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      Syrian army seizes Aleppo district but loses Palmyra again
      Dec12

      Syrian army seizes Aleppo district but loses Palmyra again

      The Syrian military has taken a major district in the besieged city of Aleppo but has also retreated from historic Palmyra as extremist Islamic State (IS) fighters have retaken the ancient city, according to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Syrian forces had seized the southwestern Sheikh Said...

      Oil prices soar on global producer deal to cut crude output
      Dec12

      Oil prices soar on global producer deal to cut crude output

      Oil prices shot to their highest levels since mid-2015 on Monday after OPEC and other producers reached their first deal since 2001 to jointly reduce output in order to rein in oversupply and prop up markets, according to Reuters. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, soared to $57.89 per barrel in overnight trading between...

      Ukraine border guards prevent smuggling of military-purpose lamps from Moldova
      Dec12

      Ukraine border guards prevent smuggling of military-purpose lamps from Moldova

      State border guards in Chernihiv region prevented the smuggling into Ukraine of 12 missile lamps, the press service of the Chernihiv border guard unit reported. Last night, the Chernihiv unit border guards operating together with the fiscal service officers at Senkivka border checkpoint discovered 12 lamps for military purpose in a bus heading to...

      Poland kicks off international command post exercises Common Challenge-16
      Dec11

      Poland kicks off international command post exercises Common Challenge-16

      Poland kicked off international command post exercises Common Challenge-16 with the participation of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian brigade and an air assault battalion of the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces, the military branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Defense Ministry of Ukraine reported on its website. The opening ceremony was held at...

      Ukrainian Parliament Chairman names date for budget adoption
      Dec11

      Ukrainian Parliament Chairman names date for budget adoption

      Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine`s parliament, Andriy Parubiy has set a goal to ensure the adoption of the state budget on December 20-23. This statement he made during his visit to Lviv region, according to Ukrainian TV channel ZIK. ”I have previously expressed an ambitious goal – to adopt the budget by December 8, for which I am now...

      Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle Phantom demonstrates its combat capabilities
      Dec11

      Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle Phantom demonstrates its combat capabilities

      Unmanned tactical multipurpose unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) Phantom made by the State Foreign Trade Enterprise SpetsTechnoExport, which is part of Ukraine`s state-owned defense giant Ukroboronprom, showed its combat capabilities, according to the press service of Ukroboronprom. It is noted that the demonstration took place in critical severe...

      Blast near Coptic cathedral in Cairo kills at least 20 people
      Dec11

      Blast near Coptic cathedral in Cairo kills at least 20 people

      An explosion near Cairo`s Coptic cathedral has killed at least 20 people and wounded 35 others, Egyptian officials say, according to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Egypt`s official MENA news agency reported that the December 11 blast was caused by a bomb thrown by an assailant into St. Peter`s church, next to St. Mark`s Cathedral,...

      Turkey declares one day of national mourning over Istanbul terrorist attack
      Dec11

      Turkey declares one day of national mourning over Istanbul terrorist attack

      Turkey has declared a day of national mourning over the twin bombing in Istanbul which killed 29 people, Milliyet daily newspaper reported, according to TASS. According to a decree signed by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, flags will be lowered to half-mast across the country, TASS wrote. The first explosion occurred on Saturday around 22:30...

      Russian troops increased attacks on Ukraine positions up to 70 times in last day
      Dec11

      Russian troops increased attacks on Ukraine positions up to 70 times in last day

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 70 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size Most of the attacks occurred in the Mariupol sector where Russia`s hybrid military force fired 152mm and 122mm artillery at...

      Paul Manafort accuses Ukraine of falsification Yanukovych’s ”black accounts” documents
      Dec11

      Paul Manafort accuses Ukraine of falsification Yanukovych’s ”black accounts” documents

      ”Black accounts” of the Party of Regions was a falsified document, Paul Manafort, Donald Trump`s former campaign manager, said during an interview with ”CBS This Morning” Friday. ”The government of Ukraine said that the ledger was a falsified document,” Manafort claimed, referencing a ledger examined by the New York Times that listed $12.7...