WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Russia willing to work to avert air accidents over Syria: Pentagon

Oct 06, 2015 (AFP)

Moscow has said it will work to avert potential mishaps between Russian and US pilots flying missions over Syria, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. US and Russia...

Saudi clerics slam 'Western-Russian' Syria alliance

Oct 06, 2015 (AFP)

More than 50 Saudi clerics on Tuesday called for Islamic states to militarily back rebels against the "Western-Russian alliance" in Syria, a week after Moscow's...

NATO says Russia deliberately violating Turkey air space

Oct 06, 2015 (AFP)

NATO's secretary general on Tuesday accused Russia of deliberately violating Turkish air space in its bombing campaign in Syria, as Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoga...

Libya peace talks resume in Morocco

Oct 05, 2015 (AFP)

Libya's rival factions resumed talks in Morocco on Monday to try to move forward with a UN-brokered peace deal and agree on a national unity government. The Uni...

Russian TV forecasts 'good weather for bombing' in Syria

Oct 05, 2015 (AFP)

Russian TV has taken its gung-ho coverage of air strikes in Syria to another level by airing cheery weather forecasts for its fighter jets bombing Syria. A fema...

Russia must not hit 'wrong targets' in Syria: French PM

Oct 04, 2015 (AFP)

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls urged Russia on Sunday to direct air strikes at Islamic State jihadists alone in Syria, as the West raises concerns Moscow wi...

Trump wants to 'sit back,' watch Russia fall into Syria 'trap'

Oct 04, 2015 (AFP)

Republican US presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said he would like to "sit back" and watch as Russia continues air strikes in Syria, suggesting it could be ...

Troubles with US-trained rebels a familiar problem

Oct 03, 2015 (AFP)

The new band of rebel recruits was supposed to prove the United States could train moderate Syrian fighters to defeat the jihadists in the war-ravaged nation. B...

Russia strikes add to chaotic mix of players and interests in Syria

Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)

The start of Russian air strikes in Syria has added yet another dimension to a war that already featured multiple actors pulling in different directions and ser...

Iran rejects claims of sending arms to Yemen in boat

Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)

Iran rejected as "propaganda" on Thursday claims that a seized fishing boat loaded with weapons heading to Yemen was Iranian, the official IRNA news agency repo...

Israel PM calls for peace talks with Palestinians

Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)

Israel's prime minister went to the United Nations on Thursday to call for an immediate resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians and to savage the intern...

Russia rejects Western criticism of Syria strikes

Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)

Russia on Thursday rejected accusations its air strikes in Syria targeted moderate rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad instead of Islamic State militants,...

Russia hitting all of Assad's opponents: analysts

Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)

Syrian rebels who oppose both the regime and the Islamic State group have been hit hardest by Russian air strikes, showing Moscow's determination to defend Pres...

Russia launches new strikes on foes of Syria's Assad

Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)

Russian warplanes unleashed a new wave of strikes against opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Thursday, as Moscow and Washington sought ways to avoid ...

Russian strikes again expose US disarray

Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)

Russia's dramatic entry Wednesday into the Syrian war put the United States on the back foot once again and left Washington struggling to regain the military an...

Coalition says it seized Iran boat with arms for Yemen rebels

Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)

The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it had seized an Iranian fishing boat in the Arabian Sea loaded with weapons destined for Shiite rebels it is fighting...

Israeli air raids hit Gaza after rocket fire

Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)

Israeli air raids have hit the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave that was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence syste...

Russian strikes hit Syria opposition, not IS: US official

Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)

Russia's air strikes in Syria on Wednesday targeted opposition forces and not Islamic State jihadists, a US defense official said, contradicting Russian claims....

Russia carries out first Syria air strikes

Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)

Russia launched air strikes in war-torn Syria on Wednesday, its first military engagement outside the former Soviet Union since the occupation of Afghanistan in...

Obama says Assad must go, pushes campaign against IS

Sep 29, 2015 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad must go if the Islamic State group is to be defeated, as he rallied world leaders...