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Lebanese and UN troops rescue migrants vessel, 2 killed

Lebanon’s navy and U.N. peacekeepers have rescued more than 200 migrants from a boat sinking in the Mediterranean Sea hours after it left northern Lebanon’s coast, the military said in a statement

The Independent UK

Egypt: New Bid at 12 Blocks in Mediterranean, Nile Delta on Oil and Gas Exploration

Egypt has set a new international tender for oil and gas exploration rights in the Nile Delta and Mediterranean sea, the petroleum minister announced on Tuesday. Tarek El-Molla said the tender was set for 12 blocks, split evenly between onshore and offshore. According to the Egyptian digital portal for exploration…

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Yellen says no reason to believe Russia involved in decision to block ships from Mediterranean

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told reporters on Thursday that the Biden administration had no reason to believe the Russian government was involved in a decision by Turkey to block ships from transiting to the Mediterranean Sea.

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US, European Aircraft Carriers Conduct Joint Naval Operations

The aircraft carriers, USS Gerald Ford and the USS George Bush, are now engaged in a regularly scheduled multination operation to showcase the cohesion and interoperability of participants, the US Department of Defense announced on Friday. Sabrina Singh, the deputy Pentagon press secretary, told reporters that the two American carrier…

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Total to launch sea exploration after Lebanon-Israel deal

French oil giant Total says it will soon launch exploration activities in search for gas in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon’s coast, following last month’s Lebanon-Israel maritime deal

The Independent UK

Saudi-Greek Air Maneuvers Kick Off

The Falcon Eye 3 Air Drill between the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) and the Greek Air Force was launched at the Souda Air Base on the Greek island of Crete on Saturday. The drill began with a ground study, which organized and unified the tactics of the Saudi and…

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France to take in passengers from migrant rescue ship

France’s interior minister says his country will take in passengers from a migrant rescue ship who have been stranded in the Mediterranean Sea for more than two weeks

The Independent UK

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EXPLAINER: What's behind Italy's migrant sea rescue standoff

Italy’s new government has blocked humanitarian rescue ships from accessing its ports, resulting in a standoff with charities that patrol the deadly central Mediterranean Sea, used by people desperate to reach Europe for a new life

The Independent UK

A Mixed Bag: The Bennett-Lapid Government’s Mideast Policies

The most controversial foreign policy initiative was Israel’s recent accord with Lebanon demarcating Mediterranean Sea gas fields.

Zenger

Spain's Mar Menor lagoon granted legal personhood in European first

The Mar Menor – the largest saltwater lagoon in Europe linked to the Mediterranean Sea – has become the first natural area in Europe to be protected as a legal entity. Environmentalists and locals have long complained that the lagoon suffers from serious pollution, which they blame on intensive farming.…

France 24

In southern France, drought, rising seas threaten traditions

For centuries people in southern France have observed Camarguaise bull festivities in the Rhone delta, where the Rhone river and the Mediterranean sea meet

The Independent UK

Israel, Lebanon sign US-brokered maritime border deal

The agreement opens up the possibility for both countries to exploit reserves in the gas-rich Mediterranean Sea.

Al Jazeera

Tel Aviv Begins Gas Production from Karish

US envoy Amos Hochstein traveled to Beirut on Wednesday to represent his country at the official signing of the historic agreement to delineate the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel and pave the way for offshore energy exploration in the Mediterranean Sea. “Hochstein traveled to Lebanon to finalize the historic…

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NGO: Libyan Coast Guard threatened to shoot down plane

The German non-governmental organization Sea-Watch is accusing the Libyan coast guard of threatening to shoot down their monitoring plane that helps documented the interception of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

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Italian coast guard finds bodies of 2 minors on migrant boat

Italy’s coast guard says it has found two dead minors on a migrant boat carrying nearly 40 people in the Mediterranean Sea, and a search is under way for a woman reported missing from the vessel

France 24

The dead with no names: Identifying the lost migrants of the Mediterranean

Thousands of men, women and children die trying to cross the Mediterranean every year. They leave from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria or Morocco in the hope of a better existence in Europe. This often ends in tragedy and the Mediterranean Sea being dubbed the world's largest open-air cemetery. FRANCE 24's Céline…

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Lebanese President Calls on TotalEnergies to Start Drilling after Deal with Israel

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on TotalEnergies to quickly start drilling in block 9 in the Mediterranean Sea. The Lebanese Presidency said Aoun met with a delegation from the company and called for a start to drilling to offset the time spent in indirect negotiations with Israel to demarcate the…

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Lebanon Says Israeli Gunboat Violated Its Waters, Israel Denies It

The Lebanese army said on Tuesday that an Israeli gunboat had violated Lebanese territorial waters on Monday morning, an allegation denied by Israel in the second such dispute this week as the countries work toward a maritime border demarcation. The alleged naval incursion took place in an area of the…

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AFP

Tunisia 'rescues' 194 migrants: coastguard

Tunis (AFP) - Tunisian authorities intercepted nearly 200 migrants attempting to reach Europe northwards across the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend, the defence ministry said Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Israel and Lebanon agree on maritime deal for gas-rich area

Israel said it reached “an historical agreement” with Lebanon after both sides approved the latest draft of a U.S.-brokered deal that settles a maritime border dispute in a gas-rich part of the Mediterranean Sea.

Daily Mirror

Hero holidaymaker saves life of drowning Brit in dramatic Mediterranean sea rescue

Lee-Bernadette Walford sprung into action when she heard someone screaming 'medic, medic' from the shoreline

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Don’t Leave Me’: Survivor Recounts Lebanon Boat Sinking

Jihad Michlawi, 31, has struggled to makes ends meet as a chef in crisis-hit Beirut. The Palestinian had never considered taking a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe until friends who successfully did so convinced him. Now, he's one of dozens of survivors from a capsized migrant boat…

Reuters

Gaza's first marine fish farm helps make up for dwindling catch

A fish farm established in the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza last year has begun to produce sea bream for the local market as well as for export to the occupied West Bank, bringing a welcome boost to diets and much-needed cash to the economy.

Chicago Sun-Times

What goes into a Mediterranean diet, and how to get started

It’s rooted in the traditional habits of people in countries that border the Mediterranean Sea, where rates of heart disease tend to be lower and life expectancies after 45 have been among the highest in the world.

Asharq Al-Awsat

New Israel Strikes Put Aleppo Airport Out of Service

Israeli strikes hit Syria's Aleppo airport on Tuesday evening, damaging the runway and putting the facility out of service, the official SANA news agency said. It is the second reported Israeli strike on the airport in northern Syria in less than a week. "At around 8:16 pm (1716 GMT), the…

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