Azerbaijan and Afghanistan discussed the military and political situation in the region, as well as the security issues. Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov received a delegation led by Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Zarar Ahmad Osmani on March 19.

Russia’s troops have seized control of a naval base near Crimea’s city of Feodosia. This was the third successful Russian assault of a Ukrainian base on the Crimean peninsula from the last two days.

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Wednesday said the only solution to guarantee the security of the Republic of Moldova was to speed up its process of joining the European Union.

President of United States, Barack Obama, imposed sanctions against Russian officials and a bank Thursday and warned to apply more on the wider Russian economy if Moscow escalates actions against Ukraine. “Russia must know that further escalation will only isolate it further from the international community,” Obama said at the White …

Shootouts between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad died down in Tripoli, northern Lebanon on Friday after heavy fighting in the past 24 hours, three deaths.

Ukraine would respond with military action if Russia is attempting to annex the eastern regions mainly Russian-speaking country, the interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Thursday. “I want to officially warn Russia: we firmly respond, including through military means, against any attempt to seize the Ukraine, to cross borders, or …

The French defense minister said forces have killed about 40 suspected jihadists in sweeps in northern Mali in recent weeks. Jean-Yves Le Drian says militants linked to al Qaeda’s north African wing have recently been trying to regroup. French

France’s foreign minister Laurent Fabius has mentioned the possibility to veto against the sale of two Mistral warships to Russia, and also urged other countries to take similar action, even though the financial losses would be high. “If Putin continues doing what he is doing we could envisage cancelling the sales,” Fabius …

France urges de-escalation of tensions in Ukraine after tensions have intensified over the past 48 hours. France has strongly criticized Russia to approve the integration of Crimea in the Russian Federation and Paris

The Syrian air force bombed a northwest suburb of Damascus Wednesday, killing eight people and violated a truce that had been in place since October, activists said.