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The foreign service's military committee of the European Union (EU) recommended in an internal memo to the ambassadors of member states in Brussels recommended that Operation Irini should remain until at least 31 March 2025 in l
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The European Union’s (EU) naval operation “Irini" published the results of its activities since its launch on March 31, 2020, to implement the arms embargo imposed on Libya based on UN Security Council resolutions.
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The maritime operation IRINI said it had intercepted and searched about 70 commercial vessels transiting the area of operations in the past 48 hours.
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Operation IRINI has said it confiscated dozens of military vehicles shipped to Libya on board a Dutch-flagged commercial ship on October 11, without disclosing the receiving party.
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Turkey has questioned the legitimacy, purpose and impartiality of the European Union's (EU) naval mission (Operation IRINI) off the Libyan coast.
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The European Naval Operation IRINI has revealed that Turkey refused to inspect its ship “MV Matilde A" before it entered the Libyan coast.
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European Union's Operation IRINI held on last Saturday a ceremony for the change of Force Commander on board of the new flagship HS Aegean, chaired by the Operation Commander Rear Admiral Stefano Turchetto.
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A ship bound to Libya was found to be transporting vehicles intended for military use, in breach of the UN arms embargo, Operation IRINI says.
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