Operation Irini
Greek-led EU mission illegally searches Turkish ship
A German frigate serving under a Greek-commanded EU naval mission conducted an hours-long and illegal search early on Monday on a Turkish cargo ship carrying humanitarian supplies in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea to war-torn Libya.
Germany says Turkey stopped it checking ship for arms-running to Libya
Turkey prevented German forces belonging to a European Union military mission carrying out a full search of a Turkish cargo ship that they suspected of taking weapons to Libya, both countries confirmed on Monday.
Ankara again blocks EU inspection of cargo ship off Libya coast
Ankara has once again prevented the European Union's naval mission enforcing the Libya arms embargo from checking a suspect freighter off the war-torn country's coast, Germany's Der Spiegel reports.