WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Four killed in Gaza as Egypt raises new truce proposal

Aug 25, 2014 (AFP)

Violence reverberated across Gaza on Monday with four Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes as Egypt proposed a new ceasefire that would open key crossings...

Air strikes pound Gaza as Israel presses offensive

Aug 24, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza Sunday, killing at least 16 people, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the bloody offensive would continue as long ...

Lebanon army arrests Arab-Israeli infiltrator: security

Aug 21, 2014 (AFP)

The Lebanese army has arrested an Arab-Israeli civilian who cut through barbed wire to cross the border into Lebanon, a security official said on Thursday. "Ibr...

Indonesian president says Islamic State 'embarrassing' Muslims

Aug 21, 2014 (AFP)

The president of the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia, on Thursday called the actions of Islamic State militants "embarrassing" to the r...

Justice elusive for Syria chemical attack victims: HRW

Aug 21, 2014 (AFP)

Human Rights Watch Thursday said that hundreds of victims of a chemical weapons attack in Syria remained without justice one year on, days after Damascus's stoc...

Israeli strikes kill senior Hamas commanders in Gaza

Aug 21, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli warplanes assassinated three top Hamas commanders in southern Gaza on Thursday, inflicting a heavy blow on the movement's armed wing after failing to ki...

Battle of the boycott plays out in Israel, W.Bank shops

Aug 19, 2014 (AFP)

In Gaza, Israelis and Palestinians are battling it out with rockets and air strikes. But in Israel and the West Bank, the two sides have found a new weapon: boy...

Israel hits Gaza, quits Cairo talks after rocket fire

Aug 19, 2014 (AFP)

Israel ordered its negotiators back from talks in Cairo and warplanes hit Gaza on Tuesday after Palestinian rockets smashed into the south as the two sides were...

Syria bombs jihadist positions in Raqa for second day

Aug 18, 2014 (AFP)

Syrian warplanes bombed positions belonging to the jihadist Islamic State group in the northern province of Raqa for a second day on Monday, a monitoring group ...

India must build defences so none dares cast 'evil eye': PM

Aug 16, 2014 (AFP)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India must build up its military might to the point that no other country "dare cast an evil eye" on the South Asi...

Japanese politicians visit controversial war shrine

Aug 15, 2014 (AFP)

Dozens of Japanese politicians visited a controversial war shrine Friday in a move criticised by China and South Korea, which condemn it as a symbol of Tokyo's ...

Israel, Gaza violence defies truce 'deal'

Aug 14, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli jets bombed targets across Gaza early Thursday, retaliating to Palestinian rocket attacks in spiralling violence that left a truce extension teetering o...

Pentagon cites progress destroying Syria chemical arms

Aug 12, 2014 (AFP)

The Pentagon said Tuesday it had made progress in destroying Syrian chemical weapons, saying specialists on a US military ship had neutralized "100 percent" of ...

Palestinian football pays high price for Gaza war

Aug 12, 2014 (AFP)

Palestinian footballer Ahed Zaqqut was a local legend. Hanging up his boots after a stellar career as a midfielder, he went on to coach in Gaza until an Israeli...

Israel pounds Gaza as Palestinians urge resumption of truce talks

Aug 10, 2014 (AFP)

Palestinian negotiators have warned they will leave Cairo on Sunday if their Israeli counterparts do not show up for truce talks, after Israel pummelled Gaza wi...

7 Lebanon troops freed after Arsal militant deal: report

Aug 07, 2014 (AFP)

Seven Lebanese soldiers being held by militants in the Arsal region on the Syrian border were freed on Thursday after a truce deal, the official National News A...

Egyptians press Gaza truce talks between Israel, Palestinians

Aug 06, 2014 (AFP)

Egyptian officials mediating talks for a durable truce in Gaza met a Palestinian delegation Wednesday to relay terms laid down by an Israeli team, Palestinian o...

UN chemical weapons team to return to Syria: envoy

Aug 05, 2014 (AFP)

A team of chemical weapons experts will travel to Syria next month to follow up on Damascus' pledge to hand over its arsenal, the British UN envoy said Tuesday....

Attacks kill 44 in and near Damascus: NGO, agency

Aug 03, 2014 (AFP)

At least 44 people were killed in and near the Syrian capital Sunday in regime air strikes and rebel mortar fire, reports from a monitoring group and state medi...

New Libya parliament meets amid ongoing violence

Aug 02, 2014 (AFP)

Libya's new nationalist-dominated parliament held its first meeting Saturday, boycotted by Islamists, in a sign of deep divisions still plaguing a violence-rack...