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Iran Navy Ships Crew to Train Sailors in Syria
Two Iranian warships have docked at the Syrian port of Tartus, state television... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? reported on Monday, adding that their crew would be training Syrian sailors. "The two ships, one which is a supply vessel and the other a destroyer have docked in Tartus, a port city north west of Damascus ...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world... , and as per a bilateral agreement they will be involved in training the Syrian navy," the report said, without indicating when the vessels went into port. Iran's navy chief, Admiral Habibollah Sayari, said on Saturday that Iranian ships "have passed through the Suez Canal for the second time since the (1979) Islamic Revolution." Their passage was to show Iran's military "might," he said, without giving details of their mission. On Monday, Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the transit of the two ships through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean "is a symbol of our nation's marine capability." "The presence of Iranian warships in the high seas is Iran's natural right," Vahidi was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-21 |
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