September, 2013

• 17 September

  British military trainers sent to help Mali’s troops

  The British Ministry of Defense said it sent a regiment to Mali for a six-month tour to support training operations for the nation’s military. The Ministry of Defense sent soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Rifles to Mali to support a training mission led by the European Union.

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• 17 September

  Serbian officials for EU integration to meet Stefan Fule in Brussels

  Head of the team for negotiations with the EU Tanja Miščević and Branko Ružić, the minister in charge of EU integration, are in Brussels on Tuesday. They are holding a meeting with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule.

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• 17 September

  UN confirms sarin was used in Syria attack

  UN chemical investigators on Monday confirmed the use of sarin nerve agent in an August 21 poison gas attack outside the Syrian capital in a long-awaited report that the United States, Britain and France said proved government forces were responsible. “This is the most significant confirmed use of chemical weapons …

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• 17 September

  Turkey backs plan to strip Syria of its chemical weapons

  Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Monday that his country supports any move that would completely strip Syria of its stockpile of chemical weapons. However, he stressed that the international community should not act as if nothing serious is happening in Syria, even if Damascus had not used chemical weapons against …

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• 17 September

  Turkey to notify UN and NATO on taking down Syrian helicopter

  Turkey will provide the U.N. Security Council and fellow members of the NATO military alliance with details of the circumstances of its shooting down on Monday of a Syrian helicopter, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said. Turkish warplanes shot down the Syrian Mi-17 helicopter after it violated Turkish airspace following repeated warnings, Deputy Prime Minister …

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• 17 September

  Turkey shot down Syrian helicopter

  The Turkish Air Force shot down a Syrian helicopter on Sept. 16 at the border after the helicopter violated Turkish airspace, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said. Turkish military aircraft taking off from a base in Malatya shot the M-17 helicopter after it allegedly continued to violate Turkish airspace despite …

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• 17 September

  Abbas urges Egypt to reopen Rafah border crossing

  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday called on Egypt to reopen the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip after six days of closure. Abbas discussed issue, which affected students, patients and humanitarian workers, with Mohamed Tuhami, chief of the Egyptian security intelligence services, who promised to solve the problem …

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• 17 September

  Egyptian army arrest 56 people after storming Islamist town

  Egyptian security forces took control of a southern town besieged by supporters of the former president, Mohammed Morsi, as suspected militants struck at police in Sinai with a blast that wounded nine people. Military troops and police secured the entrances to Dalga, a town of more than 100,000 people, gaining …

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• 17 September

  UN hears reports that arms left in Libya are going to Syria

  The UN Security Council is hearing reports that caches of weapons and ammunition left over from the collapse of Muammar Qadhafi’s Libyan regime are being flown and shipped into Syria.

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• 17 September

  Mali’s armed groups gathered for pre-consultative meeting held by the Malian Presidency

  Representatives of armed groups from northern Mali have been attending a pre-consultative meeting held by the Malian Presidency in the capital Bamako since Sunday, according to official sources. Participants include delegates of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), the Supreme Council of Azawad Unity (HCUA), the Azawad …

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