WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Israel-Palestinian 'mistrust' at highest levels: Kerry

Mar 12, 2014 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the level of mistrust between Israelis and Palestinians was the highest he had ever seen. But he insisted t...

Israel MPs pass law to conscript ultra-Orthodox Jews

Mar 12, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli MPs on Wednesday voted through a law which will compel ultra-Orthodox Jews to either serve in the military or perform civilian service. The bill was vot...

Israel vows tough action after Gaza rocket salvos

Mar 12, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli warplanes hit a number of targets in the Gaza Strip Thursday night in response to heavy Palestinian rocket fire into the Jewish state earlier, Palestini...

British PM in Israel to talk peace, Iran

Mar 12, 2014 (AFP)

British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Israel on Wednesday for a two-day visit during which he will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss the...

Israel PM: no deal unless Palestinians accept Jewish state

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ruled out any deal with the Palestinians unless they recognise Israel as the Jewish state and give up their refugee...

Spat over 'Jewish' state threatens to derail peace talks

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

Israel's insistence on Palestinian recognition of its Jewish character and the Palestinian refusal to comply is threatening bring about the collapse of US-led p...

Fatah endorses refusal to recognise Israel as Jewish state

Mar 10, 2014 (AFP)

The Revolutionary Council of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Monday unanimously endorsed his rejection of demands to recognise Israel as a Jewish state, o...

Libya separatists loading NKorea oil ship ignore warning

Mar 09, 2014 (AFP)

Libyan separatists loaded oil onto a North Korean tanker for a second consecutive day on Sunday, ignoring the central government's threats of military action, a...

Israeli teens say won't join army because of occupation

Mar 09, 2014 (AFP)

A group of Israeli teenagers have informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu they will refuse to serve in the military because of its role in the occupation of ...

Kosovo to create own army to 'protect sovereignty': government

Mar 06, 2014 (AFP)

Kosovo's government proposed on Thursday creating a 5,000-strong army to "protect sovereignty" of the ethnic Albanian territory, six years after it seceded from...

Israel claims to hit two Hezbollah fighters on Syria border

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

Israel's army said Wednesday it opened fire and struck two members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as they tried to plant a bomb near the Israeli-Syria...

Israel intercepts 'Iranian weapons shipment' to Gaza

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

Israel said it intercepted a ship Wednesday carrying an Iranian shipment of advanced rockets bound for Palestinian militants, claiming it proved Tehran could no...

Israel PM demands Palestinians recognize Jewish state

Mar 04, 2014 (AFP)

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday directly urged Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to recognize Israel as a Jewish state and to "abandon the fantasy" of f...

Israeli air strike kills Palestinian in Gaza: medics

Mar 03, 2014 (AFP)

An Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip killed a Palestinian and wounded three others on Monday, the emergency services in the Hamas-run enclave said. ...

Obama to Netanyahu: 'tough' decisions needed on peace

Mar 03, 2014 (AFP)

Israel needs to make some tough decisions in order to find peace with the Palestinians, US President Barack Obama warned Benjamin Netanyahu in talks at the Whit...

Israel's ultra-Orthodox stage huge anti-draft protest

Mar 02, 2014 (AFP)

More than 300,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews took to Jerusalem's streets for a mass prayer vigil Sunday in protest at plans to conscript their young men for Israeli mi...

Yemen army plane makes emergency landing, crew abducted

Mar 02, 2014 (AFP)

Anti-government tribesmen kidnapped the six crew members of a Yemeni military plane Sunday after it made an emergency landing in an eastern desert for technical...

Israel PM vows to resist 'pressures' on US visit

Mar 02, 2014 (AFP)

Israel's prime minister pledged Sunday to resist "pressures" as he left for Washington on a visit expected to centre on peace talks with the Palestinians and th...

Saudi hits back at Russia criticism on Syria arms

Mar 01, 2014 (AFP)

Saudi Arabia has hit back at Russian criticism of its reported plans to supply shoulder-launched missiles to Syrian rebels, saying it was Moscow's support for D...

Monitors upbeat hardline rebels won't stop Philippine peace

Feb 28, 2014 (AFP)

International monitors observing Philippine government talks with Muslim rebels expressed confidence Friday that efforts to end one of Asia's bloodiest and long...