Syria Calls for Independent Probe Into Sinking of Ship in Black Sea
Syria wants an independent investigation into the attack as Bulgaria ended the search after finding no survivors among the 10 crew members.
- On Thursday, the Syrian General Authority for Ports and Customs called on the International Maritime Organization and Bulgarian authorities to investigate the sinking of cargo ship Alfa Watan in the Black Sea, which left 10 crew members missing.
- The Alfa Watan sank after a drone attack early Tuesday within Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, 70 nm off the coast; authorities discovered debris and 3 life rafts near the site but no survivors were found.
- Mazen Aloush, director for international relations of the Syrian General Authority for Ports and Customs, questioned why Bulgarian search operations ended before the missing crew's fate was determined, including 10 crew members total.
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky alleged a joint probe with Bulgarian forces confirmed Moscow carried out the strike, while Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev announced plans to procure 5 additional surface-to-air missile systems.
- Amid uncertainty regarding the strike near Byala, officials noted another vessel suffered fire damage in the area, leaving NATO member Bulgaria concerned about regional escalation in the Black Sea.
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Seventy Miles Off Byala At about 3am on 6 October, aerial and sea drones struck two Turkish-owned cargo ships some 70 nautical miles off the Bulgarian coast. The Togo-flagged Alfa Watan sank on the spot. Its ten crew are unaccounted for, and the search has been called off. The day before, a grain carrier sank […]
Leader of the GERB opposition party, Boiko Borissov, said that the reports of the security services presented in the Advisory Council for National Security (CCNS) indicated that the ship sunk in the Black Sea could have...
Damascus called on the International Maritime Organization and Bulgaria to conduct an independent investigation into the attack on dry cargo in the Black Sea and to investigate the fate of the nine missing citizens of the country, informed Masen Allouche, Director of the Syrian General Customs Department. Syria demanded that the circumstances surrounding the incident involving the Syrian seafarers be examined and that RIA News be referred to SAN…
Syria has demanded an independent and transparent investigation into the sinking of the cargo ship Alpha Watan in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria. The request has been made to the International Maritime Organization and to the Bulgarian maritime authorities, Mazen Alloush, a representative of the Syrian General Directorate for Borders and Customs, told AFP. The vessel, which was sailing under the flag of Togo, was carrying 10 people - ni…
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