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          Latest news on the historic body of water surrounded by southern Europe, north Africa and west Asia

          EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica delivers a speech on the Pact for the Mediterranean at the EU headquarters in Brussels in October. AFP

          EU official says strategic agreement with UAE is vital to new Mediterranean pact

          MENADecember 12, 2025
          Migrants attempting to cross from Libya to Europe being rescued in the Mediterranean. AP

          Syrian accused of smuggling people from Libya for $6,000 arrested in UK

          UKNovember 19, 2025
          Ahmed Ebid and an image of a boat found on a phone he used. Photo: NCA

          Egyptian who ran $16m people-smuggling operation from London jailed for 25 years

          EuropeMay 20, 2025
          The moment Ahmed Ebid was arrested by National Crime Agency officers. Photo: NCA

          Egyptian ‘made $15.5m’ from people-smuggling operation, court hears

          UKMarch 18, 2025
          German frigate Hessen fired at drones during a two-month operation in Red Sea waters under attack by the Houthi rebels in Yemen. AFP

          Germany extending military missions from Red Sea to southern Mediterranean

          EuropeJanuary 03, 2025
          Jmayl Malekh and his wife Safia survive on fishing, in the Tunisian town of Borj Salhi. Hasan Mrad / The National

          Residents of isolated Tunisian town bond with the sea to survive

          MENAJuly 12, 2024
          A construction site at the new Alamein city, on the North Coast, 260 km northwest of Cairo, in August 2023. EPA

          Egypt launches $21bn mega-project in new partnership

          MENAJuly 03, 2024
          The Italian coastguard has recovered 14 more bodies. AP

          Italy migrant shipwreck toll rises to 34 as more bodies found

          EuropeJune 21, 2024
          Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands after a joint news conference in Ankara, Turkey. AP

          Could Turkey’s conservative turn roil the suddenly calm Aegean?

          CommentMay 15, 2024
          Migrants are helped off a partially deflated rubber dinghy by rescuers in the central Mediterranean on Wednesday. SOS Mediterranee via AP

          Scores of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean off coast of Libya

          EuropeMarch 14, 2024
          The USS Gerald R Ford sails alongside a refuelling tanker in the Mediterranean. US Naval Forces Central Command / US 6th Fleet / Reuters

          US aircraft carrier Gerald R Ford to leave region after extended deployment

          MENAJanuary 01, 2024
          The Mari-B platform in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Israel. AFP

          Israel’s biggest gas supplier plans further Mediterranean development

          EnergyDecember 08, 2023
          An overcrowded boat in the Mediterranean Sea near the shores of Tripoli, north Lebanon. AP Photo

          Lebanon rescues more than 100 migrants from Mediterranean

          LebanonOctober 07, 2023
          Crew members of the Geo Barents migrant rescue ship, operated by Doctors Without Borders, distribute life jackets to a group of 61 migrants on a wooden boat in international waters off the coast of Libya, in the central Mediterranean Sea, on September 28. Reuters

          Migrants to Europe deserve a better fate

          EditorialOctober 04, 2023
          President El Sisi on a visit to a Bedouin settlement in the west of Egypt on Wednesday

          El Sisi visits Bedouin city of Salloum to launch revamp

          EgyptAugust 16, 2023
          The remains of the ancient sunken ship in the Mediterranean near the city of El Alamein, Egypt

          How engineer and his sons found ancient ship on Egypt's north coast

          EgyptAugust 15, 2023
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