Lebanon seeks Russia mediation in maritime dispute with Syria
(World News Russia)

Lebanon is seeking Russia´s mediation in a maritime border dispute with Syria, as part of a wider regional competition for resources in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean. Speaking to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti yesterday, Lebanese Defence Minister Elias Bou Saab revealed that `we have knowledge that Syria wants to demarcate the maritime border with Lebanon, and Russia is present in this area and at this border in particular.` Special presidential envoy...