France has deployed its new frigate Auvergne in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, sticking to what Paris calls ensuring security and stability in the region, while provoking tensions with Turkey. Speaking in a news briefing at the Cypriot port of Larnaca on Monday, Captain Paul Merveilleux de Vignaux told reporters that frigate Auvergne with its 150 crew would be deployed in the eastern Mediterranean until January to gather intelligence in order ...