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Ban Ki-moon names number of people who joined Daesh

Ban Ki-moon names number of people who joined Daesh

Today, at the UN Security Council session, the Secretary General of organization, Ban Ki-moon, has informed that tens of thousands of people from different countries have joined Daesh in Syria and …

Patrushev warns of attempts to destabilize Crimea

Patrushev warns of attempts to destabilize Crimea

Political challenges and economic pressure from the West are creating a security threat in Crimea, Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev said. “The threat of destabilization of the social and …

Putin signs decree on abolition of sanctions against Iran

Putin signs decree on abolition of sanctions against Iran

Today President of Russia signed a decree according to which sanctions due to Tehran's nuclear program are removed from Iran. However, the decree provides new restrictions that were stipulated in the resolution of the UN Security Council …

Truce begins in Syria

Truce begins in Syria

Today at midnight Damascus time (01:00 MSK) a truce between government forces and armed opposition formations came into force in Syria. An hour before that, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution in support of the cessation of hostilities …

International community discusses ground operation in Syria

International community discusses ground operation in Syria

The crisis in Syria cannot have a military solution, the only possible way to resolve it is political. This opinion was expressed unanimously yesterday at the first meeting of the UN Security Council with the participation of the Secretary …

PACE condemns Armenia for environmental damage, not occupation

PACE condemns Armenia for environmental damage, not occupation

The adoption of a report in the PACE on Armenia's abuses in using the Sarsang reservoir is a positive effort to reflect the true situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict for the European public, but too many members abstained in the vote …

Iranian sanctions lifted

Iranian sanctions lifted

The US and EU announced the lifting of sanctions against Iran. The decision was made after the IAEA declares that Tehran has fulfilled its obligations under its landmark nuclear deal with six world powers in July 2015. "I …