US-led military exercises involving 1,300 troops from 15 countries started on Monday in northwestern Ukraine. The drill dubbed Rapid Trident-2014 will be conducted until 26 September near Yavoriv, some 60 kilometers from the city of Lviv, near the border with Poland, as Kiev government forces continue to fight pro- Russian rebels in the country’s restive eastern regions.

French aircraft will begin reconnaissance flights over Iraq on Monday, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said before a conference bringing together some 30 countries to discuss how to fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants.

Turkey’s stance towards all terror groups, including those in its territory as well as foreign-based ones, has always been clear and such sensitivity will always continue, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared. Erdogan’s comments came at a press conference at Istanbul Ataturk Airport on Sunday as he left for …