Ukraine has started withdrawing tanks and light artillery from the frontline in the eastern region of Luhansk in line with an agreement with Russian-backed separatists, Kiev's military said on Monday.

• Date: 05.10.2015  |  Published on EGF: 05.10.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday the United States was "greatly concerned" about the incursion by a Russian plane into Turkish airspace over the weekend and he had intensified discussions with Moscow.

• Date: 05.10.2015  |  Published on EGF: 05.10.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel wants to avoid an adversarial relationship with Moscow and is unsure how Russia's recent military intervention in Syria will affect the situation there.

• Date: 03.10.2015  |  Published on EGF: 03.10.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia said on Saturday it will step up air strikes in Syria, escalating a military intervention which Moscow says is weakening Islamic State militants but which Western powers say aims to support President Bashar al-Assad.

• Date: 03.10.2015  |  Published on EGF: 03.10.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian jets hit Islamic State targets and other rebel groups in Syria on Saturday, on a fourth day of air strikes by Moscow in support of President Bashar al-Assad which have dramatically escalated foreign intervention in Syria.

• Date: 03.10.2015  |  Published on EGF: 03.10.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Across the Middle East, America’s traditional allies are watching with disbelief as Russia and Iran mount a show of force in Syria, and they are wondering how it will end.

• Date: 02.10.2015  |  Published on EGF: 02.10.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem on Friday questioned the value of political negotiations and said air strikes against militants in his country are useless if they are not coordinated with his government.

• Date: 02.10.2015  |  Published on EGF: 02.10.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

The world's largest makers of tractors and combines are finding a rare opportunity for growth in China despite a sharp slowdown in the world's No. 2 economy, with big farm machines in demand as the rural labor force shrinks and plot sizes grow

• Date: 02.10.2015  |  Published on EGF: 02.10.2015  |  Markets  |  from http://www.reuters.com/