KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Some 23,800 Russian soldiers have so far been killed in Ukraine, the country’s military said on Monday. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 194 Russian aircraft, 155 helicopters, 271 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,048 tanks, 2,519 armored vehicles and 459 artillery systems, according to the Ukrainian General Staff’s latest ...
IDLIB, Syria – Syrian refugees who have been displaced due to the ongoing civil war are set to mark yet another Eid al-Fitr away from their homes. Hundreds of thousands of civilians now camped in the northwestern Idlib province were forced to move from Damascus, Homs, Hama and Deraa, among other regions, due to attacks […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – The Azerbaijani president has alleged that weapons were transported from Russia to Armenia through Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran during the second Nagorno-Karabakh war fought in 2020. Speaking at an international conference held at ADA University, in Baku, Aliyev talked about the developments after the war. Claimin...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s chief spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday described US President Joe Biden’s suggestion to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine as “outrageous” and a “violation of all legal norms.” Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Peskov said by expropriating private property, the US autho...
LONDON (AA) – The UK will send around 8,000 more troops to Eastern Europe in a bid to deter Russian “aggression”, the Defense Ministry said on Friday. The British troops will take part in broad military exercises spanning from north to south, making it one of the largest deployments to take place since the end […]
WASHINGTON – Roughly $7 billion worth of military equipment transferred to the deposed Afghan government was left behind during the US’s chaotic withdrawal from the country in August, according to a report published on April 28. The Pentagon does not plan to conduct any operations to “retrieve or destroy” the equipment, accor...
BRUSSELS – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that the military alliance would welcome “with open arms” Finland and Sweden if they decide to apply for membership. Stoltenberg spoke at a joint news conference with the President of the European Parliament (EP) Roberta Mestola ahead of a meeting with the leaders of the EP’s political [&he...
BRUSSELS – There is an “absolute possibility” that the Russia-Ukraine war would continue for months or years, the NATO secretary-general said. Speaking at the NATO Youth Summit, Jens Stoltenberg explained that NATO allies are preparing to provide support for Ukraine “over a long period of time” because “there is a possibility that this war wil...
MOSCOW – Russia has sanctioned 287 members of the UK House of Commons in response to sanctions imposed on its lawmakers over the Ukraine war. The Russian Foreign Ministry published the complete list of sanctioned UK parliamentarians on its website. “In response to the decision taken by the British government on March 11 this year [&helli...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday unearthed three more bodies of war victims from a mass grave near the city of Mostar. The Institute of Missing Persons said that the bodies found in Medjine, were transferred to the Sutina City Cemetery in Mostar for medical and forensic processing, and bone samples were [&helli...
