WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Colombia govt, ELN rebels announce demining plan

Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)

Colombia's government and the country's last active rebel force plan to start demining conflict areas, the armed group said Thursday. The announcement by the Na...

AFP photographer arrested in eastern Libya

Mar 29, 2017 (AFP)

AFP's photographer in the Libyan city of Benghazi, Abdullah Doma, has been arrested at his home by the security services of eastern Libya, his family said Wedne...

Israel cuts UN contribution due to 'discrimination'

Mar 29, 2017 (AFP)

Israel announced Wednesday a $2-million cut in its contribution to the United Nations budget because of constant criticism by the UN Human Rights Council of its...

China holds military drills near restive Myanmar border

Mar 28, 2017 (AFP)

China's army held drills near its border with Myanmar on Tuesday, state media reported, in a show of strength from Beijing following weeks of clashes between et...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against Israel military service

Mar 28, 2017 (AFP)

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets of Jerusalem on Tuesday to protest against compulsory military service at a time of increased tensions betw...

Myanmar army chief hits out at Rakhine 'interference'

Mar 27, 2017 (AFP)

Myanmar's army chief defended a military crackdown in Rakhine State on Monday after the UN pledged to probe claims security forces carried out a campaign of kil...

Sudan, Saudi to hold first joint air force drill

Mar 26, 2017 (AFP)

Sudan said Sunday it will begin this week a joint air force drill with Saudi Arabia, the first such manoeuvres since Khartoum allied with Riyadh after breaking ...

Venezuelan defense minister denies troops entered Colombia

Mar 25, 2017 (AFP)

Venezuelan defense minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez denied Saturday that troops from his country had intruded on Colombian territory. Colombian president Juan Ma...

Air strike kills 16 civilians near Damascus: monitor

Mar 25, 2017 (AFP)

At least 16 civilians were killed and dozens wounded on Saturday in an air strike on a rebel-held area outside Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

Yemen rebel missile kills Saudi soldier

Mar 24, 2017 (AFP)

A Saudi soldier was killed by a missile fired by rebels in Yemen that struck a military base near the border, the interior ministry said Friday. The missile was...

ELN leader killed by Colombian forces; Venezuela troops cross border

Mar 24, 2017 (AFP)

A leader of the ELN, Colombia's last remaining active rebel force, has been killed in an operation by security forces, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Thur...

Syrian rivals tackle governance, terrorism at UN talks

Mar 24, 2017 (AFP)

Syrian rivals will tackle all agenda items at peace talks this week, including political transition, the United Nations mediator Staffan de Mistura said Friday,...

For FARC moms, peace in Colombia marks new beginning

Mar 23, 2017 (AFP)

Josleidy Ramirez, a FARC guerrilla, never had a chance to raise the son she gave birth to 15 years ago in the middle of Colombia's civil war. Now, with peace on...

US Senate approves settlement backer as us senvoy

Mar 23, 2017 (AFP)

The US Senate on Thursday approved the appointment of President Donald Trump's former bankruptcy lawyer, a supporter of Israeli settlement building, as Washingt...

China's Xi calls for peace in meeting with Netanyahu

Mar 21, 2017 (AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping called Tuesday for peace between Israel and an independent Palestine "as soon as possible" during a meeting with Israeli Prime Mini...

Thai soldier who killed activist to face charge: police

Mar 21, 2017 (AFP)

A Thai soldier who shot dead a prominent youth activist will be charged, police said Tuesday, after the kingdom's junta leader ordered an investigation followin...

Strikes pound east Damascus after rebel assault

Mar 20, 2017 (AFP)

Heavy air strikes hammered opposition-held neighbourhoods of Syria's capital on Monday after regime forces pushed back a surprise assault that saw rebels try to...

Assad sees key Russia role after Syria-Israel strikes

Mar 20, 2017 (AFP)

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday said Russia can play an important role in the crisis following Syria's firing missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying ...

Israel threatens to 'destroy' Syrian air defence systems

Mar 19, 2017 (AFP)

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired ground-to-air missiles at Israeli warplan...

Israeli warplanes hit targets in Syria as tensions flare

Mar 17, 2017 (AFP)

Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early Friday, prompting retaliatory missiles launches, in the most serious incident between the two countries ...