(Euronews: 1330 PST, February 16, 2011) Two Iranian warships are headed towards the Suez Canal en route to Syria with Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman hinting the Jewish state may respond. Lieberman said in a speech: "Israel cannot forever ignore these provocations."

Israel has long accused Iran and Syria of providing weapons to Islamist groups seeking its elimination. Iran's state news agency said the two ships had been dispatched on a year-long traning mission in the Mediterranean Sea.