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Bulgaria said on Sept.8 it had refused permission for Russian aircraft to cross its airspace last week as concern grows among NATO members that Moscow is boosting military aid to Syria's Bashar al-Assad.

The United States has asked Greece to bar Russian supply flights to Syria from its airspace, a Greek official said Sept. 7, as Moscow vowed to continue arming the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The United States has asked Greece to ban Russian supply flights to Syria from its airspace, a Greek official said on Sept.7, amid growing US fears that Moscow is increasing its military backing for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Moscow dismissed Sept. 7 U.S. concern of a Russian military buildup in Syria, saying its military aid to Bashar al-Assad was nothing out of the ordinary.

Over the weekend US Secretary of State John Kerry phoned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to express concern about reports of an "enhanced Russian buildup" in Syria.

Isn?t it simple? Washington got (permission to use) ?ncirlik base in Turkey and started to hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets, and now it is evacuating the families of the personnel that are on duty in Turkey?s critical regions.  

Let me explain how we came to this point, in the light of recent events.

Saudi Arabia will cut spending and issue more bonds as it faces a record budget shortfall due to falling oil prices, the finance minister said on Sept. 6.

Ministers and central bank chiefs from the world's top 20 economies sought Sept. 5 to bolster market confidence in the global economy, despite mounting alarm about the fallout from China's slowdown.
  

New International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Dr. Fatih Birol has said he plans to focus on boosting renewable energy in addition to fossil fuels by turning the agency into ?a kind of central bank? in renewable energy technologies, during his first interview since assuming the position.

The speaker of Iran's parliament hinted in a US radio interview on Sept.3 at the possibility of a prisoner swap to free detained Iranian-American journalist Jason Rezaian.

President Xi Jinping announced on Sept. 3 he would cut troop levels by 300,000 as China held its biggest display of military might in a parade to commemorate victory over Japan in World War Two, an event shunned by most Western leaders.