U.S.-led coalition launches 23 anti-IS air strikes in Syria, IraqSeptember 28, 2015 - 17:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S.-led coalition launched 23 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq on Sunday, September 27 the U.S. military said in a statement, according to Reuters. In Iraq, 20 of the strikes targeted areas near nine cities, including Mosul, Ramadi and Kirkuk. Three strikes targeted the militant group near Abu Kamal, Ar Raqqa and Mar’a, the coalition task force said in a the statement released on Monday. Photo: AFP Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |