Section: Africa&ME
Russia’s flights to Syria also carry military equipment: Lavrov
Flights to Syria carry military equipment as well as aid, Russian Foreign Minister said on Thursday, after previously insisting that flights to Syria were only humanitarian. Russian “humanitarian” flights to Syria carry military equipment as well as humanitarian aid, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. The United States...
‘We’re afraid of terrorism, disease’
A potent mix of fear, ignorance and Islamophobia is fuelling widespread opposition in eastern Europe to taking in refugees. ||| Gabcikovo, Slovakia – A potent mix of fear, ignorance and Islamophobia is fuelling widespread opposition in eastern Europe to taking in refugees despite EU pressure for a new quota system.In Gabcikovo, a village on...
Polish prime minister says accepting refugees is Poland’s duty
Poland cannot afford to accept economic migrants, but it is the biggest central European economy’s duty to accept refugees fleeing wars, Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said on Thursday. “Accepting migrants escaping to save their lives is our duty,” Kopacz, speaking ahead of an election in October, told a news briefing at a forum in the...
Russia building major military base near Ukrainian border
By Anton Zverev Russia has started to build a huge military base housing ammunition depots and barracks for several thousand soldiers near the Ukrainian border, a project that suggests the Kremlin is digging in for a prolonged stand-off with Kiev. The base, when completed, will even have its own swimming pool, skating rink and barber shop,...
Ukraine: Minsk cease-fire signatories to meet on Oct. 2
Putin, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande spoke on the phone Wednesday night …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russian troops join combat in Syria ahead of UN meeting in New York (Updated)
By Gabriela Baczynska and Lidia Kelly By refusing to clarify the scale of its military presence in Syria, Russia keeps the West fearing a considerable build-up to win a stronger bargaining position when world powers sit down to talks on the conflict, Western diplomats in Moscow said. Those discussions could take place as soon as this month, when...
NATO’s top commanders meet in Istanbul to discuss Ukraine, Syria
NATO’s highest military authority, the Military Committee, will convene in Istanbul for a three-day session starting Sept. 11 to review security challenges in Europe and the Middle East, as well as ongoing operations in Afghanistan …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
70% of European Jews afraid to expose religion in public: poll
Significant increase in number of Jews from Europe coming to live in Israel, especially Ukraine,… …read more Source:...
Summit on Ukraine to be held in Oct.
Another round of talks over situation in Donbas featuring Hollande, Merkel, Poroshenko & Putin would take place in Paris on October 2 …read more Source: World...
Juncker: EU borders are untouchable
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker warned Moscow Wednesday that the security of EU member nations was sacrosanct, amid growing alarm in eastern states over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
