WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Stop bombing Syria's Aleppo: UN aid chief

Feb 09, 2016 (AFP)

The United Nations aid chief called Tuesday for an end to bombings in Syria's Aleppo province after air strikes sent tens of thousands of civilians fleeing towa...

Bahrain charges 11 with forming Iran-trained 'terrorist' group

Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)

Bahrain's prosecution service said Monday it has charged 11 suspects with forming a "terrorist" group, including a number trained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards...

Libyan warplane crashes after attacking IS jihadists

Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)

A warplane operated by forces loyal to Libya's recognised government crashed Monday near the eastern city of Derna after attacking Islamic State group positions...

Rebel attack ups tension in Colombia peace drive

Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)

Colombia vowed Monday to step up the fight against the country's second-biggest rebel group, despite claims it was ready to join in a peace drive to end decades...

Russian air strikes in Syria 'good thing': Del Ponte

Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)

Former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, who is currently probing rights abuses in Syria, on Monday backed Russia's air strikes on "terrorist groups" in th...

Deadly air strike hits hospital in east Libya: medic

Feb 07, 2016 (AFP)

An air strike hit a hospital in Derna in eastern Libya on Sunday, killing four people including a woman and her child and two anti-government fighters, a doctor...

UAE says in favour of US-led ground troops in Syria

Feb 07, 2016 (AFP)

An international campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria should include a US-led ground intervention, said Sunday the United Arab Emirates' state mini...

Dutch to probe 'civilian deaths' in Iraq air strikes

Feb 07, 2016 (AFP)

The Netherlands is probing two incidents in which civilians may have been killed or injured in air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the governme...

Turkey tightens visa rules for Iraqi citizens 'to fight illegal immigration'

Feb 06, 2016 (AFP)

Turkey has tightened its visa rules for Iraqi citizens as a sign of its "determination to fight illegal immigration," the foreign ministry said Saturday. Under ...

Pentagon welcomes Saudi anti-IS troop proposal

Feb 05, 2016 (AFP)

The Pentagon on Friday welcomed Saudi Arabia's pledge to commit ground forces to fight Islamic State jihadists in Syria, should the US-led coalition ever send i...

Syrians mass on Turkish border as regime advances

Feb 05, 2016 (AFP)

Up to 20,000 Syrians were stranded on the Turkish border Friday after fleeing a major Russian-backed regime offensive near Aleppo where a new humanitarian disas...

Syria regime forces make fresh gains in south

Feb 05, 2016 (AFP)

Pro-government troops backed by Russian warplanes on Friday retook a rebel bastion used as a launch pad for attacks in southern Syria, a monitor said, in their ...

Russia accuses Turkey of preparing to invade Syria

Feb 04, 2016 (AFP)

Russia on Thursday accused Turkey of actively preparing to invade Syria, saying it had spotted troops and military equipment on the border with the war-torn cou...

Turkey broke aviation treaty in blocking Russian plane: Moscow

Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)

Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday accused Turkey of breaching the Open Skies treaty by refusing to allow a reconnaissance plane to overfly its territory ne...

Syrian peace talks suspended as regime rolls back rebels

Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)

Talks aimed at securing peace in Syria were suspended Wednesday as President Bashar al-Assad's regime secured a major battlefield victory against rebels and his...

Syria peace talks in trouble after intense Russian strikes

Feb 02, 2016 (AFP)

The latest push to end Syria's tangled conflict was in fresh disarray Tuesday as the government denied formal talks had begun and the opposition cancelled a mee...

Kerry urges Syria rebels to negotiate despite Russia bombings

Feb 02, 2016 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Syrian opposition negotiators to remain in peace talks despite the fact that they are still under bombardment by the regi...

Syria regime advances on besieged Aleppo villages

Feb 02, 2016 (AFP)

Syrian regime forces edged closer to breaking a long-running rebel siege on two government-held Shiite villages in Aleppo province on Tuesday, backed by heavy R...

UN envoy declares Syria peace talks have begun

Feb 01, 2016 (AFP)

The UN envoy for Syria declared Monday the official start of peace negotiations in Switzerland aimed at charting a way out of a brutal and tangled civil war tha...

Retired US general Petraeus won't be demoted over scandal

Jan 30, 2016 (AFP)

The Pentagon won't strip David Petraeus of his fourth star for providing his mistress classified information, a scandal that forced the resignation of a man fet...