WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Pause in Aleppo air war holds into second day: monitor

Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)

A pause in Russian and Syrian government air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo held for a second day Wednesday, although ground fighting continued in the hi...

UN envoy urges Colombia to quickly clinch new peace deal

Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)

Colombia's government and FARC rebels must reach a new political deal quickly to prevent the peace process from unraveling, the UN envoy warned Wednesday. The h...

UN seeks to shore up Colombia ceasefire

Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)

The UN Security Council agreed on Tuesday that a new UN mission for Colombia could continue to monitor a ceasefire despite a referendum vote rejecting the peace...

Putin in talks on Mosul with Turkish, Iraqi leaders: Kremlin

Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with the leaders of Turkey and Iraq about battle for Mosul, where Iraqi forces are fighting to oust the Isla...

Belgium summons Russian envoy over Aleppo air raid claim

Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)

Belgium's foreign ministry summoned the Russian ambassador on Wednesday after Moscow claimed Belgian jets from the US-led coalition killed six civilians in airs...

US general suspects Iran role in Huthi attacks on US ships

Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)

Iran may have played a role in recent Huthi missile attacks against US warships in the Red Sea, a top US general said Wednesday. Iranian-backed Huthi rebels are...

Israeli army unprepared for 2014 Gaza tunnel threat: report

Oct 18, 2016 (AFP)

An investigation has found that Israel's military was unprepared for the threat posed by tunnels dug by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip in the 2014 war ...

'Disaster' as residential blocks bombed in Syria's Aleppo

Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)

Dozens of civilians were killed as air strikes flattened residential buildings in rebel-held east Aleppo Monday, despite Western warnings of sanctions against S...

Colombian army op kills ELN rebel 10 days from peace talks

Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)

The Colombian army said Monday it had killed an ELN rebel and captured four others in an operation days before peace talks between the leftist guerrillas and th...

Yemen rebels demand international probe on funeral strike

Oct 16, 2016 (AFP)

Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels Sunday demanded an international probe into an air strike that killed more than 140 people at a funeral, after a Saudi-led Arab coal...

Missiles may have been fired at US warships in Red Sea

Oct 16, 2016 (AFP)

Three US warships in the Red Sea detected what may have been missiles fired at them on Saturday but none hit, the US military said, amid rising tensions with Ye...

Russian flagship aircraft carrier departs for Syria coast

Oct 15, 2016 (AFP)

Russia's flagship aircraft carrier set off Saturday for the Mediterranean Sea where Moscow's naval forces are supporting its bombing campaign in Syria, the defe...

Pro-govt gains in Aleppo ahead of key Syria talks

Oct 15, 2016 (AFP)

Syrian pro-government forces used intense air strikes as cover for an advance in the battleground city of Aleppo ahead of fresh diplomatic talks on Saturday to ...

Syrian opposition slams Lausanne talks as 'procrastination'

Oct 15, 2016 (AFP)

A leading Syrian opposition group slammed international talks on Saturday in Lausanne aimed at ending the five-year war, as warplanes pressed fierce raids on se...

Saudi-led coalition says it 'wrongly targeted' saudi funeral

Oct 15, 2016 (AFP)

The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemeni rebels said Saturday that one of its warplanes had "wrongly targeted" a funeral in the capital Sanaa, killing more than ...

Raising tensions, Turkey prepares for post-IS Mosul

Oct 14, 2016 (AFP)

Raising tensions with Iraq ahead of the planned US-backed operation by Iraqi troops to retake Mosul from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, Turkey is seeking to have...

Britain demands US act over Yemen; More missiles fired at US ships

Oct 14, 2016 (AFP)

Britain will present a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council demanding an immediate ceasefire in Yemen following the deadly air strike on a fu...

US hits radar sites in first strikes on Yemen rebels

Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)

The US military directly targeted Yemen's Huthi rebels for the first time on Thursday, hitting radar sites controlled by the insurgents after US warships came u...

Yemen rebels deny targeting US warship

Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)

Yemeni rebels on Thursday denied US accusations they had targeted a US destroyer in the Red Sea which prompted cruise missile strikes on three radar sites under...

Russia offers to secure rebel evacuation from Syria's Aleppo

Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)

Russia said Thursday it was prepared to secure safe passage for rebels to quit Syria's Aleppo but kept up air strikes on the battleground city as world powers r...