Mediterranean Sea: Freedom Flotilla ship attacked by drones off Malta

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition campaign group said Friday that one of its ships bound for the Gaza Strip, carrying aid and dozens of activists, was attacked in international waters by drones in the middle of the night off Malta, causing Read More …

Two Attacks on Russia-Linked Tankers Were Caused by Limpet Mines

At least two recent explosions affecting tankers in the Mediterranean this year can be explained by limpet mine attacks, three security sources told Reuters this week. Five tankers have been damaged in suspicious incidents over the last two months, and Read More …

Italy prosecutors open terrorism probe into oil tanker blasts

Italian authorities opened a terrorism investigation into explosions last weekend that damaged an oil tanker off northern Italy, in the latest of four such incidents in the Mediterranean and Baltic seas in the past month, the chief prosecutor of the Read More …

Russia: Oboronlogistics company blames loss of its ship Ursa Major on terrorist attack

A terrorist attack has been committed against the Russian ship Ursa Major in the Mediterranean Sea, the press service of the Oboronlogistics shipping company has told TASS. “Oboronlogistics believes that on December 23, 2024, a pre-planned terrorist attack was committed Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis target 3 ships in Red, Mediterranean Seas

Yemen’s Houthi group announced Monday that it attacked three ships in the Red and Mediterranean Seas for breaching its embargo on vessels entering Israeli ports. In a statement, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group’s fighters targeted the “BENTLEY Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis target six ships in three seas

Yemen’s Houthis targeted six ships in three different seas, including the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Laax that was damaged after reporting a Houthi missile attack off the coast of Yemen, the Iran-backed group said on Wednesday. The Laax was attacked Read More …