WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

PTSD an ongoing fight for generation of Iraq War vets

Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)

Insurgents had jammed several 155mm artillery shells into a manhole on a street in Ramadi, central Iraq, then triggered a blast that ripped through the patrol's...

US warns Turkey over Syria assault; Ghouta strikes kills 15 children

Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)

Turkish forces and Turkish-backed Syrian Arab fighters have over the past 48 hours surged into the city in northwest Turkey, once defended by the Kurdish People...

Yemen government names brother of slain foe to top army post

Mar 17, 2018 (AFP)

A presidential decree published on the state-run Saba news agency named Ali al-Humeiri, half-brother of Saleh, head of Yemen's army reserve. The position is lit...

Death and exodus as two Syria assaults escalate

Mar 16, 2018 (AFP)

The latest deaths brought the toll for the nearly month-old offensive to 1,364, with world powers still unable to stop one of the devastating conflict's worst c...

As fighting rages, can Russia forge a peace in Syria?

Mar 16, 2018 (AFP)

The Kremlin has presented its landmark Syria operation as a success, shrugging off western criticism over the killing of civilians while claiming to have withdr...

Thousands flee Syria rebel enclave after month-long bombardment

Mar 15, 2018 (AFP)

Defying expectations and calls to step down, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad was strengthening his grip on power as the conflict entered its eighth year. His ...

Colombia government and ELN rebels to resume peace talks Thursday

Mar 15, 2018 (AFP)

President Juan Manuel Santos's government suspended negotiations in January following an escalation in violence on police stations that left six people dead and...

Colombia government and ELN rebels resume peace talks in Ecuador

Mar 15, 2018 (AFP)

The latest round of talks, being held in a hacienda run by the Jesuit religious community outside Quito, are aimed at agreeing a new ceasefire that would pave t...

Russia 'complicit' in Assad atrocities: Pentagon

Mar 15, 2018 (AFP)

Thousands of civilians poured out of Eastern Ghouta as the capture of a key town brought Syria's government even closer to retaking the devastated rebel enclave...

Moscow claims Syria rebels plan to 'stage' chemical attack

Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)

Lavrov's claims came after he and the Russian military warned Tuesday that any such strike by the US coalition would lead to Russiam retaliatory steps in Syria ...

Colombia's Santos orders resumption of talks with ELN rebels

Mar 12, 2018 (AFP)

Santos redoubled his commitment to the talks despite his ruling coalition losing ground in Sunday's legislative elections to a right-wing conservative bloc whic...

Israeli police wrestle ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting army draft

Mar 12, 2018 (AFP)

A police statement said that "around 50" protesters cut off the north-south highway 4 in the predominantly ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak. An AFP journalist s...

Erdogan slams NATO for failing to back Syria campaign

Mar 11, 2018 (AFP)

Erdogan's latest comments were among the toughest he has directed in recent times against NATO, which Turkey joined in 1952 as the US sought to make sure it did...

Dozens treated for breathing problems after raids on Syria's Ghouta

Mar 08, 2018 (AFP)

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 60 people in the besieged rebel enclave were left struggling to breathe after air strikes and barrel bombs...

US, Israel forces ready for evolving threats with major drill

Mar 08, 2018 (AFP)

The Juniper Cobra exercise, held every two years since 2001, comes as Israel is increasingly concerned by what it says is a growing Iranian military presence in...

UN aid convoy to make fresh attempt to reach battered Syrian rebel enclave

Mar 08, 2018 (AFP)

The blistering Syrian government onslaught, backed by Moscow, has prompted international outrage, including accusations by the United Nations that the governmen...

US to upgrade Qatar air ops center despite Gulf crisis

Mar 08, 2018 (AFP)

Qatar has fallen out with fellow US allies in the Gulf, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Araba Emirates, over its alleged support for militant groups and ties...

Israel ultra-Orthodox Jews rally against military service

Mar 08, 2018 (AFP)

The demonstrators blocked a major road linking Jerusalem with Tel Aviv, before the security forces dispersed them and the artery was reopened, police said in a ...

FARC withdrawing from Colombian presidential race

Mar 08, 2018 (AFP)

Ivan Marquez, a senate candidate and senior member of the political party formed by the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebels, told reporters tha...

Syria regime captures half of Ghouta enclave as death toll climbs

Mar 07, 2018 (AFP)

The blistering onslaught has prompted international outrage, including accusations by the United Nations that the government was orchestrating an "apocalypse". ...