Aerial refueling

Gov’t admits Turkey did not allowed PM aircraft to land on Rhodes

From the moment it was revealed that the Greek government bowed down to the unprecedented claim of Turkey not to land on the island of Rhodes to refuel the aircraft carrying Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Iran arguing that the island is a demilitarized zone, many hoped that the information is not accurate and things did not happen as the newspapers reported.

Russian intelligence spots 12,000 Turkish oil tankers doing biz with ISIS

Russian intelligence found up to 12,000 tankers and trucks on the Turkish-Iraqi border,  reports the General Staff of Russia’s armed forces has reported. Russian Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoy told journalists on Friday that the aerial imagery was made in the vicinity of Zakho, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan. There were 11,775 tankers and trucks on both sides of the Turkish-Iraqi border.

German Parliament Approves Deployment of Military Mission Against IS

The German parliament approved overwhelmingly on Friday the deployment of a military mission in support of the international coalition against Islamic State (IS) in Syria.

A total of 445 MPs voted in favour of the mission, 146 lawmakers were against, while seven abstained, Deutsche Welle informs.

Re-charging the superpower

While the U.S.-led coalition was busy bombing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) forces in Iraq and Syria, a recent probe by the Russian Air Force all over NATO air space and beyond brought back memories of the Cold War and further increased tension between Russia and the West.

Turkish fighters intercept Russian jets in Black Sea amid ‘unusual’ air activity

Turkish warplanes have confronted Russian jets over the Black Sea, as NATO aircraft also tracked Russian strategic bombers over the Atlantic and sorties of fighters over the Baltic, in what the Western alliance called an unusual burst of activity at a tense time in East-West relations.

Greek tanker missing in Gulf of Guinea amid piracy fears

The fate of a Greek oil tanker that disappeared in the Gulf of Guinea last week remained unclear on Monday as the firm that owns the vessel said it had lost contact with it amid fears of an attack by pirates.

The Liberia-flagged MT Fair Artemis last communicated with its managing firm Fairdeal Group last Wednesday while off the coast of Ghana, West Africa, according to reports.

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