Eurasia Press & News

Britain has sent six RAF Typhoon jets to its Akrotiri base in Greek Cyprus in a move to protect British interests as tensions grow over Syria, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday.

President Barack Obama said he had not yet made his decision regarding a U.S. strike on Syria during an interview with Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill for PBS on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Mr. Obama reflects on the challenges Americans still face over jobs, health care, education and …

President of the European Parliament (EP), Martin Schulz, commented that in the current situation around Syria, there was still an opportunity to find a political solution to the conflict, which to satisfied all members of the UN

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to hold a critical and urgent meeting to evaluate the most recent situation in Syria and the possible international military operation in the country.

“Croatia will undertake the necessary measures to harmonise its law on judicial cooperation with European acquis communautaire,” Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in a letter to the European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barrosso.

President of the Republic of Bulgaria and Commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian Army, Rosen Plevneliev, and Minister of Defence, Angel Naydenov, took part in the presentation of the purposes and tasks of the military training

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić is in Shanghai on Thursday, where he is wrapping up his four-day visit to the People’s Republic of China. On Wednesday, he conferred with the governor and other officials of the Zhejiang province, who, according to reports, voiced strong friendly ties with Serbs and expressed the …

Russia evacuated 116 Russian citizens and nationals of other ex-Soviet states on two planes belonging to the emergencies ministry which flew them from the Syrian port city of Latakia, the ministry said on Wednesday. The first plane, an Ilyushin-76 cargo plane, brought back 89 people wanting to leave the conflict-torn …

Turkey expects a method of action against Syria that will help clarify the picture in the Arab republic rather than measures that will further lead to uncertainty amid the county’s two-year-old civil war, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Aug. 28.

Officials say Britain’s National Security Council has backed Prime Minister David Cameron’s call for action against Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians.