WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Tensions soar as Turkey shoots down Russian plane

Nov 24, 2015 (AFP)

Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on the Syrian border on Tuesday, causing international powers to plead for calm as tensions soared between the two rival pla...

Rebels kill Russia pilot, down chopper: Syria opposition, monitor

Nov 24, 2015 (AFP)

One Russian pilot of a warplane downed by Turkey over Syria on Tuesday was killed by rebels and the second is missing after they both parachuted, rebel and oppo...

Britain's Cameron pressures MPs over Syria strikes vote

Nov 24, 2015 (AFP)

British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Monday to make his case for Britain joining air strikes on Syria this week as he unveiled a new defence strategy stre...

NATO head urges 'calm, de-escalation' after Russian plane downed

Nov 24, 2015 (AFP)

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that the military alliance stands by key ally Turkey after it shot down a Russia fighter jet on the Syrian border bu...

Cameron ups pressure on MPs for Syria strikes vote

Nov 23, 2015 (AFP)

David Cameron vowed Monday to make his case for Britain joining air strikes on Syria this week as he unveiled a new defence strategy stressing counter-terrorism...

France strikes IS targets as Syria diplomacy hits 'high gear'

Nov 23, 2015 (AFP)

France on Monday launched the first air strikes from its aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean as global efforts to combat the Islamic State group gathered pace...

Colombia pardons 30 jailed FARC guerrillas

Nov 22, 2015 (AFP)

Colombia's government announced Sunday it is pardoning 30 jailed members of the FARC in what it called a confidence-building measure as it pursues peace talks w...

Syria troops advancing thanks to Russia strikes: Assad

Nov 22, 2015 (AFP)

Syrian government troops are advancing on "nearly every front" thanks to Russian air strikes that began in September, President Bashar al-Assad said in an inter...

Turkey-backed Syria rebels take 2 border villages from IS: report

Nov 21, 2015 (AFP)

Syrian rebels backed by Turkey and the United States have seized two villages from Islamic State (IS) jihadists close to the Turkish border after fierce fightin...

Dozens dead in heaviest east Syria strikes since war began

Nov 21, 2015 (AFP)

At least 36 people were killed Friday in air strikes by Russian and Syrian jets on Islamic State-controlled Deir Ezzor province, a monitor said, describing them...

HRW urges halt to US bomb sales to Saudi over Yemen

Nov 19, 2015 (AFP)

Human Rights Watch has urged the US Congress to block the sale of aerial bombs to Saudi Arabia, warning their likely use in Yemen risked more civilian deaths. T...

Syria army takes Aleppo rebel town in new advance

Nov 12, 2015 (AFP)

Syria's army, backed by allied forces and Russian air strikes, seized a key rebel town south of Aleppo on Thursday, scoring its second major advance in the prov...

Coalition strikes, fighting kill 24 Yemen rebels

Nov 12, 2015 (AFP)

Saudi-led coalition air strikes and attacks by pro-government forces killed at least 24 rebels Thursday in Yemen's south, where the insurgents have been pushing...

Netanyahu winds up fence-mending US visit with little to show

Nov 11, 2015 (AFP)

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads home Wednesday with little to show for his attempt to mend a rift with Washington over his efforts to block a n...

Libya army says 13 security personnel killed by 'terrorists'

Nov 11, 2015 (AFP)

At least 13 members of Libya's army were killed by "terrorist" violence on Tuesday in the east of the war-torn country, an army spokesman said. "Most of the sol...

U.S. F-15C Eagle jets arrive to protect Turkish airspace

Nov 11, 2015 (UPI)

The U.S. Air Force has sent six of 12 F-15C Eagle fighter jets to the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey to protect Turkish airspace. The deployment follows a request ...

Death row, last stop for many US veterans

Nov 10, 2015 (AFP)

Executed this year in Georgia, Andrew Brannan is one of hundreds of US soldiers who serve, come home from battle with mental scars, commit murder and are put to...

Gulf air strikes on IS down due to Yemen conflict: US general

Nov 10, 2015 (AFP)

Air strikes by Gulf Arab members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria have diminished since they launched an air war against Yemeni...

Apparent Russian raids kill 11 in Syria's Idlib: monitor

Nov 08, 2015 (AFP)

Apparent Russian air strikes killed at least 11 civilians on Sunday in two towns in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, a monitoring group said. Nine people, i...

19 killed in coalition strikes, clashes in south Yemen

Nov 07, 2015 (AFP)

At least 19 people have been killed in Saudi-led coalition air strikes and clashes between pro-government forces and rebels in Yemen's south, military sources s...