When Israeli naval commandos boarded the Francop, an Antigua-flagged freighter, early Wednesday morning off Cyprus, they had a pretty good idea of what they would find. Sure enough, by the time the vessel was fully inspected... [read full story]
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An-Nahar newspaper on Saturday quoted an unnamed security source who said that an investigation by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) revealed the Francop ship seized Wednesday by Israel for allegedly carrying Iranian weapons...
Here are some updates on that illicit Iranian arms shipment. All material courtesy of the IDF: The various weapons on board the intercepted ship 'Francop' include 20,000 fragmentary grenades, 9000 mortar shells, 3000 106...
The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) began interrogating the crew of the Francop vessel, which was seized Wednesday by Israel for allegedly carrying Iranian weapons destined for Hezbollah and then released, after it entered Lebanese...
Follow Israel news briefs on and (IsraelNN.com) The United States uncovered the weapons ship that Israel seized this week, according to a report Friday in the London-based Arabic newspaper Ash-Shark Il-Awsat. The paper says the...
The US was the first to tip-off Israel about the route of the 'Francop' cargo ship, which was seized by the Israel Navy overnight Tuesday, London-based Asharq Alawsat newspaper reported on Friday. The paper quoted Israel...
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JPOST CORRESPONDENT, BERLIN BERLIN - German authorities do not plan to prosecute the owners of the Francop, the German-owned vessel that shipped the massive cache of Iranian supplied rockets and weapons...
The Israeli navy has intercepted what it claims was shipment of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon to be used by Hizballah. The weapons were seized Wednesday off the coast of Cypress by Israeli commandos. Hizballah has denied...
Washington Post Israel complains to UN over alleged Hezbollah arms Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel's UN ambassador complained to the United Nations on Thursday about what she said was an Iranian attempt to skirt a UN...
Reuters - Israel's U.N. ambassador complained to the United Nations on Thursday about what she said was an Iranian attempt to skirt a U.N. arms embargo and supply weapons to the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel's U.N. ambassador complained to the United Nations on Thursday about what she said was an Iranian attempt to skirt a U.N. arms embargo and supply weapons to the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.
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