WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Syria condemns Turkey 'aggression' after jet downed

Mar 23, 2014 (AFP)

Syria accused Ankara of "flagrant aggression" Sunday after Turkey shot down a warplane near the border, raising tensions as Syrian loyalists and rebels battled ...

Ex foes Serbia, Kosovo 15 years after NATO air war on EU path

Mar 23, 2014 (AFP)

When NATO launched its first air campaign on European soil in 1999 to force Serbia to halt crackdown on independence-seeking Kosovo, the European Union was far ...

Syria army advances bolstered by Hezbollah, rebel divisions

Mar 21, 2014 (AFP)

Syria's army has been making advances against the opposition in recent days by exploiting divisions among rebel fighters and by relying on elite fighters from L...

Syria regime forces seize famed Crusader fort: state TV

Mar 20, 2014 (AFP)

Syrian regime forces seized renowned Crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers on Thursday, state television said, after deadly fighting with rebels in the area near ...

Colombia's Santos on making and keeping peace

Mar 20, 2014 (AFP)

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, campaigning for a second term, is basing his bid on his confidence he will conclude a peace deal to end Latin America's ...

Abbas demands release of key Palestinian prisoners

Mar 20, 2014 (AFP)

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas demanded in talks with US President Barack Obama that Israel free key Palestinian prisoners, including Marwan Barghuti, a Pal...

Israel settlements led to peace talks impasse: Palestinians

Mar 20, 2014 (AFP)

US-sponsored peace talks with Israel have reached an impasse because of Jewish settlement activity, a Palestinian spokesman said Thursday, as plans for over 2,0...

Syria air force pounds Damascus suburb, breaking truce: NGO

Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)

Syria's air force bombarded a suburb northwest of Damascus on Wednesday, killing eight people and violating a truce that had been in place since October, a moni...

Obama, Abbas talks 'difficult': Palestinian negotiator

Mar 18, 2014 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas held "long" and "difficult" talks on the Middle East peace process and no document was presented b...

Bomb in Golan wounds Israeli soldiers: army

Mar 18, 2014 (AFP)

A bomb along the Syria-Israel frontier in the occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday wounded several Israeli soldiers, the army said. The army said in a statement th...

Bomb at military academy in Libya's Benghazi kills 7

Mar 17, 2014 (AFP)

A car bomb Monday targeting a military academy in Libya's restive eastern city of Benghazi killed at least seven soldiers and wounded 12, military and hospital ...

Thousands take to West Bank streets to support Abbas

Mar 17, 2014 (AFP)

Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of West Bank cities Monday in support of president Mahmud Abbas's visit to Washington for talks with Barack Obama ...

Obama tells Abbas risks for peace are needed

Mar 17, 2014 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama on Monday told Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that both he and Israeli leaders must make tough political decisions and take "risks" f...

Kerry pressuring the wrong side: Israel minister

Mar 16, 2014 (AFP)

An Israeli minister on Sunday said Washington's top diplomat was "wrong" for pressuring Israel in peace talks, a day before Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas visi...

Syrian opposition leader calls for 'means to fight' Assad

Mar 15, 2014 (AFP)

Syrian opposition chief Ahmed Jarba called Saturday for backers of the rebellion to provide it with the "means to fight" the regime, as the conflict entered its...

Israel's Yaalon says Abbas 'no partner' for peace deal

Mar 15, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Saturday Mahmud Abbas was "not a partner for a final peace deal" as the Palestinian leader prepared to meet US Pre...

Libya weapons maybe trafficked to terrorists: UN panel

Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)

Libya's anti-aircraft weapons have been trafficked to neighboring countries and risk landing in the hands of terrorists, a UN-commissioned report said on Thursd...

Syrian vote would threaten peace talks: mediator

Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)

The international mediator on Syria warned Thursday that any presidential election held in Damascus in the coming months would imperil efforts to negotiate an e...

Gaza militants say truce restored

Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)

Gaza's Islamic Jihad announced Thursday that an Egyptian-brokered truce had been restored following a brief but intense confrontation a day earlier when Israeli...

Israel ministers doubt prisoner release without talks extension

Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)

Ministers said Thursday that Israel would have difficulty approving a scheduled release of Palestinian prisoners if their leadership refuses to extend peace tal...