WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Dec 15, 2015 (AFP)

Yemen's warring sides sat down for peace talks in Switzerland on Tuesday in a bid to end the devastating conflict as a ceasefire began on the ground, the United...

39 dead in suspected Russia raids on two Syria markets: monitor

Dec 15, 2015 (AFP)

At least 39 civilians were killed Tuesday in suspected Russian air strikes on two markets in northern Syria, a monitoring group said. The raids killed 16 civili...

Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket fire: Israeli army

Dec 14, 2015 (AFP)

Israeli warplanes hit bases of the militant Islamic Hamas in the Gaza Strip overnight, following a Palestinian rocket attack on Israel, the Israeli army said on...

Yemen rivals set for Swiss talks on deadly conflict

Dec 13, 2015 (AFP)

Yemeni government and rebel representatives meet in Switzerland Tuesday for UN-brokered peace talks, likely to be accompanied by a ceasefire, aimed at ending a ...

Russian destroyer fires shots to 'avoid collision' with Turkish boat

Dec 13, 2015 (AFP)

A Russian destroyer in the Aegean Sea on Sunday opened fire to avoid a collision with a Turkish fishing boat, the defence ministry said, as a bitter dispute ove...

Yemen's Huthis name delegates to UN-brokered peace talks

Dec 11, 2015 (AFP)

Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels have submitted names of their negotiating team to the United Nations for next week's peace talks in Switzerland, their spokesman sai...

Only dialogue will solve crises in Syria, Libya: Nobel peace laureates

Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)

Only dialogue can resolve the crises in war-torn Syria and Libya, Tunisian civil groups honoured with this year's Nobel Peace Prize said Wednesday on the eve of...

Turkey PM accuses Russia of seeking 'ethnic cleansing' in Syria

Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday accused Russia of pursuing a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in Syria and strengthening Islamic State jihadis...

UN announces 'press blackout' around Yemen peace talks

Dec 08, 2015 (AFP)

Peace talks between Yemen's warring factions set to kick off next week will be held in a secret location, with no media access, the United Nations said Tuesday....

Russia gave warning of Syria cruise missile strikes: US

Dec 08, 2015 (AFP)

Russia warned in advance that its military would launch strikes Tuesday on Syria for the first time from a submarine stationed in the Mediterranean, the United ...

Cyprus mulls letting Russian warplanes land at airports

Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)

Cyprus said on Monday it is considering allowing Russian warplanes carrying out strikes in support of Syria's president to use its airports in case of emergenci...

Syria accuses US-led coalition of killing regime troops

Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)

Syria expressed outrage Monday after a suspected US-led coalition strike for the first time killed regime troops, but the coalition denied its warplanes hit an ...

Colombia's FARC rebels admit holding soldier

Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)

Colombia's FARC guerrillas acknowledged Monday they are holding a soldier captive, setting up a possible standoff with the government as they try to close in on...

New Yemen peace talks to start on December 15

Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)

Warring factions in Yemen will relaunch peace talks on December 15, the UN envoy to the embattled country said Monday, voicing confidence that a temporary cease...

Agreement reached on political solution to Libya conflict

Dec 06, 2015 (AFP)

Warring Libyan factions meeting in Tunisia said Sunday they had reached an agreement to be approved by rival parliaments on ending the political deadlock that h...

UK Labour MPs who backed Syria strikes face online trolling

Dec 04, 2015 (AFP)

Labour MPs who this week voted in favour of Britain joining air strikes on Syria have faced online abuse and even death threats, forcing the opposition party to...

At Saudi base, warplanes roar off to pound Yemen rebels

Dec 04, 2015 (AFP)

At a sprawling air base in southern Saudi Arabia, another warplane roars off into the harsh sun carrying a payload of laser- and GPS-guided bombs to drop over Y...

UK bombs Syrian oil field after MPs vote for strikes

Dec 03, 2015 (AFP)

Britain joined the US-led bombing campaign over Syria on Thursday, hitting an oil field held by Islamic State jihadists just hours after a decisive parliamentar...

Lost homes, foreign troops, mines divide Cyprus since 1974

Dec 03, 2015 (AFP)

For more than four decades, talks for a reunified Cyprus, back on the table since May, have failed to come up with a power-sharing formula for its Greek and Tur...

Kerry visits divided Cyprus to boost peace talks

Dec 03, 2015 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that an end to the four-decade division of Cyprus was "within reach" as he visited both sides of the Mediterranea...