NATO allies mull targeting people smuggling networks![]() February 11, 2016 - 14:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - NATO allies have agreed to consider a request from Germany, Turkey and Greece to help slow refugee flows into Europe and any mission will likely target criminal people smuggling networks, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said on Thursday, Feb 11, according to Reuters. "There is now a criminal syndicate that is exploiting these poor people and this is an organized smuggling operation," Carter told a news conference during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels. "Targeting that is the way that the greatest effect can be had in the humanitarian dimension," he said. Photo: AP ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |