Tag: Syria

The opposition, VMRO-DPMNE, says that Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski and SDSM are an embarrassment to Macedonia and are destroying the country's reputation with lies and manipulation. They say yesterday they lied that the MoI arrested seven Macedonian citizens who fought with terrorists in Syria, and actually it was only a matter of making the arrest. "To cover up scandals, abuses and...

More than 1,000 migrants mostly from Syria and Iraq are currently stranded at Tabanovce, the Macedonia-Serbian border, because the Serbian authorities refuses to allow transit for the migrants and further along the Balkan route, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) told “Meta”. Meanwhile, at the Southern border, according to information from the Greek side, apparently additional restrictions have been applied to...

A total of 4026 certifications for expressed intention for applying for asylum from Asia and Africa have been issued in the past day and night, with the largest numbers of refugees from Syria, announced the Ministry of Interior. The police also announced that 1,616 of the certificates are for males, 881 for females, 1,512 are for children who are accompanying...

At least seven Kosovo citizens who fought for the of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) in Syria, three weeks ago returned to the Balkans and took refuge in the region of Skopje, reports the Kosovo daily "Koha Ditore". Relying on information from intelligence agencies, including the Kosovo intelligence services, the newspaper writes that the jihadists who had returned...

The Ministry of Interior have arrested 2a 1-year-old man from Skopje, his initials S.R., is suspected to have travelled twice to Syria as a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), announced today the Ministry of Interior. The Skopje resident, according to the Ministry, a few weeks returned from Syria to the country through an illegal route....

  The European Union called for an emergency meeting where its member states will discuss the escalation of the migrant crisis, reports the BBC. According to information the EU presidency has called the foreign ministers of all 28 member states to a meeting on September 14. The EU's announcement states that the crisis has reached "unprecedented proportions". "The situation of migration phenomena outside...

Incursion of Turkey on Syrian territory is an impudent act of aggression, announced today the Syrian Government in response to last night's military action of the Turkish army to evacuate the tomb of Suleyman Shah, adding that it will consider Ankara responsible for the consequences, reports agency SANA. "Turkey not only provides any support of their puppets of the Islamic...

Another Albanian from Macedonia was killed on the battlefield in Syria, announced "Utrinski vesnik" on its website, citing media in Albanian. It is Sadik Xhemaili (25) from Gostivar village Zdunje. He last crossed the border of Macedonia in September last year, when it was assumed that he joined the militants of the Islamic State. Sadik Xhemaili is the fourteenth Albanian from...