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 […]

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 […]