisis which engulfed Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region in 2014-15, tensions between states affected and migrants have remained high. In ..
Following years of sporadic fighting between Libyan warlords, in early April forces of General Khalifi Haftar, head of the Libya National Army, (LNA) which is ..
Civil war in Libya, and a complex web of contested, oil and gas prospecting-linked, maritime territorial claims, encompassing EEZs, maritime zones and continental ..
Analysts are predicting that the eastern Mediterranean is set for significant naval conflict. Important destabilising factors are the de facto civil war in Libya, and a ..
On March 25, 2019, off Sicily, a group of irregular migrants (IM), who are believed to have started their sea journey in North Africa, were rescued from their sinking ..
Hamlet famously asked, “Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles”. ..
2015 saw more than a million irregular migrants (IM), from a range of nations, complete the risky sea crossing from the coast of North Africa to Europe. Most made the ..
The Hellenic Coast Guard intercepted and seized on December 5 a Syrian-flagged vessel carrying drugs worth approximately US$113 million.
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