WASHINGTON: Eleven vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came dangerously close to US military ships in the Gulf, the US military said on Wednesday, calling the moves "dangerous and provocative."
The US military said in a statement the Iranian ships approached six US military ships while they were conducting integration operations with Army helicopters in international waters. At one point, the Iranian vessels came as close at 10 yards to the US Coast Guard cutter Maui.
The US ships issued multiple warnings through bridge-to-bridge radio, blasts from the ships' horns and long range acoustic noise maker devices. The Iranian ships left after about an hour, the statement added.
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Iranian IRGC navy ‘harassed’ US military ships in the Gulf
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Iranian IRGC navy ‘harassed’ US military ships in the Gulf
- The US military said in a statement the Iranian ships approached six US military ships
Syria army enters Al-Hol camp holding relatives of miltants
- Al-Hol houses around 24,000 people, including 15,000 Syrians and about 6,300 foreign women and children of 42 nationalities
AL-HOL CAMP, Syria: Syria’s army on Wednesday entered the country’s vast Al-Hol detention camp that houses relatives of suspected Daesh militants, from which Kurdish forces withdrew the day before, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
The correspondent saw a large number of soldiers open the camp’s metal gate and enter. Al-Hol houses around 24,000 people, including 15,000 Syrians and about 6,300 foreign women and children of 42 nationalities.
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