WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Syria army inches closer towards IS-held Palmyra

Mar 21, 2016 (AFP)

Battles raged around Palmyra Monday as Syrian soldiers backed by Russian warplanes sought to recapture the ancient city in what would be a major symbolic victor...

Russian air strikes in Syria this week after all: US military

Mar 19, 2016 (AFP)

Russia did carry out air strikes in Syria this week, a US military spokesman said Friday, hours after asserting the opposite. "While we've seen no Russian air s...

In Assad heartland, Russian drawdown has Syrians worried

Mar 18, 2016 (AFP)

In the sun-soaked coastal city of Latakia, a stronghold of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, shopkeeper Khaled says he already misses the sound of Russian warp...

Obama to name first woman to head major US military command

Mar 18, 2016 (AFP)

President Barack Obama will name a woman to head a major US combatant command for the first time, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday. He said Air Force...

As Colombia peace nears, wounded rebels cope in the jungle

Mar 17, 2016 (AFP)

Sofia writhed from the pain of her first combat wound -- a mortar blast in mid-February had pierced the 18-year-old guerrilla with shrapnel. "We didn't expect i...

US welcomes Saudi comment on Yemen combat nearing 'end'

Mar 17, 2016 (AFP)

A Saudi announcement that major combat is nearing an end in Yemen was welcomed by Washington Thursday, as the death toll from alliance air strikes on a market r...

Saudi-led Yemen market strike killed 33 rebels: tribal chief

Mar 16, 2016 (AFP)

A Yemeni tribal chief said Wednesday that 33 of the 41 people killed in a Saudi-led air strike on a market in a northern province were rebel fighters, not civil...

No significant reduction seen in Russian combat power in Syria: US military

Mar 16, 2016 (AFP)

The US military said Wednesday it has seen no significant reduction in Russia's combat power in Syria despite President Putin's surprise announcement this week ...

UN envoy to meet pro-Russia Syrian opposition group at talks

Mar 16, 2016 (AFP)

A Syrian opposition group that is close to Russia and tolerated by Damascus will meet UN envoy Staffan de Mistura at peace talks in Geneva, a delegation member ...

Syria opposition says open to 'direct' talks with regime

Mar 15, 2016 (AFP)

Syria's main opposition group told AFP Tuesday that it was ready to negotiate in the same room with the regime, if ongoing peace talks in Geneva make progress. ...

41 civilians dead in coalition raids on Yemen market: medics

Mar 15, 2016 (AFP)

At least 41 Yemeni civilians were killed when Saudi-led coalition warplanes hit a market Tuesday in the rebel-held northern Hajja province, medics and tribal so...

Syrian sides submit 'documents' on political deal: UN envoy

Mar 15, 2016 (AFP)

Syria's opposing sides have submitted documents to the United Nations outlining broad principles for a political solution to the country's five-year civil war, ...

Russia planes return from Syria as peace talks enter second day

Mar 15, 2016 (AFP)

The first of Moscow's warplanes landed back in Russia from Syria on Tuesday at the start of a surprise withdrawal that diplomats hope will boost a new round of ...

Hero's welcome for first Russian warplanes back from Syria

Mar 15, 2016 (AFP)

A ceremonial flypast, pilots tossed in the air in celebration and dozens of cheering supporters -- the first Russian warplanes on Tuesday returned home to a her...

Russia's Syria pullout will help reach settlement: UN envoy

Mar 14, 2016 (AFP)

Russia's decision to begin withdrawing from Syria will help Moscow's push to reach a political settlement, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations said Mon...

Israel hunts Palestinian guns after Jerusalem shootings

Mar 13, 2016 (AFP)

Israeli security forces have stepped up searches for gun suppliers in the occupied West Bank they say are behind an upsurge in shooting attacks in Jerusalem, of...

US, Colombian militaries eye a post-conflict future

Mar 13, 2016 (AFP)

Now that a historic peace accord with leftist FARC guerrillas could be signed within weeks, Colombia's government is eager to ensure ties to the US military end...

14 killed as police, jihadists clash in Yemen's Aden

Mar 12, 2016 (AFP)

At least 12 Al-Qaeda fighters and two policemen were killed late Saturday in fighting on the ground and coalition air strikes on second city Aden, security sour...

Kerry urges Syria peace talks despite truce complaints

Mar 12, 2016 (AFP)

Secretary of State John Kerry said US and Russian officials would meet later Saturday on Syrian opposition complaints of truce violations but that peace talks w...

'Thunder' in Saudi desert as major military drill ends

Mar 10, 2016 (AFP)

Warplanes roared overhead, tanks rumbled across the desert and smoke filled the sky Thursday for the final day of what Saudi Arabia billed as the region's bigge...