A NATO flotilla arrived in the Black Sea on Wednesday to train with ships from the Bulgarian, Romanian and Turkish navies, the U.S.-led Western alliance said. Tensions in the Black Sea region are running high because of the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine and Russia’s annexation of the country’s Crimea …

The U.S. military is due to send troops to Romania and Bulgaria during the summer as part of an operation to counter Russian hostility in Europe, but U.S. officials now say the operation may beexpanded to include Hungary, the Czech Republic and Georgia. Operation Atlantic Resolve, which already has U.S. troops …

Eleven militants were killed during army operations in North Sinai’s Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah, according to state-run news agency MENA Tuesday. The army launched airstrikes and ground forces to destroy militant hideouts. Both Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid have witnessed military parades during the past week on behalf of militant group …

Two cargo planes carrying Turkish military aid to Iraqi soldiers arrived in Baghdad on March 3, a Turkish official said, stressing that the assistance includes non-lethal military equipment aid for 500 soldiers of the central government. The military aid includes camouflage desert caps, assault vests, helmets, sleeping bags, blankets for …

Algeria and the United States have reaffirmed, Monday in Algiers, their support to the United Nations’ efforts for a “political solution” to the crisis in Libya. During a meeti ng between the Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry, Abdelhamid Senouci Bereksi and a US delegation led jointly by Assistant Secretary

Tunisia said it is satisfied with the “peace and reconciliation deal” signed by the Malian government and parties in the conflict in the north of the country and urged other protagonists to follow suit. Tunisia called “praiseworthy” the efforts made by Special Representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General and …

In a strongly-worded statement released late Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry blamed both South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, and his former deputy – now his opponent – Riek Machar, for the incessant violence that has plagued the four-year-old nation, and said the two leaders failed to deliver on …

France, US, German, British and Italian leaders stressed their strong support to the Minsk agreement in reaching a settlement to Ukraine crisis, French President Francois Hollande office said in a statement on Tuesday. “They (the leaders) have agreed that a strong reaction from the international community would be necessary in …

UN Security Council adopted unanimously resolution 2206, imposing sanctions on South Sudan, which has been a scene of internal conflict for months. UNSC, presided by France for this month, expressed their deep concern in the resolution adopted today, at the failures of both parties to honour their commitments to date, …

U.S. President Barack Obama and European leaders held a video conference on Tuesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, and France said all agreed that a “strong reaction” would be necessary if the ceasefire reached last month in Minsk was violated. The talk held at 11:30 a.m. EST (1630 GMT) between …