“The risk of a war coming back – said the Northern League to the sole political party of the party in Milan – is not due to populism and nationalism, but to those who took the European dream hostage, and has sclerotized it into a bureaucracy represented by the European Commission, which is the denial of Europe “. A strong stance, which will probably provoke a tight debate. “I have heard Merkel before.What do you think is the great danger that the European continent runs in? In recent years one says immigration out of control, unemployment, poverty, Islamic terrorism, but no, it is populism and nationalism. So you get the balls – he added – We are not against Europe. Source Il Giornale
Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that Ankara has sent military personnel to Russia for training on the operation of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems. “We sent our specialists to Russia for training on operating the S-400, training starts from today and will continue for several months,” he said. Source: Ehamedya
Eight Turkish military aircraft on Tuesday carried out 34 violations of Greek national airspace in the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean, according to defense sources who reported one mock dogfight between Greek and Turkish aircraft. Source: Ekathimerini
An Islamic State offshoot has amassed around 5,000 militants in northern Afghanistan on the border of post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, the director of Russia’s FSB has warned, adding that many of them have fought in Syria. “Especially worrying is re-deployment of terrorist groups into northern provinces of Afghanistan,” Alexander Bortnikov told chiefs of ex-Soviet intelligence services in Dushanbe. He warned that ‘Wilayat Khorasan’, a local Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) affiliate, had managed to gather 5,000 fighters in the area. Source: RT
