Iranian Warships Dock in Syria -

Iranian Warships Dock in Syria "Two Iranian warships docked Thursday in a Syrian port, after a journey through the Suez Canal and Mediterranean Sea that prompted Israel to put its navy on high alert.

The northern section of the canal is just 100 kilometers from Israel. Iran has been accused of smuggling money and weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel said it is closely monitoring the ships’ whereabouts.

Iran says the ships pose no threat in the region and are in Syria for a training mission. An Israeli official called the move “an Iranian provocation.”

“When you look at the Middle East, wherever the Iranians weigh in, the situation is never good,” he said Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Channel 2 in Israel. “It certainly does not bode well, but these two ships are not an immediate threat against us."