WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Clashes empty out Myanmar town on China border

Mar 08, 2017 (AFP)

Civilians abandoned a battle-scared town along Myanmar's border with China on Wednesday, saying they feared an imminent army crackdown in retaliation for a dead...

Thousands flee Myanmar border town after rebel raid

Mar 07, 2017 (AFP)

Thousands have fled a Myanmar town bordering China after over 30 people were killed as the army fought back ethnic rebels armed with rocket-propelled grenades a...

2,100 Iran fighters killed in Iraq, Syria: official

Mar 07, 2017 (AFP)

More than 2,000 fighters sent from Iran have been killed in Iraq and Syria, the head of Iran's veterans' affairs office said Tuesday. "Some 2,100 martyrs have b...

China calls for ceasefire as thousands flee Myanmar border town

Mar 07, 2017 (AFP)

Thousands were fleeing a Myanmar town bordering China on Tuesday after at least 30 people were killed in fighting between the army and ethnic rebels as Beijing ...

Two children killed in suspected US strike: Yemen official

Mar 07, 2017 (AFP)

Two children, aged 10 and 12, were killed in a suspected US air strike targeting al-Qaeda in central Yemen, a provincial official said on Tuesday. The children ...

23 Yemeni rebels killed in strikes, clashes: officials

Mar 06, 2017 (AFP)

At least 23 Shiite Huthi rebels were killed Monday in an air strike by pro-government Arab coalition warplanes as well as clashes in western Yemen, officials sa...

French defence minister backs Lebanon army on Beirut visit

Mar 06, 2017 (AFP)

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian pledged support for Lebanon's military on Monday during meetings with the country's president and his Lebanese counte...

30 dead as intense fighting breaks out in Myanmar-China border town

Mar 06, 2017 (AFP)

At least 30 people were killed Monday in a day of intense fighting in a town on Myanmar's border with China, authorities said, after rebels dressed in police un...

US-led strikes claim another 21 civilian lives: coalition

Mar 04, 2017 (AFP)

Twenty-one civilians were killed in US-led coalition air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in recent months, officials acknowledged Saturd...

Colombia's FARC demobilizes child soldiers

Mar 03, 2017 (AFP)

Colombia's FARC rebels have begun removing child soldiers from their ranks as part of a landmark peace deal, the Red Cross said Friday. The leftist guerrillas' ...

UN confident of restarting stalled Cyprus talks

Mar 03, 2017 (AFP)

A UN envoy said Friday he was confident an impasse in Cyprus reunification talks will be overcome despite a war of words between the island's rival leaders that...

Russian, Syrian regime convoys enter northern Syria city

Mar 03, 2017 (AFP)

Russia and Syrian regime forces are moving "humanitarian" convoys carrying military equipment into the former Islamic State group's bastion of Manbij in norther...

US-backed forces say will cede territory to Syria regime

Mar 02, 2017 (AFP)

US-backed Syrian fighters said on Thursday they would cede several northern villages to government forces as part of a deal brokered by regime ally Russia to av...

FARC fighters bid fond farewell to arms

Mar 02, 2017 (AFP)

For 17 years in the hot green jungles of Colombia, a gun has been Emiro Suarez's constant companion. It has made him feel safe. Now, like thousands of other FAR...

Kremlin says Syrian forces with Russian air support take Palmyra

Mar 02, 2017 (AFP)

The Syrian army backed by Russian jets has completed the recapture of the iconic ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State group, the Kremlin said Thursday...

Syria army battles IS inside Palmyra

Mar 02, 2017 (AFP)

Syrian troops have pushed into Palmyra as they battle to retake the iconic city from the Islamic State group, but their advance was slowed Thursday by landmines...

Russian jets mistakenly bomb US-backed forces in Syria: US

Mar 01, 2017 (AFP)

Russian warplanes bombed US-backed fighters in several small villages in northern Syria after they mistakenly thought Islamic State group forces were in the are...

Colombia's FARC rebels begin disarming

Mar 01, 2017 (AFP)

Colombia's FARC rebels began disarming Wednesday under a historic peace deal, beginning the delicate transition from guerrilla army to political party after mor...

Syria army enters IS-held Palmyra: monitor

Mar 01, 2017 (AFP)

Syria's army entered the ancient city of Palmyra late Wednesday after fierce clashes with the Islamic State jihadist group, several weeks into a Russian-backed ...

At least 160 killed in clashes on Myanmar-China border: army

Feb 28, 2017 (AFP)

At least 160 people have died in three months of clashes between the military and ethnic armed groups in Myanmar's Shan state, a senior army official said Tuesd...