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Rig in Position At Israel’s Offshore Mediterranean Natural Gas Field
Israel intends to explore Mediterranean offshore natural gas fields that it claims are within its territorial waters, and Sedco now has its Express rig in position at Israel’s offshore Mediterranean Leviathan 3 natural gas field to begin drilling.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Blames Israeli Government for Impasse in Middle East Peace Talks
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday blamed the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the impasse in Middle East peace talks and called for international pressure on the Jewish state. In U.N. General Assembly speeches,...
Seaside Fortress Was a Final Stronghold of Early Islamic Power
Archaeologists have long known that Yavneh-Yam, an archaeological site between the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Ashdod on the Mediterranean coast, was a functioning harbor from the second millennium B.C. until the Middle Ages. Now Tel Aviv University...
Group of Kidnapped Estonian Bicyclists Freed in Lebanon
Seven Estonian bicyclists kidnapped in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley nearly four months ago have been released. The men appeared in good spirits Thursday as they waved to reporters and by-standers from the balcony of the French Embassy, where they were...
Israel Seeking UN Opinion on Maritime Border Dispute with Lebanon
According to Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Tel Aviv will shortly seek a UN opinion on its Mediterranean maritime borders with Lebanon.
Twin Study Shows Mediterranean-style Diet Improves Heart Function
Following a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce the risk of heart disease by maintaining heart rate variability.The more a participant’s eating pattern matched a Mediterranean-style diet, the greater his heart rate variability. Genes do not entirely...
Temperature And Salt Levels of the Western Mediterranean are on the Increase
Spanish scientists have analyzed the temperature and salt levels of the Western Mediterranean Sea between 1943 and 2000 to study the evolution of each variable. Their research shows that, since at least the 1940s, the deep water has become progressively...
Morocco Warns That Insecurity in Sahel is Main Threat to Mediterranean
At the opening of a conference in Rabat on security in the Mediterranean, Morocco has warned about against instability in the Sahelo-Saharan area, describing it as “the main threat” to the Mediterranean region. “The Sahelo-Saharan...
