WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Egypt truce failure gives Israel leeway in Gaza: analysts

Jul 16, 2014 (AFP)

Israel's acceptance of a short-lived Egyptian truce which was rejected by Hamas, has set the scene for a much broader operation in Gaza, including a limited gro...

Fear grips Israel-hit Gaza hospital

Jul 16, 2014 (AFP)

At Al-Wafa rehabilitation hospital near Gaza City, a handful of doctors and nurses hover over paralysed patients, wondering how to protect them from more air st...

Children killed on beach as Israel resumes Gaza bombardment

Jul 16, 2014 (AFP)

Israel intensified its bombardment of Gaza Wednesday, killing four children on a beach in an apparent naval salvo and launching deadly air strikes, as regional ...

Colombia rebels, government resume Havana peace talks

Jul 15, 2014 (AFP)

Marxist FARC rebels and representatives from Colombia's government sat down together on Tuesday for the first time in more than a month, tying up loose ends as ...

Ex-POW Bergdahl reports for duty, and a desk job: US

Jul 14, 2014 (AFP)

An American soldier who was held captive by Afghan insurgents for nearly five years returned to regular military duty Monday and will be taking a "desk job," th...

Colombian troops kill 14 FARC rebels: army official

Jul 14, 2014 (AFP)

Colombian troops killed 14 FARC guerrillas in fighting over the weekend, as the military pressed an offensive ahead of a resumption of peace talks in Havana. Th...

Yemen president sacks two top army commanders

Jul 13, 2014 (AFP)

Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi has sacked the military chiefs of two regions following sweeping advances by Shiite rebels and a surge in Al-Qaeda attacks...

Israel, Hamas defy truce calls as deadly violence escalates

Jul 13, 2014 (AFP)

The world has implored Israel and Hamas to end hostilities as the toll from Israeli air strikes rose to 162 and Gaza militants fired more rocket salvos, but bot...

In Gaza, war clouds Palestinian teen's dream of peace

Jul 13, 2014 (AFP)

In 2012, Mohamed Abu Aisha took part in a US peace camp with Israelis, but now he wonders if some of them are flying the warplanes overhead in Gaza. Standing in...

Gaza bloodshed spirals as world powers plead for truce

Jul 10, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli warplanes kept up deadly raids on Gaza Thursday but failed to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets across the border, while international appeals m...

World Cup fans killed as Israel raid hits Gaza cafe

Jul 10, 2014 (AFP)

It was supposed to be an evening of entertainment in Gaza, watching the World Cup semi-final at a cafe, a welcome break from 48 hours of Israeli air strikes. Bu...

Rockets and naval commandos boost Hamas arsenal

Jul 09, 2014 (AFP)

Rockets capable of hitting deeper into Israel than ever before and naval commandos launching a beachhead assault show that Hamas has increased its capabilities ...

Gazans bury family as Israeli bombs fall

Jul 09, 2014 (AFP)

In Gaza's stifling midday heat, grieving relatives of a family killed in an Israeli air strike sit outside a mosque, weary from their Ramadan fast and nervously...

Israel, Hamas face off in new Gaza conflict

Jul 09, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli warplanes pounded targets in the Gaza Strip Wednesday as a major campaign to stop volleys of Palestinian rocket fire entered its second day, leaving 28 ...

Israel, Hamas slide towards major Gaza conflict

Jul 08, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli warplanes killed 13 Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, with Israel weighing "all options" in a new drive to stamp out Hamas rocket fire as the two sides s...

China's Xi commemorates start of war with Japan

Jul 07, 2014 (AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday joined hundreds of people in an unusually high-profile ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the start of war with Jap...

Gaza on brink of war as Hamas rockets slam Israel

Jul 07, 2014 (AFP)

Hamas militants in Gaza fired dozens of rockets at Israel Monday, which responded with multiple air strikes in a new escalation which threatened to spiral into ...

US begins destroying Syrian chemical agents at sea

Jul 07, 2014 (AFP)

A US naval crew has begun work to "neutralize" Syria's chemical weapons on a vessel in the Mediterranean, an unprecedented operation expected to take about two ...

Dalai Lama urges Buddhists to halt Muslim violence

Jul 06, 2014 (AFP)

The Dalai Lama Sunday reiterated his plea to Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to halt violence against Muslims, in a speech to tens of thousands of devotees t...

Syria rebels will 'lay down arms' if no aid to fight IS

Jul 02, 2014 (AFP)

Rebels from northern and eastern Syria on Wednesday threatened to lay down their arms in a week if the country's exiled opposition does not help them fight the ...