GABÈS

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• The Tunisian Navy had rescued all seven crew members from the ship, which was heading from Equatorial Guinea to Malta, and sent a distress call 11 km away from southern city of Gabes.
  
  
• The cause of the incident was bad weather, the Environment Ministry said, adding that water had seeped into the ship, reaching a height of two metres.
  
  

Do you know?

• Gabès is the capital city of the Gabès Governorate in Tunisia. It is located on the coast of the Gulf of Gabès.
  
  
• The Gulf of Gabes, also known as Lesser Syrtis, is a gulf on Tunisia's east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, off North Africa.