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Syria says is willing to work with UN to combat IS

he Syrian government said Monday it was ready to work with United Nations-backed groups to fight Islamic State militants, after the Tabqa airbase on the Iraq-Syria border was seized. The statement by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem warned, though, that any airstrike against IS on Syrian territory “should be done in coordination with the …

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Davutoglu named as Turkey’s new PM

The 55-year old Davutoglu has been Turkey’s Foreign Minsiter for the last 4-years, and has been one of Erdogan’s staunchest allies. He’s also been credited as being the architect of Turkey’s much more proactive foreign policy the past few years.

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Egypt says army did not carry out operation in Libya

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi denied on Sunday 24/8/2014 that the Egyptian Armed Forces had carried out any military operation inside the Libyan lands. At a meeting with editors-in-chief of Egyptian newspapers and the Middle East News Agency, Sisi refuted reports circulated by the Doha-based Aljazeera channel in this …

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Libya’s crisis discussed in Egypt

Egypt held the fourth ministerial meeting for Libya’s neighbouring countries in which foreign ministers from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Sudan and other countries met and discussed the ongoing turmoil in Libya on Monday. The meeting was held to “discuss the latest developments of the security and political situation in Libya”.

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NATO condemns Russia’s aid trucks movement into Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Friday condemned the entry of a Russian convoy into Ukrainian territory without the consent of the Ukrainian authorities and without any involvement of the International Committee of the Red Cross. “This is a blatant breach of Russia’s international commitments, including those made recently in …

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