Syria

Turkey’s terrible miscalculation in Syria has pushed its foreign policy rhetoric from “shallow arrogance” to “defensive bewilderment.”

Committee chair sees "network of radical Islam" in Kosovo

BELGRADE, DEČANI -- Milovan Drecun has accused Bajram Rexhepi of trying to diminish the gravity of an incident when a Serbian Orthodox monastery was vandalized with graffiti.

BELGRADE - Milovan Drecun, chair of the Serbian parliament's committee on Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), said on Tuesday that Kosovo's Interior Minister Bajram Redzepi is trying to ease the gravity of graffiti on the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Visoki Decani that call for the Islamic State and the establishment of the Caliphate.

BELGRADE - Serbian MPs on Tuesday condemned the daubing of graffiti on the buildings and the gate of the Orthodox monastery of Decani that promote the creation of an Islamic state and a worldwide caliphate, which they said reflects the instability in Kosovo-Metohija.

Davutoğlu reiterate's that Ankara sees establishing security zones and no-fly zones in northern Syria as a must for Turkish participation in the international coalition

Two outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members who were brought to Turkey for hospital treatment were identified through the facial recognition system set up at the Turkey-Syria border.

DECANI - Sava Janjic, prior of the Serbian Orthodox monastery Visoki Decani, refuted on Tuesday a statement by Kosovo Interior Minister Bajram Redzepi that three Albanian minors have been arrested for daubing graffiti on the walls and gate of the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Visoki Decani in the south of Kosovo-Metohija promoting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Iran hit back Oct. 14 at demands from Saudi Arabia that Tehran withdraw its "occupying" forces from Syria and insisted no country was more committed to confronting jihadists in the region.

BELGRADE - Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija, stated on Tuesday that fundamentalist ideology of the Islamic State has penetrated the pores of the society in the region.

Military commanders from the U.S.-led coalition against the ISIL will meet in Washington on Oct. 14 to discuss ways to halt the jihadist group's relentless advance in Iraq and Syria