Tag: Syria

  • ISIS maritime concerns mount

    No actual evidence of threat, but fears remain. Former NATO Commander Stavridis Warns ISIS Could Strike Marine Corps, Navy Fleet By: Gidget Fuentes SAN DIEGO — Fifteen years after the […]

  • NATO and the people smugglers

    Does NATO have a hidden motive? Who are NATO’s ships in the Aegean really keeping an eye on? Ioannis Chapsos, Coventry University NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has announced the […]

  • NATO migrant patrols?

    US Defence Secretary says NATO is ready. Nato offers Aegean people-smuggling patrols Nato is ready to patrol the Aegean Sea to deter people-smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece, US […]

  • SE Asia terrorism warning

    Increase in terror activity causing concern. Southeast Asian maritime terrorism warning SAM CHAMBERS Southeast Asia could see maritime terrorism incidents this year, a leading maritime security expert has told Splash. […]

  • New Euro Coast Guard plan

    As Med migrancy slows down, EC lurches into action. A European Border and Coast Guard to protect Europe’s External Borders The European Commission is today adopting an important set of […]

  • HMS Defender arrives in Gulf

    THE Royal Navy’s HMS Defender warship has joined a French aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to bolster Western efforts to destroy Islamic State from the sea and air. Royal […]

  • Russia’s repurposed merchants

    Old merchants supporting Russian campaign. Russia supplies Syria mission with old cargo ships bought from Turkey By Jonathan Saul and Maria Tsvetkova Earlier this year, an old refrigerator ship called […]

  • Russian Sub in ISIS strikes

    Russian Navy joins anti-ISIS operations. Russia hits targets in Syria from Mediterranean submarine Russia says it has for the first time hit targets in Syria with missiles launched from a […]

  • Dryad issues Med advisory

    Dryad Maritime issues advisory on region. Mediterranean Special Advisory Press Release Today, Tuesday 17th November, Dryad Maritime release their Mediterranean Special Advisory, an in depth report, looking at the complex […]

  • Cyprus to host European marsec meet

    Migrant situation high on the agenda. Cyprus to host European maritime security conference Cyprus is hosting a conference on maritime security in the coming week in which over 100 navy […]