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Undated handout TV grab made available on 08 Aug by SANA shows Syrian government soldiers during clashes with the alleged armed rebel groups in Salaheddin district in Aleppo, Syria. EPA/BGNES
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has for the first time said armed rebels are responsible for the escalation of violence in Syria.
"UN's Secretary General has recognized that the escalation of the conflict in Aleppo has been provoked by the actions of the rebels," wrote Saturday Russian deputy-Minister of Foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov in his Twitter profile.
In his two Saturday tweets, Gatilov has welcomed what he described as an "objective assessment" of the situation in Syria on Ban's part.
The Russian vice-minister has further said that the UN Secretary General supports continuing UN's presence in the civil war torn country, a point to be discussed at the UN Security Council next Thursday.
Heavy fighting is meanwhile continuing in Syria's largest city Aleppo, with shifting advances made by rebel forces and the army of embattled Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
Figthing in Aleppo is concentrated Saturday in the key neighborhood of Salaheddin.
Shelling is reported to be also underway in the Tadamun area of capital Damascus.
Just a day before Bulgaria’s national holiday on March 3, Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova made a striking appearance on Shipka Peak, using the occasion to openly criticize the caretaker government.
A United Nations investigative body has raised the alarm that South Sudan is dangerously close to descending back into full-scale war, warning that entrenched impunity and escalating violence are destabilizing the country.
A 37-year-old Syrian citizen has been sentenced to four years in prison following a conviction for committing acts intended to satisfy sexual desire without intercourse and for extorting BGN 50, according to the Sofia District Prosecution Office.
A group of independent experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council has warned that abuses linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein may meet the legal definition of crimes against humanity, citing the scale, organisation and intern
Bulgaria has formally raised concerns about violence and hate speech targeting the Bulgarian ethnic community in the Republic of North Macedonia before the Council of Europe
A Bulgarian national fighting on the Russian side has been taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces during combat operations in eastern Ukraine,
The Bulgarian Ministry of Interior has assigned security to European Prosecutor Teodora Georgieva after she reported pressure and threats linked to investigations conducted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Bulgaria
Germany has warned that the war involving Iran could trigger a new migration wave toward Europe, as the conflict continues to create instability across the region
The European Union and Hungarian opposition figures have sharply criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over recent comments directed at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, describing them as a threat
The Ministry of Justice has officially received a report from Teodora Georgieva, Bulgaria's European Prosecutor, detailing pressure, threats, and attempts to undermine the authority of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office
NATO has stepped up the readiness of its missile defense systems following an Iranian ballistic missile attack targeting Turkey, a spokesperson for the Alliance’s military headquarters in Mons, Belgium, Martin L. O'Donnell, confirmed to DPA.
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is expected to have immediate implications for the security of the European Union, according to the European policing agency Europol
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