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Dorian Jones

Shipping attacks threaten Turkey's resolve to keep warships out of Black Sea

A cargo ship that was attacked in the Black Sea is escorted by a coastguard boat as it returns through the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, on 1 September 2026.
A cargo ship that was attacked in the Black Sea is escorted by a coastguard boat as it returns through the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, on 1 September 2026. © Murad Sezer / Reuters

A wave of deadly attacks on cargo ships in the waters of NATO members Bulgaria and Romania has jolted the alliance into calling an emergency meeting on Black Sea security. Yet any move to send NATO ships hinges on Turkey reversing its steadfast refusal to allow warships into the Black Sea.

Thursday saw two chemical tankers struck by drones close to a Romanian port.

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