The US responds to the drone attack in Jordan with raids on Iraq and Syria, while Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is preparing for his fifth emergency tour of the Middle East. Meanwhile, the rift between Zelensky and Zaluzhnyi throws…
In the Aon research it emerges that in the first half of the year the floods in Emilia-Romagna were the third natural disaster - after Syria and Turkey - for the amount of economic damage globally
Digging under the rubble in Turkey and Syria trying to save trapped people. According to the WHO, the victims could be over 20 thousand. According to scientists, the soil of Anatolia would have moved 3 meters
The first very strong shock occurred during the night, the second at 11.24 this morning. 120 aftershocks. Earthquake also felt in Lebanon. Up to 10 thousand victims are feared
Turkey has agreed to end its operation in Syria if the Kurds withdraw from the 32km safe zone agreed between Ankara and Washington
INTERVIEW with LIA QUARTAPELLE, leader of the Democratic Party in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber - "The ceasefire in Syria? Let's see if it holds up, Europe is ready for a mission like Lebanon 2006" - "Boycotting Turkish products makes no sense…
The winds of war in Syria, the stalemate over Brexit and the still distant tariff agreement are not holding back the markets, which are betting on the drop in the cost of money and on the good quarterly results
The announced Turkish escalation pushes oil prices but for now it doesn't disturb the Stock Exchanges - Piazza Affari rises in the wake of Amplifon, Saipem, Poste Italiane and Ubi Banca.
Rojda Felat, the heroine of the conquest of Raqqa and commander in chief of the 30 women Kurdish army, announces the final victory and displaces Erdogan who would like to annex the north-eastern area of Syria to Turkey in an anti-Kurdish function but who…
Asian stock exchanges mixed after the weekend raid in Syria but oil falls - IMF and WTO however sound the alarm about the war on duties - 60 quarterly payments are coming to Wall Street - First duel in Court today…
The green light during the Italian night from the American president Donald Trump: a shower of missiles has hit Damascus - Russia annoyed but for now does not react - Paris: "Legitimate, limited and proportionate operation" - NATO approves, Iran: "We…
Despite the international tension and the difficulties of forming a government, the Milan Stock Exchange was once again confirmed as the best in Europe - Banks and cars on display - Bulgarian majority for Mustier in Unicredit - Vola Snaitech
The partial easing of international tension over Syria gives new breath to the stock markets, all in positive territory - Stock markets among the liveliest with a gain of more than one percentage point: banking and technological stocks are doing well - They rebound…
Piazza Affari still above 23 - Banking and oil stocks are on the rise - Juventus also awarded - Profits taken on Tim, Mediaset on the rise - Positive Btp auction
Russia's pressure on our country weighs on consultations - Before entrusting an assignment, Mattarella wants to understand if a future government with the League and the 5 Star Movement would remain faithful to Italy's traditional scheme of international alliances.
War or miracles of diplomacy? - Hot hours on the international scene for the Syrian crisis - Complications also for the formation of the Italian government, for the pro-Russian propensity of the leader of the Lega Salvini.
The winds of war disturb the markets and the euro and gold rise - Even BTPs are on the rise: today a new auction - CDP at 4,2% in Telecom Italia - The PIRs have brought in half a million new customers of the funds…
International tensions between the USA and Russia are cooling down the price lists in Europe and overseas. Wall Street starts sluggish, gold and oil rise. Piazza Affari closes in red with the other squares. The bond is making a comeback. Good Saipem. Down the…
The downward revision of French GDP and the slowdown in industrial production also weigh on European stock markets UK - Morning of auctions for public securities, Greece does well - Oil at 71 dollars. Eni and Saipem rebound -…
The US together with France, the UK and eight countries are calling for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council after the chemical attack in Douma by Assad's troops.
The Turkish President's visit to Rome raises widespread protests not only for the denial of human and democratic rights in Turkey, but for the escalation of the war against the Kurds in northeastern Syria where there are 15 civilians in…
The now former capital of the caliphate has been liberated by pro-American militias: reports the Observatory for Human Rights (Ondus).
Islamic State leader reportedly killed in Moscow air force raid on May 28 - Russian Defense Ministry is seeking confirmation
The Kurdish-American attack is taking place for now on the eastern side of the city - Air raids carried out yesterday by the US-led anti-ISIS coalition killed at least 12 civilians.
It will be the premier's first official visit to the White House - Gentiloni to the CSIS: "It is time for the US and Italy to work together to stabilize Libya".
Massacre of 126 refugees fleeing from Isis in Aleppo. Half of them are children. The Pope's words in the Urbi et orbi message
War of communications between Syria and the US. The Syrian President denies that Damascus forces still have chemical weapons but Washington confirms the allegations - Meanwhile, the Syrian government agency Sana says that "hundreds of people" have been killed in…
American TV revealed that US intelligence had intercepted conversations between military and Syrian chemical experts on the eve of the attack in Idlin which caused the death of 70 people including many children
Trump called the Syrian leader Bashar al Assad "animal", accusing Putin of supporting "the devil" - According to the Kremlin leader, since the new American president was elected "the level of trust between the two countries, above all…
The statement is Pyongyang's first official reaction to the attack decided by Trump and carried out against a Syrian air base when the tycoon was engaged in the first summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
"We will act again if necessary", said the US president in a letter to Congress to explain the reasons for his decision to hit Syria with an air raid: there may therefore be other military actions.
Stockholm, trucks on the crowd: it's terrorism - Syria: US-Russia high voltage after the raid - Stock exchanges without panic for Syria and Stockholm - Veneto Banca and Pop Vicenza: shower of layoffs on the way - Gasoline and diesel prices: the…
Financial markets defending against extraordinary events such as the Stockholm attack and the American raid in Syria - Piazza Affari around parity - Good performance by Stm, Cnh, A2A and Mediobanca - Profit taking instead on…
A Russian warship has entered the Mediterranean and is reportedly heading towards the two American destroyers that launched last night's attack on Syria - Medvedev: "One step away from confrontation with Russia".
2016 saw a 14% increase in terrorist attacks worldwide - The increase in Western countries is 174%, with 96 attacks in 2016 compared to 35 in 2015 - 2017 is the first year of the last…
Trump ordered them to be launched at 2 am Italian time with a raid on the Syrian air base from which the attack with chemical weapons is presumed to have started on Tuesday - According to Damascus, there are 4 victims - Russia…
The president of the United States is in fact considering the possibility, according to sources cited by the CNN television network, of military action in Syria, in retaliation for the attack with chemical weapons.
Assad's criminal raid with chemical weapons against rebel provinces: no mercy for children, among whom there are over a dozen dead - In total the victims are over 60 - EU and Turkey protest while Trump…
The death toll from the terrible toxic gas attack launched this morning against Khan Sheikhun, a Syrian city located in the north-western province of Idlib, under the control of the rebels, rises tragically: according to activists, the dead are more than…
Tuesday 4 April is the day of the terrible chemical attack in Syria, which cost the lives of dozens of civilians and children - The well-known political scientist Giovanni Sartori has also passed away, while the banks of the Veneto continue to hold court...
At least 58 dead, including 11 children, this is the partial toll which seems destined to worsen given that, according to the first testimonies, hundreds of civilians show vomiting and foam at the mouth, symptoms attributable to the use of chemical weapons - Affected…
The USA and Turkey become, in very different ways, the balance of world balances increasingly unstable and dominated by uncertainty which is reflected in the international financial markets - All eyes on the next Turkish referendum
The new travel ban blocks entry to the US for 90 days to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries - The order also prevents refugees from entering the United States for 120 days - Compared to the original version, restrictions on…
"The entry of Syrian citizens and refugees is harmful to the interests of the country": Trump wrote in the executive order in which he blocks visas for Syrians and suspends indefinitely the entry of refugees from Syria.
Today the US president will sign the order for the continuation of the wall on the border with Mexico. News also on visas for entry into the USA. The order for the exit from the Tpp has already been signed
The Oil Games dominate old and new conflicts and American interests in the shale oil industry are welded with the conservative aims of the Saudis and with those of the Russians outside Opec: this is why a stable peace in the Middle East…
The aircraft with 91 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Sochi airport - It was bound for Syria and was also carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, the Russian military choir.
After 4 years of rebel control in some areas of the city, today the Syrian national army has regained control of Aleppo.
The agreement for the evacuation of civilians and rebels from the eastern part of the city is suspended - The UN calls for a stop to the "carnage" and Amnesty International speaks of "war crimes"
Rebels and Moscow confirm ceasefire, but various sources say forces loyal to Assad have killed dozens of civilians, including women and children
"My name is Sergio Zanotti and I have been a prisoner here in Syria for seven months. I ask the Italian government to intervene against me before my possible execution" - Farnesina informed and at work on the case
From Hillary Clinton's pneumonia, which casts a shadow on her candidacy in the now imminent presidential elections, to the truce in Syria through the bad day of the Milan Stock Exchange and the news on work and pensions: here are the five news…
Hope for peace in Syria kicked off at sunset today, when the ceasefire between the military factions agreed by the USA and Russia was triggered - President Assad: "We will take back the country".
Clashes between the army and rebel groups continue to tear the country apart, and are concentrated above all in the Aleppo area - The photo of the child Omran Daneesh, who looks incredulous in front of himself sitting in an ambulance, goes around…
Both sides' shelling in recent days has hit distribution plants, leaving civilians without water and electricity - the UN will call for a 48-hour humanitarian truce to replenish supplies.
Government troops have regained control of the archaeological site of Palmyra, a city that has become a symbol of the devastating fury of ISIS. This was reported by Syrian TV and the Observatory for Human Rights
However, the air base of Hemeimeem, in the province of Latakia, and the naval base in the port of Tartous will continue to be operational
The North would go to the Kurds, the Center to the Sunnis and the South with Damascus as the capital hosting Alawites, Druze, Christians and others - Even Assad would agree - The keystone is in the role played by the Kurdish-Syrians.
At midnight local time the truce agreed by the USA and Russia was triggered, but it proved to be fragile: a car bomb exploded in a city in the center of the country and caused two deaths.
SIOI CONFERENCE - Croatian Foreign Minister Kovac: "The EU, Russia, Turkey and the United States must work together to stabilize the situation in Syria" - In Europe, Zagreb wants to protect Schengen and "favor Bosnia's accession process to the Union" .
US sources confirm the anticipation reported by al-Jazeera. The agreement between the United States and Russia should be made official shortly - Excluding operations against Daesh, al-Nusra Qaedists and other organizations considered terrorist by the Security Council…
Ground troops in Syria in order to fight the Islamic State - The Turkish Foreign Minister: "we need a broad and result-oriented strategy in the fight against terrorism".
A compromise has been reached between the International Support Group and Moscow, which, however, will be able to complete its offensive on Aleppo in seven days - But Russia will not stop the air attacks because the end of hostilities will not…
INTERVIEW WITH STEFANO SILVESTRI (Iai) - "The clash arises from the possible change in social policies due to the decrease in oil revenues" - But "reducing production to raise the price would be a risk for both Riyadh and Tehran"…
The war has forced about 2,4 million children to abandon school since 2011, with a decrease in enrollments of 38% - The UN agency, with the participation of the Italian energy group, has launched the project "EDUCATE TO…
According to the British Premier, "the key in Syria is a political solution", but "one cannot wait for this to happen before taking military action" - The use of ground troops remains excluded - Hollande flies to Moscow after …
450 million dollars a year from oil, 100 million from art smuggling, 8 million a month from taxes and extortions on citizens. The Islamic State has managed to build an empire with which it finances its…
"Unrealistic to expect that a 20-minute meeting could lead to a turning point": this is how the Kremlin commented the meeting between Putin and Obama on the sidelines of the G20 in Antalya, Turkey - The Russian president: "Isis financed by 40 countries among…
French fighter jets, in coordination with the US, dropped about twenty bombs on as many strategic objectives, focusing in particular on a command center and an ISIS training camp - Obama and Putin have defined as "imperative"…
Russian escalation in the war in Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights informs of the launch of 26 missiles from Russian ships in the Caspian. But Ankara and the US criticize Putin's action. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter: 'We will not cooperate with…
95-minute private meeting between Obama and Putin to seek an understanding in the fight against ISIS - For Putin it was a positive meeting like for businessmen - US Secretary John Kerry defines the meeting as "constructive" but …
The Kremlin aims to ensure long-term control of the port of Tartus (base of its Mediterranean fleet), the airport of Latakia and the Alawite coast, regardless of the outcome of the civil war.
INTERVIEW WITH GIULIO SAPELLI - "Merkel's openness to refugees was a tactical move to remedy the misstep made with the Palestinian girl, but in this way the Chancellor strengthened herself politically by interpreting the true face of Germany" -…
According to reports from several sources, the ISIS jihadists managed to arrive in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmuk, south of the Syrian capital.
SIOI CONFERENCE - The Syrian crisis and the growth of Islamic terrorism have thrown Lebanon into the abyss: a book by Tangherlini and Bressan with an introduction by Politi - Frattini: "We needed a Marshall Plan for the Mediterranean but…
Harsh clashes during demonstrations in support of Kurdish fighters engaged for weeks against ISIS jihadists in the Kurdish-Syrian city of Kobane, on the Turkish border - International raids, but Ankara does not move: it wants the US to guarantee the removal ...
The geopolitical tensions in Syria are worrying the markets and lowering risk appetite - Signals from the Fed: the rate hike can wait - Unicredit: Santander in Pioneer in November - Enel, the process for the placement of 5% begins…
The American raids in Syria and the new slowdown in the German economy put the markets in crisis - Strong losses on the European stock exchanges: new thud for Milan which drops 1,56% - Even Wall Street opens badly - Bpm, Pirelli, Mediaset ,…
The House approved the law authorizing the financing of government operations until 11 December, effectively avoiding a new "shutdown" - The provision also contains the authorization to arm the Syrian rebels as part of the president's anti-ISIS plan Barak…
The first objective is to extend the air raid campaign already underway in Iraq to include Syria to allow local forces to go on the offensive: "I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten us everywhere. This means…
Hostilities show no sign of abating, in the four war fronts that still remain open - In Gaza, after a fragile truce, Israeli raids have resumed, while Hamas fires mortars towards the Erez crossing - The West…
Between Obama and Hillary Clinton it was never love at first sight but now we are in open confrontation - Hillary, who voted for the invasion of Iraq, criticizes Barack for his irresolution on Syria and on who to help against Assad:…
The civil war has affected the channels through which the country accumulates hard currency, while the source of pressure both in terms of social stability and financial sustainability in neighboring countries must be identified in the humanitarian emergency.
"Syria - said Kerry - must provide a list of its chemical weapons within a week" - The agreement contains nothing on the possible use of force, specified Moscow, but the US secretary of state evoked the…
Bringing the chemical weapons arsenal under international control would be the first step in a process that would lead to its destruction - Barack Obama, speaking to the nation tonight, called this breakthrough "a potentially positive development"
Futures on Wall Street positive in the wake of Chinese and Japanese data - On the New York Mercantile Exchange, a barrel of WTI drops 24 cents, to 110,29 dollars - As for T-bonds, 2,89-year bonds register rates down to XNUMX%, …
The Olympics in Japan give stock markets a boost and put tapering, Syria and the Berlusconi effect aside for a day - Piazza Affari, however, starts prudently: the spotlight is on Monte dei Paschi (after the EU's green light for the enhanced plan), on Telecom...
"A political crisis in Italy would have a very negative impact on growth, but the risk of it happening is low": the economist Nouriel Roubini, speaking at the Ambrosetti workshop at Villa d'Este in Cernobbio, analyzes the current situation and makes a forecast on the …
In the end, despite the increase in tensions over Syria, the prospect of a slippage in the tapering gave impetus to the European stock exchanges: at the end of a day of ups and downs, Milan closed up 1,21% - The US unemployment rate …
Russian President Vladimir Putin lets it be known that if the US attacks, Moscow will help Damascus - Obama tries to get the support of world leaders during the G20 meeting in St. Petersburg, but the situation remains stalemate - Beijing: without…
The Syria case will be the hot topic of the Russian two-day event, also because Putin's Russia is the biggest supporter of the Assad regime, harshly opposed by the USA and France who are ready for a military attack.
Stock markets are back on edge as oil rises and yields on German and American government bonds soar - Waiting for tonight's Beige Book - Prudence this morning in Piazza Affari - New alarm for emerging currencies…
François Hollande is the most determined to intervene against Assad, a different situation than in 2003, when France (then run by the right) opposed the attack on Iraq - The influence of the Atlanticist Fabius, Foreign Minister, and some maitres à penser…
Israel claims ownership of the two missiles sighted by Russia in the Mediterranean, speaks of a test with the United States, but warns: "We want to tell anyone who intends to harm us: it is not advisable" - American warships already on…
Both UBS and Nomura believe that Italy is the least expensive among the main European countries on the stock market - Vodafone's sale of the Verizon stake is official: the shareholders of the English group will be rewarded - The industry gives new breath to…
Monsignor Mario Toso, head of the Justice and Peace department at the Holy See, let the Vatican know on Monday morning that "the conflict in Syria contains all the ingredients to explode into a war of global dimensions".
The price of oil, previously driven by the winds of war, fell towards 106 $/b, while the regional MSCI Asia Pacific index rose, in the early afternoon in Japan, by almost 1% - Today the US markets are closed , never…
A Downing Street spokesman confirmed that "the United Kingdom will not take part in any military action" - According to the New York Times, US President Barack Obama is still ready to launch the attack against Damascus after…
The American GDP grows more than expected but the markets have now metabolized the tapering risk and the danger of Syria is receding - Oil and gold are down - Vodafone effect on telecommunications: Verizon operation closer - Piazza Affari more…
For the second consecutive day, Piazza Affari gains just under 1%: it is the effect of the political reassurance due to the abolition of the Imu, the postponement of the war in Syria and the growth of American GDP beyond expectations - Mediaset, fashion and the…
