Section: Africa&ME
German FM: Arms Withdrawal Important Step to Resolving Donbass Conflict
TEHRAN (FNA)- The agreement on the withdrawal of arms is an important step in resolving the conflict in Ukraine’s Donbass Region, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said while attending the UN General Assembly in New York. …read more Source: Fars News...
Russian parliament grants Putin right to use military force in Syria
The Russian parliament on Wednesday unanimously granted President Vladimir Putin the right to deploy the country’s military in Syria, a move a top Kremlin aide said related only to the air force. Russia has been building up its military presence in Syria, where it supports the government forces of President Bashar al-Assad in a conflict...
Negotiators reach weapons agreement in east Ukraine
A much anticipated agreement for weapons withdrawal deal has been signed, hoping for a complete withdrawal by mid-October. …read more Source: World...
Obama & Putin Spar at U.N.: Will Regime Change in Syria Further Destabilize War-Torn Nation?
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first formal meeting in two years on Monday in New York to discuss Syria and Ukraine. In recent weeks, Russia has built up forces inside Syria to support President Bashar al-Assad and has reached a new...
On the new, misguided, international approach to Syria
Comment: The international community is betraying the Syrian people by accepting the Russian-led bid to rehabilitate Bashar al-Assad in the name of fighting terrorism, argues former SNC head Burhan Ghalioun With Russian forces deploying heavily to the Syrian coast, the Syrian war has entered a new phase.The discussion is no longer about how Assad...
Broader probe could affect east of Ukraine
Court to probe suspected war crimes committed in bitter fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Moscow rebels that claimed thousands of lives …read more Source: Business...
News24.com | Ukraine, rebels agree to tank withdrawal
Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have agreed to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and smaller weapons systems. …read more Source:...
Ukraine opens trial of Russian troops
KIEV: Ukraine on Tuesday began hearing a case against two Russian soldiers it claims will prove Moscow’s direct involvement the conflict in the war-torn former Soviet state. Troops captured the two men, both of whom were wounded, in May and interrogated them, broadcasting their alleged confessions in which they said they were active members...
ICG: Syrian gambit will not erase Putin’s Ukraine problem
If Russia really wants to pull out of Ukraine, it has to wind up a small but stubborn political local leadership and a quite large militia structure of at least 20,000 fighters. It will discover that separatist leaders have developed their own, usually corrupt, interests, and may not go quietly, and that fighters, abandoned to their own...
Obama, Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev discuss non-proliferation, Ukraine -White House
U.S. President Barack Obama and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed nuclear non-proliferation. …read more Source: The Daily...
