War

Brussels, Mar 6 (EFE) – European Union leaders agreed Thursday to boost security and defense spending to rearm Europe in the wake of Russian aggression over Ukraine and the United States’ turnaround with the return of President Donald Trump to the White House. In the conclusions of the extraordinary summit...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv, Ukraine, Mar 5 (EFE) – The United States’ suspension of military aid to Ukraine will not cause a battlefield catastrophe in the coming months, but it may affect Ukraine’s defenses and lead to more destruction of cities and civilian infrastructure by Russia’s drones and missiles, Ukrainian...

Washington, Mar 3 (EFE) – United States President Donald Trump criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, warning that his opposition to a peace talks with Russia could soon cost him his job. The warnings came after Zelenskyy’s disastrous Friday visit to the White House when he engaged in a...

Damascus (EFE).- Syrian security forces deployed in the town of Jaramana on Sunday, outside Damascus, after clashes with armed members of the Druze minority on Friday left a security officer dead. The head of the security directorate in Rif Dimashq province, Lieutenant Colonel Hussam Al-Tahhan, said in statements to the...

United Nations, Feb 24 (EFE). – The United Nations Security Council approved on Monday a resolution on Ukraine introduced by the United States on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, previously rejected by the General Assembly, without mentioning Russia. The US resolution passed with ten votes in favor, including...

Bogota (EFE).- Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace on Wednesday indicted four retired army generals and 35 officers and enlisted ranks for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country’s decades-long internal conflict, the tribunal announced. The charges relate to 434 deaths and eight victims of other crimes in...

Washington, Feb 18 (EFE).- United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov agreed on Tuesday to normalize diplomatic relations between the two countries, to work on a plan that ends the war in Ukraine and to establish high-level negotiating teams. Rubio and Lavrov, who met...

Jerusalem (EFE).- The Palestinian group Hamas confirmed the death of its chief of operations in Lebanon, Muhammad Shaheen, on Monday in an Israel Defense Forces drone strike in Sidon, southern Lebanon. The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, confirmed Shaheen’s death in a statement, identifying him as «Abu al-Baraa.»...

Munich, Germany (EFE).- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Munich Security Conference on Friday that his country will need 1.5 million troops after the war to protect itself from further Russian aggression if Ukraine is not accepted as a member of NATO. «We need an army of 1.5 million soldiers...

Jerusalem (EFE).- The Israel Defense Forces launched an air strike in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, despite the ceasefire, after detecting the launch of a rocket that failed to reach Israeli territory. In a statement, the IDF confirmed it had hit the launch site. The army is «committed to...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Ukraine looks for ways to counter the threat of destructive guided bombs launched by Russia and the first confirmed interception of such a bomb offers glimpses of hope. Thousands of cheap and destructive bombs, weighing at least 250 kg and launched by Russian planes from...

Jerusalem, Feb 11 (EFE).- After a four-hour security cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that if Hamas does not release the hostages by noon on Saturday, Israel will resume an armed offensive in the Gaza Strip. «The decision that I unanimously approved in the Cabinet is...