WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Rebels in new Colombia peace talks hold 'unknown' number of hostages

Mar 31, 2016 (AFP)

New talks to end Colombia's half-century conflict depend on a rebel force releasing hostages, the government said Thursday, but admitted it does not know how ma...

Turkey military base in Qatar 'completed' in two years

Mar 30, 2016 (AFP)

A Turkish military base being built in Qatar will be ready within two years, Ankara's defence minister said in Doha on Wednesday. It will be the first Turkish m...

Colombia set to launch peace talks with ELN rebels

Mar 30, 2016 (AFP)

The Colombian government said it will announce Wednesday the start of peace negotiations with the country's second-biggest guerrilla group, the left-wing ELN, b...

Israel army chief warns soldiers after wounded Palestinian shot

Mar 30, 2016 (AFP)

Israeli army chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot sent a letter Wednesday warning troops to use appropriate force, after a soldier was caught on video shooting dead a w...

Syria regime forces advance on IS town near Palmyra: monitor

Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)

Syrian regime forces were locked in fierce clashes with Islamic State group jihadists on Tuesday on the outskirts of a key town near the ancient city of Palmyra...

Six children killed, maimed daily in Yemen since Saudi air strikes began: UN

Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)

Six children have been killed or maimed daily in Yemen since Saudi-led air strikes began a year ago, the UN said Tuesday, warning the conflict was taking a horr...

Russia's Syrian strikes have killed more than 1,000: report

Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)

Russian air strikes in Syria likely killed more than 1,000 civilians in the war-torn country during the last quarter of 2015, the Airwars monitoring group said ...

Obama unlikely to meet Erdogan during US visit

Mar 28, 2016 (AFP)

President Barack Obama is not expected to hold sit-down talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he visits Washington later this week for a ...

Five Qaeda suspects in Yemen killed in Saudi-led strikes

Mar 27, 2016 (AFP)

Saudi-led coalition warplanes carried out a series of raids in southern Yemen on Sunday targeting Al-Qaeda positions that killed five suspected militants, a Yem...

Netanyahu defends Israeli army after soldier shot wounded Palestinian

Mar 27, 2016 (AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the Israeli army Sunday as controversy gripped the country over a soldier caught on video shooting a Palestinian assa...

Israel soldier held after video shows wounded Palestinian shot in head

Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)

An Israeli soldier was caught on video Thursday shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant in the head as he lay on the ground, with footage of the incident sprea...

A year into intervention, Saudi sees few gains in Yemen

Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)

A year after it launched air strikes in Yemen, a Saudi-led military coalition has failed to deal a decisive blow to Iran-backed rebels and is facing mounting cr...

Kerry in Moscow to sound out Putin on Assad rule

Mar 23, 2016 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Moscow on Wednesday seeking to gauge whether Vladimir Putin is ready to discuss ways to ease Bashar al-Assad from po...

Russian general admits special forces 'directing warplanes' in Syria

Mar 23, 2016 (AFP)

Russia's elite special forces contingents are active on the battlefield in Syria, directing Russian warplanes, the commander of Russia's forces in Syria admitte...

US strike kills 40 Qaeda militants at Yemen camp

Mar 23, 2016 (AFP)

A US air strike on an Al-Qaeda training camp in Yemen has killed at least 40 fighters in a major blow to the jihadists who have been expanding their territory i...

Colombians fear more trouble after peace

Mar 23, 2016 (AFP)

Colombia is on the verge of ending half a century of conflict, but bereaved locals in ruined regions such as Cauca struggle to believe that peace will come easi...

Nearing peace, Colombians seek missing loved ones

Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)

Dora Gonzalez found her dead husband's body, but her son -- like tens of thousands of other victims in Colombia's half-century civil conflict -- is still missin...

Rights groups urge end to Saudi arms sales over Yemen deaths

Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)

Top rights groups Tuesday urged the United States and other nations to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia after it was accused of killing hundreds of civilians i...

Hamas stages military exercises to test Gaza readiness

Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)

Hamas staged major military exercises Tuesday to test its readiness in the event of another Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has been ravaged by three...

Syrian opposition vows to show 'patience' in peace bid

Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)

Syria's main opposition said Tuesday it would not be deterred by Damascus' refusal to discuss the fate of President Bashar al-Assad, and vowed to be patient in ...