🇸🇴🇹🇷Turkey to send navy to Somalia after agreeing oil and gas search

Turkey is set to send navy support to Somali waters after the two countries agreed Ankara will sen d an exploration vessel off the coast of Somalia to prospect for oil and gas.

President Tayyip Erdogan submitted a motion to the Turkish parliament late on Friday, seeking authorisation for the deployment of Turkish military to Somalia including the country's territorial waters, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

The move came a day after the Turkish energy ministry announced that Turkey will send an exploration vessel off the coast of Somalia later this year to search for oil and gas as part of a hydrocarbon cooperation deal between two countries.

Earlier this year, Turkey and Somalia signed a defence and economic cooperation agreement during Somali defence minister's visit to Ankara.

Turkey has become a close ally of the Somali government in recent years. Ankara has built schools, hospitals and infrastructure and provided scholarships for Somalis to study in Turkey.

#Somalia #Turkey

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🇮🇱❌🇾🇪 - Hudeida port is fully on fire after Israeli F-35 jets bombed the fuel tankers there.

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇬🇧❌🇾🇪 - Alarabiya citing sources:
The strikes on Hodeidah was jointly carried out by America, Britain and Israel
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🇮🇱❌🇾🇪 - Al Arabiya sources (Israeli sources):

12 Israeli aircraft, including a F35s, targeted the port of Hodeidah

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🇾🇪🤝🇵🇸 - Ansar Allah leader Nasr al-Din Amer:

Yemen's position with Gaza is firm and will not change, and the Yemeni operations supporting Gaza will not stop, the response to the aggression is inevitable, and the Yemeni people are stronger than all the forces of evil.

🇮🇹🤝🇮🇱❌🇾🇪 - An Italian refueling plane was also seen at the site of the attack apparently.

Updated post here : https://t.iss.one/GeoPWatch/3263

🎮🇾🇪 - Meanwhile Yemenis are taking selfies repeating a Lebanese joke that's gone viral during the war.