Syria

In the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s regime downfall on 8 December, Lithuania hopes that Syria will seize the opportunity to create a democratic state and an inclusive society, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

В результате землетрясения в Турции и Сирии погибли, по последним данным, более 25 тысяч человек, сообщает "Радио Свобода".

Socialiniuose tinkluose platinama nuotrauka, kurioje užfiksuotas degantis ir krentantis karinis lėktuvas. Žinutėse nurodoma esą tai – Rusijos pajėgoms priklausantis naikintuvas Su-27, kurį agresorė pati numušė virš Saratovo srities, Ukrainoje, greičiausiai sumaišiusi su ukrainiečių dronu. Nors galim...

If Vladimir Putin made one thing clear over the years, it’s that no power but Russia—not the U.S., the European Union, or even China—is allowed to meddle in the security affairs of its former Soviet stomping ground.

Lithuania's Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevicius, substituting for Interior Minister Rita Tamasuniene, says the Lithuanian government's non-adopted decisions regarding the entry of an Egyptian man to be with his Lithuanian partner who is about to give birth, as well as regarding a Syrian family were...

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 will not sent its soldiers to Syria if no US troops remain in the Middle East country, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Thursday.

The deployment of a US battalion to Lithuania sends the message that Lithuanians can rely on Americans to meet their commitments to NATO despite Washington's controversial decision to withdraw from Syria, Ben Hodges, the former US Army commander in Europe, has said.

По словам президента Трампа, у США есть только три опции: отправить в Сирию тысячи солдат, задавить Турцию с помощью санкций или стать посредником в конфликте между Анкарой и сирийскими курдами.

Turkey's ongoing military operation in Syria complicates the situation as Lithuania is considering possible deployment of its troops to Syria, Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis says.

The central Bank of Lithuania says it has no information to confirm claims by Swedish media about the links of the country's financial group Swedbank and its bank in Lithuania with Syria's chemical weapons program.

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.

Армия обороны Израиля подтвердила, что осуществила обстрел сирийской территории в качестве ответа на атаку со стороны Сирии.

The 28 Member States of the European Union (EU) granted protection status to nearly 333 400 asylum seekers in 2018, down by almost 40% from 2017 (533 000). In addition to these, the EU Member States received over 24 800 resettled refugees, informs Eurostat.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is the great survivor of European politics. Western leaders come and go, but Putin has persisted. He has managed to hold on to power for nearly two decades, through three foreign wars, two economic crises, multiple presidential and parliamentary elections (of varying...

The Eastern Europe Studies Centre organised its fourth Stasys Lozoraitis Annual Lithuanian Foreign Policy Conference, which featured a debate between potential presidential candidates on Lithuania’s position with the European Union resolving fundamental political challenges. The discussion had no la...

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Lithuania will seek to promote a dialog between Turkey and the European Union.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he respects Russian President Vladimir Putin and will not interfere with the war in Ukraine as Israel has plenty of its own problems.