Islamic State

Lithuania will keep the option of sending troops to the international operation in Syria but has not plans to do that any time soon, it turned out on Thursday during the deliberation of a Seimas resolution on giving mandate for troops to take part in international operations over the next two years.

Lithuania is considering the United States' request to send troops to Syria to replace the American troops being withdrawn and help to eliminate the remains of the Islamic State.

Ką daro kalifas, kai pralaimi savo kalifatą? Turbūt iššliaužia iš po savo patikimos uolinių masyvų priedangos. Praėjusią savaitę „Islamo valstybė“ (IS) paskelbė savo lyderio Abu Bakro al-Baghdadi propagandinį vaizdo įrašą po penkerių metų pertraukos, kuriame jis perspėja apie „kerštą, kuris laukia k...

„Ar dabar, kai Europoje gyvena tiek daug skirtingų žmonių, vis dar galima tikėtis, kad ji išliks tokia, kokia buvusi?“ – knygoje „Pamąstymai apie revoliuciją Europoje“ (Reflections on the Revolution in Europe. 2009) klausia amerikiečių rašytojas Christopheris Caldwellas. Pastaruoju metu to klausiama...

The three Baltic countries are discussing how to contribute to the international community's fight against the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East.

Lithuania's parliament on Thursday gave a green light to dispatch of more troops to international missions abroad, including increased participation in efforts against the Islamic State group.

Nuo Mančesterio iki Orlando „Islamo valstybės“ pasekėjai daugiau nebekovoja vieni. Nėra lengvo atsakymo, kaip įveikti teroristų bendruomenę internete. Pasaulį dar kartą pažadino žinios apie dar vieną šiurpų teroristinį išpuolį – šį kartą Anglijos Mančesterio mieste, kur per Arianos Grande koncertą v...

Lithuania's intelligence agencies have barred relocation of nine refugees under the European Union (EU) program after establishing that their presence in the country would jeopardize national security, the State Security Department said.

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is attending a meeting of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Washington D.C. on Wednesday.

Six Lithuanian military instructors on Tuesday begin service in Iraq as part of the US-led Operation Inherent Resolve to train Iraqi forces to fight the Islamic State.

US presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he would work with NATO allies if he wins the White House, apparently backing down from his earlier suggestions the United States might not meets its obligations to NATO allies.

Lithuania is planning to contribute the first group of six military instructors to the US-led international operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq in early 2017, the Ministry of National Defence says. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Russia is a partner for France, but not a friend, French Senate member Hélène Conway-Mouret has said in Vilnius, adding that Russia was not a bigger threat to NATO and Europe than Islamic State. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuania will for the first time participate in a meeting of ministers from countries that are part of the US-led coalition against Islamic State. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

The mass massacre in Nice is an attack on the values of France, a member of the French Senate, Helene Conway-Mouret, said in Vilnius on Friday. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Does the international perception of Russia as an expansionist and warmongering country sit well with the mood of Russia's population?

Lithuania's minister of national defence has confirmed that the country may send up to 30 military instructors to Iraq as part of a US-led mission to fight the Islamic State.

There were some 13 million Muslims living in Europe several years ago, according to Pew Research Center, and several more million have come from Syria and Iraq over the last few years. Professor Egdūnas Račius of the Kaunas-based Vytautas Magnus University says that religion is not always the right ...