WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

FARC ceasefire holds one month on: Colombian officials

Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)

A month-long ceasefire by FARC guerrillas is holding in Colombia, officials said Tuesday, as the two sides continue to seek a negotiated end to a half-century o...

Syria regime air strikes kill at least 39: monitor

Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)

Syrian government air strikes on Tuesday killed at least 39 people, more than half of them civilians, in two main battlegrounds in the north of the country, a m...

EU official proposes widening Mideast peace talks body

Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)

Diplomats must take a fresh look at the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in the hopes of reviving the negotiations after March elections in Israel, the ...

Colombia, FARC 'differences' on post-conflict justice: negotiator

Jan 19, 2015 (AFP)

Colombia and the FARC have "considerable differences" about what kind of justice should be meted out to rebels who lay down their arms as part of a peace agreem...

Six Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli strike

Jan 18, 2015 (AFP)

Six Hezbollah fighters were killed Sunday in an Israeli air strike on the Syrian side of the Golan, including the son of assassinated senior commander Imad Mugh...

Libya army declares ceasefire after UN talks

Jan 18, 2015 (AFP)

Libya's army announced a ceasefire Sunday, joining an Islamist-backed militia alliance in declaring a truce that the UN hailed as a "significant" step towards e...

Hundreds of US troops to train Syrian rebels: Pentagon

Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)

The US military will send nearly 1,000 troops to train Syrian rebel forces as part of a long-planned effort to build up a moderate opposition to take on the Isl...

Colombian army denies FARC claim of eight dead

Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)

Colombia's military denied a claim by the FARC rebel group that eight soldiers were killed this week in a counter-insurgency operation. Military sources disclos...

FARC says will stick to Colombia truce

Jan 13, 2015 (AFP)

A top FARC negotiator Tuesday reaffirmed the Colombian rebel group's intention to observe a unilateral ceasefire so long as its forces do not come under attack....

Colombia's number two rebel group agrees to peace talks

Jan 07, 2015 (AFP)

Colombia's second largest leftist guerrilla group announced Wednesday it is prepared to hold formal peace negotiations with the government aimed at ending a hal...

Arab League to discuss failed Palestinian UN bid Jan 15

Jan 07, 2015 (AFP)

The Arab League is to meet January 15 to discuss the failed Palestinian at the United Nations Security Council aimed at ending Israel's occupation, an official ...

Israel 'won't let its soldiers be dragged to the ICC': PM

Jan 04, 2015 (AFP)

Israel will not permit its soldiers to be hauled in front of the International Criminal Court on potential war crimes charges, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Soldier killed, 3 hurt in rebel raids in Philippines: army

Jan 03, 2015 (AFP)

A soldier was killed and three others wounded when Muslim rebels simultaneously attacked military detachments in two southern Philippine provinces on Saturday, ...

76,000 killed in Syria's deadliest year yet

Jan 01, 2015 (AFP)

More than 76,000 people were killed in Syria's brutal conflict in 2014, making it the bloodiest year since the country's war erupted in March 2011, a monitoring...

For US soldiers, new Iraq mission brings unexpected return

Dec 31, 2014 (AFP)

As Sergeant Michael Lair went from base to base in 2011, moving American gear to Kuwait ahead of the US withdrawal from Iraq, it seemed unlikely he would be ret...

Syria vows government jobs for relatives of 'martyrs'

Dec 31, 2014 (AFP)

Syria will award 50 percent of vacant government posts to relatives of soldiers and government employees killed or paralysed in the country's conflict, accordin...

Palestinian teen seriously wounded by Israeli gunfire

Dec 30, 2014 (AFP)

A Palestinian teenager was seriously wounded by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank, his family said Tuesday, with the army saying he had thrown a suspected explos...

First air strikes hit Libya's militia-held Misrata

Dec 28, 2014 (AFP)

Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government carried out their first air strikes on Sunday against the country's militia-held third city of Mis...

Peace talks with Philippine communist rebels to restart soon

Dec 26, 2014 (AFP)

The Philippine government and communist rebels said Friday that formal negotiations to end a lengthy insurgency could restart shortly, though the rebels' armed ...

Pope likely to address year of conflicts in Christmas message

Dec 25, 2014 (AFP)

Pope Francis will celebrate Christmas on Thursday by sending the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and millions of others his traditional "urbi et orbi" message at ...