Military

Turkish government has demanded the U.S. Army use its unmanned aerial vehicles loaded with Hellfire missiles more effectively against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as a part of a new strategy to end deadly rocket hits in the border province of Kilis.

Britain's Prince Harry has laid a wreath during an early morning ANZAC Day service in London honoring fallen New Zealanders and Australians.

The United States began its biggest European deployment of F-22 fighters with a visit to the Black Sea in an exercise aimed at beefing up military support for NATO's eastern European allies who say they face aggression from Russia. 

Germany is planning on building a fixed location inside Turkey's ?ncirlik Airbase, where it is already deploying Tornado jets and an aerial refueling jet along with hundreds of soldiers, for around 65 million euros, Germany's Der Spiegel reported on April 25. 

Eight militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed on April 25 when Turkish artillery units shelled a missile launcher, the Turkish General Staff has announced.

The U.S.-led coalition hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in northern Syria, located directly across from the southeastern province of Kilis, after receiving coordinates from Turkey on April 25. The air strikes came in response to a series of ISIL attacks on the border province, with a fresh attack April 24 killing two people, raising the total death toll to 17 since Jan.

President Barack Obama announced on April 25 the biggest expansion of U.S. ground troops in Syria since the civil war there began, saying he would dispatch an extra 250 special forces soldiers to build on successes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 

A car bomb killed at least seven people near the revered Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, on April 25, state television reported.

The bomb struck Al-Diyabiyah, a town that serves as one of the gateways for the many pilgrims from around the world who visit the Shiite holy site.

NEW YORK - There will be no change in course in Serbia after the country's parliamentary elections - it will continue on the path towards the EU while insisting on neutrality, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said in an interview to the Voice of America.

BELGRADE - Sooner or later, Serbia will become the center of a geostrategic fault line between NATO and Russia, writes Expert Magazine contributor Sergei Belous.

There will come a point, the journalist says, when Serbian leaders' game of 'geopolitical splits' becomes impossible to maintain, and they will have to make a choice between NATO and Russia.