The ships, Sparta and Sparta 2, are currently carrying military equipment from Syria, where the country was forced to close its naval base following the recent fall of dictator Bashar al Assad.

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world… ...