Day: April 9, 2017

Terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia) has claimed responsibility for the attack on a Church in the Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria. On Sunday, April 9, according to Reuters. As reported by WTVD-TV, citing the health Ministry of Egypt, the attack on St. Mark Cathedral in Alexandria killed 11 people, another 35 injured. In twante the number of victims of explosion near the Coptic Church of Mar-Girgis, according to the latest data, increased to 30. At the same time, it is not the only explosions that occurred in Egypt on 9 April. In twante almost immediately after the incident at the Church was followed by an attack on a local police training centre. According to available information, there is one person died. In addition, after the attack at the entrance to the Cathedral of Alexandria, local media reported another explosion. RIA Novosti said that the device

Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani expressed readiness to deepen cooperation against terrorism with a view to ensuring stability in the middle East. On Sunday, April 9, the official website of the Kremlin. Telephone conversation between the two leaders was held at the initiative of the Iranian side. The presidents also exchanged views on the situation in Syria. The sides noted the inadmissibility of the actions of the United States against Damascus and their inconsistency with international law. In addition, both Putin and Rouhani acknowledged the importance of further cooperation in political and diplomatic settlement of the armed conflict in Syria and called for an objective and impartial investigation of the circumstances of the incident with chemical weapons in the Syrian province of Idlib. The United States accused Syrian government forces in the use of sarin during an air attack made

Attacking a military airport in the Syrian province of HOMS, the U.S. sought to raise the morale of their supported terrorist groups, but has not reached its goal. This was stated by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a telephone conversation with Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani, reports on Sunday, April 9, the Agency SANA. Assad confirmed that the Syrian people and army are going to eradicate terrorism in any part of the Syrian territories. The President of Iran in turn expressed their “strong condemnation of the outrageous aggression of the USA”, which is a gross violation of Syrian sovereignty and all international laws and conventions. Rouhani emphasized that Iran supports the Syrian government in the war against terrorism, and stated that he considered it necessary to strengthen cooperation between Tehran, Moscow and Damascus, reports TASS. In his view, missile U.S. attack on Syrian airbase was intended to raise the morale of