WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Settlement construction 'hampers' peace: Jerusalem patriarch

Dec 18, 2013 (AFP)

Mideast peace efforts are being "hampered" by Israeli settlement construction, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem said Wednesday in his traditional Christmas mess...

Syria barrel bomb raids on Aleppo kill 135: monitor

Dec 18, 2013 (AFP)

Regime warplanes pounded Syria's second city Aleppo for a fourth straight day Wednesday in air raids that have killed at least 135 people, many of them children...

Air raids kill 18 in rebel areas of Syria's Aleppo

Dec 17, 2013 (AFP)

Two children were among at least 18 people killed in new air strikes on a rebel-held district of Syria's main northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, a watchdog sai...

Somali soldiers to be trained on home turf in 2014: EU

Dec 17, 2013 (AFP)

Training of Somali soldiers by the EU will be shifted from Uganda to Somalia early next year, with an improvement in the security climate there, the EU said in ...

Suicide attacker in Lebanon was Palestinian: military

Dec 16, 2013 (AFP)

Lebanon's army said Monday that a suicide attacker who assaulted a checkpoint in the southern city of Sidon a day earlier was Palestinian. An army officer was k...

UN clash over Syria chemical arms

Dec 16, 2013 (AFP)

Russia and western nations clashed over who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria at a UN Security Council meeting Monday. "Acrimonious" talks were ...

Syria rebels could benefit from Saudi buy of 15,000 anti-tank missiles

Dec 16, 2013 (UPI)

The Pentagon has notified the U.S. Congress it plans to sell Saudi Arabia 15,000 anti-tank missiles worth more than $1.1 billion, a massive purchase of that typ...

Turkey shipped arms to Syria rebels: report

Dec 16, 2013 (AFP)

Turkey has shipped 47 tonnes of weapons to Syrian rebels since June despite repeated government denials, a local newspaper reported on Monday. The Hurriyet Dail...

Kerry 'encouraged' by progress in Mideast peace talks

Dec 15, 2013 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted Sunday concrete progress has been made in peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, but said details will be kept...

Gaza power plant stirs to life as violent storm passes

Dec 15, 2013 (AFP)

Gaza's lone power station rumbled to life Sunday for the first time in more than seven weeks after receiving a long-awaited delivery of diesel, the electricity ...

First UN aid flight from Iraq lands in Syria

Dec 15, 2013 (AFP)

The first UN aid flight from Iraq landed in northeastern Syria on Sunday with badly needed supplies, after a winter storm delayed it for several days, the Unite...

Israel begins fuel transfer for Gaza power plant

Dec 15, 2013 (AFP)

Israel began transferring fuel to the Gaza Strip's sole power plant Sunday, a Palestinian official said, as the Hamas-ruled enclave struggled to deal with massi...

FARC set for unilateral ceasefire try

Dec 15, 2013 (AFP)

Colombia's FARC rebels begin a 30-day unilateral ceasefire Sunday as peace talks continue with the government to try to end Latin America's longest insurgency. ...

Lebanese soldier, 4 attackers killed in assaults on army

Dec 15, 2013 (AFP)

A Lebanese soldier and four attackers were killed in two separate assaults late Sunday on army checkpoints in the southern city of Sidon, the military said in a...

Syria rebel commander freezes to death: monitor

Dec 14, 2013 (AFP)

A rebel commander has frozen to death in the bitter cold brought by a snowstorm that has swept Syria this week, a monitoring group said Saturday. "The body of a...

Nordic warships ready mission to help collect Syria chemical arms

Dec 14, 2013 (AFP)

A Danish and a Norwegian frigate are anchored in the Cypriot port of Limassol awaiting orders to sail for Syria and help collect part of the regime's deadly che...

Syria chemical attackers should be sanctioned, as storm delay relief: UN

Dec 14, 2013 (AFP)

UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on the international community Friday to sanction those responsible for Syrian chemical weapons attacks documented in a newly releas...

Turkey calls on Greek Cypriots to contribute to talks

Dec 14, 2013 (AFP)

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on the Greek Cypriots Saturday to make "positive" contributions toward stalled UN-backed peace talks on the deca...

US hails DRC-M23 deal as step to regional peace

Dec 13, 2013 (AFP)

The United States on Friday hailed the successful conclusion of peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels as a step towards lasting pe...

Abbas rejects US security plan for future Palestinian state

Dec 13, 2013 (AFP)

The Palestinians rejected US proposals for Israel to keep a military presence in a future Palestinian state, as US Secretary of State John Kerry Friday wrapped ...