Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Russia will take further steps on Syria if needed after admitting that his country’s “humanitarian” flights to Syria carry military equipment as well as humanitarian aid. Lavrov also said Russian military servicemen have been present in Syria for many years. Source: Al Arabiya
German farmers got on their tractors on Tuesday and took to city roads to demonstrate against the government’s agricultural policies. Up to 10,000 protesters along with about 1,000 tractors were expected in the western German city of Bonn, where the German Agriculture Ministry is based. Source The Local
Authorities in Greece moved more asylum-seekers to the mainland on Tuesday as part of a strategy to reduce the refugee population on outlying islands after an increase in arrivals in recent months. Some 697 migrants and refugees arrived in the port of Elefsina near Athens from the island of Samos, officials said. Earlier, 120 people arrived from Lesbos. Source
“There is much to suggest that this is related to large groups of men who are carrying out unprovoked attacks on individuals or smaller groups,” Jøkling said. The suspected culprits are described as “of foreign origin and appear to be in their late teens” in NTB’s report. Source The Local
