Section: Al-Manar TV (Lebanon)
Russia to Deploy Latest Air Defense Systems in Crimea
Russia will deploy its most advanced S-400 air defense systems to the annexed Crimea peninsula in August, a military official said Friday. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
NATO-Russia Talks after Warsaw Summit
NATO is set to hold formal talks with Russia shortly after a summit in Warsaw this week where the alliance will endorse a military buildup following the Ukraine conflict, chief Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
EU Extends Russia Sanctions to Jan 2017
The European Union on Friday formally extended economic sanctions against Russia by six months due to a lack of progress in resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Ukraine Launches Joint Military Drills with NATO
Ukraine on Monday launched joint military exercises with the United States and a string of other NATO countries as tensions with Moscow remain high over the pro-Kremlin insurgency in the country’s east. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
EU Approves 6-Month Russia Sanctions Rollover
EU ambassadors agreed to roll over damaging economic sanctions against Russia for another six months in the absence of any progress on resolving the Ukraine conflict, European sources said Tuesday. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
EU: Russia Must Implement Ukraine Deal to Lift Sanctions
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker told Russia on Thursday that the “only way” the 28-nation bloc will lift its economic sanctions on Moscow is if the Kremlin fully implements a peace deal for Ukraine. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
NATO Demands Russia Withdraw Forces from Ukraine
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday demanded that Russia withdraw its forces and military hardware from Ukraine and halt its support for pro-Moscow separatists battling Kiev. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Ukrainian Soldier Killed after Failed Peace Talks
A Ukrainian soldier was killed in a fresh upsurge of fighting with pro-Russian ‘separatists’ after high-profile peace talks failed to bring any results, the Kiev military said on Monday. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
UNSC Rejects Russia’s Call to Blacklist Jaish Al-Islam, Ahrar Sham
Russian request to add two Syrian militant groups to a United Nations terror blacklist was rejected by Britain, France, the United States, and Ukraine, diplomats said on May 10. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Ukraine Pilot Savchenko Starts Refusing All Food and Liquids
Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, convicted over the killing of two Russian journalists, began a hunger strike without water on Wednesday to demand her return to Ukraine …read more Source: Al-Manar...
