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2nd Iranian ship nears Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka takes custody of an Iranian vessel off its coast after US sank an Iranian warship

Sri Lanka began transferring more than 200 sailors from an Iranian vessel to shore Friday after the ship sought assistance while anchored outside the country’s waters, as tensions mounted in the India...

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US to Sri Lanka: Don’t let survivors of submarine strike return to Iran

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Sri Lanka recovers 87 bodies from Iranian warship sunk off its coast by a US submarine

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Sri Lanka evacuates crew of second Iranian vessel after US sunk IRIS Dena

Sri Lanka has evacuated more than 200 crew members from a second Iranian naval vessel off its coast, a day after a US submarine sank an Iranian frigate in the same waters, leaving 87 sailors dead.

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Sri Lanka Is Caught in the Middle as Second Iranian Vessel Seeks Safe Haven

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Sri Lanka moving 208 rescued Iranian ship crew to naval camp, sources say

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Sri Lanka offloads 208 crew members from second Iranian ship a day after US strike sinks frigate

Searches still ongoing for survivors

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Moment Iranian warship is blasted by torpedo after being hunted down by US submarine off Sri Lanka

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Iranian ship asks to dock in Sri Lankan port after US sinking of frigate

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Exclusive - US pressing Sri Lanka not to repatriate Iranian crew and survivors from sunken ship, memo says

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The United States is pressing Sri Lanka's government not to repatriate the survivors from the Iranian warship it sank this week, as well as the crew of a second Iranian ship that is in Sri Lankan custody,

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US pressing Sri Lanka not to repatriate Iranian survivors of sunken Iris Dena frigate: Report

It has also asked Sri Lanka to not send back the crew of another Iranian ship, IRIS Booshehr, that is in Sri Lankan custody.

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US submarine strike in Indian Ocean brings Iran war to Asia

The US submarine strike on an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean marked a sharp escalation in the war between the two nations, raising fresh security and economic risks across the Indo-Pacific.By striking the warship IRIS Dena about 40 nautical miles off Sri Lanka’s coast,