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Iran warships not in Thursday's Suez convoy - canal


    ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Iranian warships, which Israel reported would cross the Suez Canal overnight, did not enter the canal with the daily convoy on Thursday that heads from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, a canal official said.

    Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman had said two Iranian warships planned to sail through the canal en route to Syria on overnight Wednesday, describing it as a "provocation".

    The northbound ship convoy starts entering the canal from the Red Sea end at 6 a.m. (4:00 a.m. British time) daily, the Suez Canal website says. Ships head south from the Mediterranean at other times of the day.

    "No Iranian warships ships crossed the Suez Canal today. The Suez Canal does not have any Iranian warship on its waiting list for tomorrow Friday," said Ahmed El Manakhly, a member of the canal's board who is responsible for shipping movement. (Reporting by Yusri Mohamed, Writing by Edmund Blair)