WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Jordanian officials sold CIA-supplied weapons to arms dealers

Jun 27, 2016 (AFP)

Jordanian intelligence officials stole millions of dollars of weapons that the CIA and Saudi Arabia had supplied for Syrian rebels, then sold them on the black ...

UN's Ban to push peace talks with Yemen warring sides

Jun 26, 2016 (AFP)

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was to meet Sunday with Yemen's warring sides in a bid to push forward peace talks that have made no headway after two months. ...

Russian, regime raids killed 82 in IS-held east Syria: new toll

Jun 26, 2016 (AFP)

At least 82 people including 58 civilians were killed in Russian and regime air strikes on an Islamic State group-held area of eastern Syria, a monitor said Sun...

Abbas rejects charges of 'blood libel' against Jews

Jun 25, 2016 (AFP)

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday he opposed "any attack on any religion" after Israel accused him of libelling the Jewish people in an addres...

Russia planes pound Aleppo as Syria army closes in

Jun 25, 2016 (AFP)

Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded rebel-held areas of divided second city Aleppo on Saturday as government forces closed in on the rebels' sole remaining sup...

Colombia, FARC rebels sign historic ceasefire

Jun 24, 2016 (AFP)

The Colombian government and FARC rebels signed a ceasefire and disarmament agreement Thursday, one of the last steps toward ending a half-century conflict that...

Colombia top ex-rebel commander preaches peace

Jun 23, 2016 (AFP)

She was one of the most-wanted FARC guerrilla commanders, but these days she sews uniforms for the very Colombian army soldiers she used to fight. In an exclusi...

Libyan government bombs Islamic State positions in Sirte

Jun 23, 2016 (AFP)

Libyan pro-government forces targeted the Islamic State group in Sirte with a wave of air strikes Thursday to help pave the way for ground troops to take the ji...

Yemen rebels demand consensus president in any peace deal

Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)

Yemen's Iran-backed rebels said on Wednesday that they would not sign any peace deal without prior agreement on a consensus president to lead the transition. Th...

Air raids kill 25 civilians in IS stronghold in Syria

Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)

Warplanes have bombed the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa, killing at least 25 civilians, after the jihadists drove pro-government forces out...

Colombia government, rebels agree full ceasefire

Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)

Colombia's government and the FARC guerrilla group reached agreement Wednesday on a definitive ceasefire in Latin America's longest civil war, they said in a jo...

Israel kills Palestinian teen 'mistaken for stone-thrower'

Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)

Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager Tuesday after apparently mistaking his group for stone-throwers as they returned from a swim, sparking outrage and ...

Israel to open mission at NATO HQ, boost cooperation

Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)

Israel will open a mission at NATO headquarters in Brussels as part of efforts to boost cooperation with the US-led alliance to counter extremist violence, top ...

No US 'grand strategy' in Libya: general

Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)

A US general said Tuesday that he did not know if the United States had a particular "grand strategy" in war-torn Libya, where pro-government forces are battlin...

More than 700 doctors killed in Syria war: UN

Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)

Attacks on hospitals since Syria's war broke out five years ago have left more than 700 doctors and medical workers dead, many of them in air strikes, UN invest...

Colombia president eyes full ceasefire this week

Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)

Colombia's president said Tuesday he hoped this week to seal a permanent ceasefire that would clear the way for a peace deal ending a half-century conflict with...

Israeli defense minister makes low-key Pentagon visit

Jun 20, 2016 (AFP)

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Monday met controversial hardline Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman for the first time, the Pentagon said, offeri...

Moscow denies strikes on US-backed rebels in Syria

Jun 19, 2016 (AFP)

Russia's defence ministry on Sunday denied bombing US-backed rebels in southern Syria earlier this week. In a video conference with Russian military officials, ...

Russian defence chief, Assad coordinate on 'anti-terrorist fight'

Jun 18, 2016 (AFP)

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu met in Damascus on Saturday with President Bashar al-Assad to discuss anti-terrorist "cooperation" in Syria's conflict, a...

Pentagon slams Russia for striking US-backed Syrian rebels

Jun 17, 2016 (AFP)

Pentagon chief Ashton Carter on Friday hit out at Russia for bombing US-backed forces in southern Syria who he said were fighting the Islamic State group, calli...