Syria

Answering aggressive Russian policies with concessions would be disastrous for the whole of Europe and needed to met with a firm rebuff, was the consensus at the annual Snow Meeting according to shadow Foreign Affairs spokesman, Audronius Ažubalis of the conservative Homeland Union party.

Rusijos aviacijai šeštadienį smogus į kalėjimo kompleksą, kurį Sirijos šiaurės vakaruose prižiūri su „ al Qaeda “ siejama grupuotė, žuvo 39 žmonės, tarp kurių yra ir penki civiliai, praneša padėtį šalyje stebinti organizacija „ Syrian Observatory for Human Rights“ ( SOHR).

The future of international sanctions against Russia depends primarily on whether Moscow will implement the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the military conflict in Ukraine, said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday at his annual press conference.

Strengthening of relations with the Eastern partners remains one of the most important objectives for 2016, Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius told LRT Radio.

Sirijoje, kurioje penktus metus nesibaigia karas, 2015 metais žuvo daugiau nei 55 tūkst. žmonių, iš jų daugiau nei 2,5 tūkst. buvo vaikai, ketvirtadienį pranešė padėtį šalyje stebinti organizacija.

Lithuanians should show their support for the EU not just in relation to EU investments in energy projects in Lithuania but also in helping other EU member states to solve the refugee crisis, says Vytenis Andriukaitis, the EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner.

At least one Lithuanian passport has been discovered among almost 150 European passports that were seized from two men who were allegedly taking them to ISIS terrorists.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has repeatedly denied the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine, but that changed today at a nationally televised press conference in Moscow where Putin confirmed that Russian military specialists had been sent to support Crimean separatists.

Russia is using the conflict in Syria as a testing ground for its military, which represents a growing danger for Lithuania, says the chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, Artūras Paulauskas.

A recent propaganda video, said to be produced by Islamic State (IS), names 60 countries as enemies of the terrorist organization. The flags of Lithuania and Estonia, too, briefly flash in the video, making it the first time that the Baltic states have been mentioned as targets of Islamic State terr...

The list of potential asylum seekers to be resettled in Lithuania was longer, but after security tests officials decided to relocate only one family. At the moment, there is no new information about other refugees who could soon arrive in Lithuania, Deputy Interior Elvinas Jankevičius told reporters...

Chief foreign policy advisor to the Lithuanian president Renaldas Vaisbrodas says Turkey had every right to shoot down a military jet which violated its airspace.

Should the West embrace Russia as a partner in the struggle against terrorism, now that the heartland of European Enlightenment, France, has been hit by radical-islamist assaults again, and should it give less priority to Ukraine’s ordeals?

When Turkey shot down a Russian military aircraft on Tuesday, Moscow's response was quick: not only did it confirm the fact that it was a Russian plane, but also started spitting angry statements that the Turkish move was "dangerous escalation".

В Сирии на границе с Турцией разбился военный самолет. Об этом сообщает турецкий телеканал Habertürk TV в своем Twitter. Уточняется, что упал истребитель. Минобороны России сообщило о крушении российского самолета Су-24 на территории Сирии.

Someone recently described the recent terrorist attacks in Paris as designed in Syria and developed in Brussels. It may very well be. Meanwhile Moscow monitors and actively exploits every turn of the conflict.

Rusija penktadienį iš Kaspijos jūros flotilės leido raketas į taikinius Sirijoje, pranešė gynybos ministras, kai Maskva įsako kariškiams vis intensyviau bombarduoti šią karo niokojamą šalį.

The Lithuanian State Security Department says that there are no Lithuanian citizens fighting on the side of the Islamic State in Syria. However, several dozen Polish and Latvian Islamic State supporters have gone to Syria.

A new poll suggests that most Lithuanians are not very welcoming of refugees and do not agree with the government's policies of offering asylum to people fleeing wars in the Middle East.

Chief advisor to the Lithuanian president on national security Valdemaras Sarapinas says that people running from war should not be called terrorists and Lithuania will stay committed to the European Union's (EU) refugee relocation plan.