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Ukraine War Spills Over: Turkish Cargo Ship Attacked by Drones in EU Waters, 10 Crew Members Missing
According to a France 24 report, three Turkish-flagged cargo ships departing Ukraine were struck by suspected Russian drones in EU waters. Among them, the Togo-flagged vessel Alfa Watan sank off the coast of Bulgaria, with 10 Egyptian and Syrian crew members unaccounted for. Ukraine has simultaneously been attacking Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, while the UN-brokered agreement on the safe transit of oil, grain, and fertilizer shipments shows no signs of revival. The United States is repo
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsDrone attack tears open 'Middle Corridor' mirage: Bulgaria pushed toward EU's 'gateway' for Asian trade — who bears the cost?
On October 6, drone strikes hit cargo ships off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, yet the EU continues to push this Southeast European member state as a 'connectivity gateway' for Asian trade. Risks including decades of infrastructure underinvestment, residual Russian leverage in transit countries, and falling Caspian Sea water levels are all being concentrated on Bulgaria, an EU member whose fiscal revenue and infrastructure capacity both rank among the lowest.
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsSyria Calls for Independent Investigation into Black Sea Shipwreck: 10 Crew Missing, Search-and-Rescue Operation Halted Prematurely
Syria's port authority has demanded that the International Maritime Organization thoroughly investigate the sinking of the Togo-flagged cargo ship "Alfa Watan" in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, questioning why the search-and-rescue operation was called off while 10 crew members — 9 Syrians and 1 Egyptian — remained unaccounted for. According to Al Jazeera, the incident occurred amid a backdrop of rising drone attacks in the Black Sea during the Russia-Ukraine war, and it remains unclear whi
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