The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle sails in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Toulon after departing on a several-month mission that will take it to the Red Sea, then the Indian Ocean, and finally the Pacific, on November 28, 2024. (Credit: Clément Mahoudeau/AFP)
On Friday, the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, escorted by three frigates and a submarine from the French navy. Diverted from the waters of the Baltic Sea, the only European aircraft carrier is expected to arrive in the Eastern Mediterranean by the end of the week, a flagship of an unprecedented deployment of military resources off Cyprus by several European countries, including France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Greece.These joint movements of European fleets around the island were initiated following the targeting, on March 1, of the British military base in Akrotiri by an Iranian-made drone fired from Lebanon by Hezbollah, as confirmed by Nicosia. Read more Macron: France, allies preparing 'defensive' mission to reopen Strait of Hormuz "We must look...
On Friday, the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, escorted by three frigates and a submarine from the French navy. Diverted from the waters of the Baltic Sea, the only European aircraft carrier is expected to arrive in the Eastern Mediterranean by the end of the week, a flagship of an unprecedented deployment of military resources off Cyprus by several European countries, including France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Greece.These joint movements of European fleets around the island were initiated following the targeting, on March 1, of the British military base in Akrotiri by an Iranian-made drone fired from Lebanon by Hezbollah, as confirmed by Nicosia. Read more Macron: France, allies preparing 'defensive' mission to reopen Strait of Hormuz "We must look...
