Eurasia Press & News

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is not a “credible” partner in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), French President Francois Hollande said March 5 after meeting Syria’s exiled opposition chief. Hollande said in a statement after meeting Khaled Khoja that Assad “is the main cause of his people’s suffering, …

Warplanes from Libya’s internationally recognised government carried out air strikes on a Tripoli airport, a security official said on Thursday, just hours before United Nations-backed peace talks were due to start in Morocco. The jets hit an open area near the runway at Maitiga airport but caused no major damage …

Ukrainian parliament approves bill on increasing number of soldiers in country’s armed forces. The Ukrainian parliament approved a bill Thursday that would boost the number of soldiers in the country to 250,000.

The UN Security Council will meet on Friday to take stock of the latest efforts to prop up a ceasefire in east Ukraine, diplomats said. The 15-member council has endorsed the February 15 ceasefire reached between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany to end the 10-month conflict, Europe’s worst since the …

The signing of the peace and reconciliation agreement in Mali is a “very significant” step made by Algeria in its efforts for the resolution of the conflict in the neighbouring country, said Tuesday in Geneva Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), which leads the mediation of inter-Libyan dialogue, has been active through the announcement of several meetings between the opposing parties, in addition to a meeting next week in Algeria to reach a political consensus meant to resolve the Libyan crisis.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly urged South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar to show leadership, put the well being of South Sudanese ahead of all other interests. Moreover, Ban urged them to make the necessary compromises to conclude a power sharing agreement that paves …

Two terrorists were killed in the military operation that has been ongoing for three days on the heights of Kasserine, said Spokesman for the Tunisian Ministry of National Defence, Lieutenant-Colonel Belhassen Oueslati. They are the so-called Hazem Ben Habib Ouertani and Fethi Ben Abdallah Ben Hassine Khélifi, he said on Tuesday.

A new round of United Nations-facilitated talks aimed at resolving Libya’s political crisis will kick-off later this week as stakeholders from the North African country prepare to gather in Morocco, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced. “The parties underscored the need to urgently resume the dialogue …

At least nine security personnel and five rebels were killed in clashes with security forces in different parts of Afghanistan, said the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Wednesday. A statement by MoD confirmed that eight soldiers died during anti-rebels offensive. Five militants were perished in southern Ghazni, Helmand and northern …