Malta Naval Visits – Syrian Navy ship AL ASSAD – July 1994

The ONLY Syrian Navy Ship that called at Malta was the cadet training ship AL ASSAD during July 1994 berthing at Crucifix Wharf now Pinto Wharf. The Syrian Navy, officially the Syrian Arab Navy (Arabic: الْبَحْرِيَّةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّورِيَّةُ, romanized: al-Baḥrīyah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is the navy branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. The main role of […]
Naval News – Syrian Navy Ships destroyed at Lattakia, Syria by Israel Defence Forces – 09.12.2024

Shortly after the collapse of the Ba’athist regime led by President Bashar al-Assad after a sudden and extremely successful offensive by the Syrian Opposition, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) launched an attack on various Syrian Fleet installations on Monday 9th December, 2024 via naval and air assets. According to media reports citing official statements, following the […]
Gaza-Israel War – Controversial tankers OVERSEAS SANTORINI and OVERSEAS SUN COAST – July to September 2024

Following the 2023 Yom Kippur attack by Hamas on Southern Israel on Saturday 7th October , 2 controversial Product Tankers OVERSEAS SANTORINI and OVERSEAS SUN COAST are in the Breaking News Developments. OVERSEAS SANTORINI cargo is US 300,000 barrels of military grade JP-8 aviation fuel destined for the Israeli Air Force (IAF), enough for 12,000 […]
Gaza-Israel War – UK sending RFA ARGUS A 135 and RFA LYME BAY L 3007 to East Med – 12.10.2023

On Thursday 12th October, 2023 the UK Ministry of Defense announced that the Primary Casualty Receiving Ship RFA ARGUS A 135 and the Bay Class Landing Ship RFA LYME BAY L 3007 both being from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been ordered to the Eastern Mediterranean and will most likely Support any kind of Evacuation […]
Gaza-Israel War – Polish Military Flights – 09.10.2023

On Monday 9th October, 2023 the first planes evacuating Polish citizens from Israel arrived in Warsaw, Poland early morning at 0515 hrs from a Polish Government Boeing 737 carrying around 130 people, followed by two C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft carrying over 120 people. There are reportedly hundreds more Poles awaiting evacuation. Meanwhile, it has […]
Gaza−Israel War – US Navy moves Carrier Strike Group – 08.10.2023

On 7 October 2023, Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas launched a large-scale invasion and offensive against Israel from the Gaza Strip, breaking through the Gaza–Israel barrier and forcing entry via the Gaza border crossings, into nearby Israeli settlements and military installations. Hamas called it OPERATION AL AQSA STORM and it is the first direct conflict within Israel’s boundaries since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Hostilities […]