WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Israel's new hardline defence minister to visit US

Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)

Israel's new Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman is to visit the United States this weekend for talks with his US counterpart, his office said Thursday, after Wa...

Philippines to resume communist peace talks in July

Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)

Incoming Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will resume stalled peace talks with communist rebels next month, negotiators said, a step towards ending one of A...

Barrel bombs in Syria's Aleppo threaten new truce

Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)

Barrel bombs and air strikes hit Syria's Aleppo on Thursday hours after a temporary truce announced by regime ally Russia came into effect in the northern war-t...

Canada promotes first female combat general

Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)

A Canadian woman who fought insurgents in Afghanistan became the country's first female combat officer to rise to the rank of general on Thursday. Colonel Jenni...

Yemen peace talks broach military, security concerns: UN

Jun 15, 2016 (AFP)

Yemen's warring parties have discussed forming military and security committees to oversee a transition period aimed at ending 14 months of fighting, the UN spe...

Israeli PM criticised after Obama opposes extra military aid

Jun 15, 2016 (AFP)

Israel's opposition leader accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday of jeopardising the country's security, after US President Barack Obama announced...

Israel to help NATO anti-terror fight with intelligence: Netanyahu

Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel was ready to share intelligence with NATO to help fight extremist violence, as he met with ambassador...

UN allows EU to move against Libya arms smuggling

Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)

The UN Security Council on Tuesday authorized an EU naval force to intercept ships suspected of arms smuggling to Libya, moving to shore up Tripoli's unity gove...

Raids on Syria market kill 21, hundreds flee IS bastion

Jun 12, 2016 (AFP)

Air strikes on a market in Syria's Al-Qaeda-held city of Idlib killed at least 21 civilians Sunday, as hundreds fled a besieged Islamic State group bastion near...

Libyan unity forces enter IS bastion

Jun 10, 2016 (AFP)

The battle for Sirte, the Islamic State group's stronghold in Libya, raged Thursday after unity government forces pushed into the centre of the city and predict...

Russia, Iran coordinate with Syria in Tehran talks

Jun 09, 2016 (AFP)

The defence ministers of allies Iran, Russia and Syria on Thursday held talks in Tehran on pressing the fight against opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-As...

Syria newborns saved by staff after hospital attacks

Jun 09, 2016 (AFP)

Air strikes on a children's hospital and two others in the divided Syrian city of Aleppo sparked a desperate bid by medical staff to rescue at least nine newbor...

At least 15 civilians dead in raids on Syria's Aleppo: monitor

Jun 08, 2016 (AFP)

Syrian government air strikes on rebel-held neighbourhoods of divided second city Aleppo killed at least 15 civilians on Wednesday, a monitor said. The Syrian O...

Assault on IS-held Manbij in Syria within days: Pentagon

Jun 08, 2016 (AFP)

A US-backed Kurdish and Arab alliance is set to attack an Islamic State-held city in northern Syria within days, a military spokesman said Wednesday, helping cl...

Commander says Fallujah liberation 'days' away

Jun 08, 2016 (AFP)

The commander of Iraq's operation to retake Fallujah from the Islamic State group said Tuesday victory was days away, but progress had been slowed by huge numbe...

Syria regime set for Tehran talks with allies Russia, Iran

Jun 08, 2016 (AFP)

Syria's defence minister is to hold Tehran talks with his Iranian and Russian counterparts on Thursday as government forces press an offensive against the Islam...

Air strikes on Syria market kill 17 civilians: monitor

Jun 06, 2016 (AFP)

Seventeen civilians including eight children were killed in air strikes on a market in eastern Syria on Monday, the first day of the holy Muslim month of Ramada...

EU seeks UN backing to enforce Libya arms embargo

Jun 06, 2016 (AFP)

The European Union on Monday urged the UN Security Council to authorize its naval force in the Mediterranean to enforce the arms embargo on Libya as Russia rais...

US-Russian military coordination in Syria 'not happening'

Jun 06, 2016 (AFP)

The Pentagon is not coordinating militarily with Russia in northern Syria, even though US- and Moscow-backed forces are drawing closer together as they make gai...

Yemen foes agree to free child prisoners: UN

Jun 06, 2016 (AFP)

Yemen's warring parties have pledged to free all child prisoners but have failed to reach agreement on a wider release for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the...