WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Oct 31, 2013 (AFP)

Syrian troops pressed an advance Thursday on the strategic area of Sfeira, the site of several arms factories near Aleppo, said the Syrian Observatory for Human...

Israel linked to mystery blast at Syrian military base

Oct 31, 2013 (UPI)

Israeli forces are seen as the most likely culprit behind an attack late Wednesday on a Syrian air-defense base outside the east Mediterranean port of Latakia i...

Syrians alone will decide on Geneva II talks: Assad

Oct 30, 2013 (AFP)

President Bashar al-Assad insisted in a meeting Wednesday with peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi that the Syrian people alone will decide the fate of a peace initiati...

US must put Mideast peace after Iran: Israeli minister

Oct 30, 2013 (AFP)

Israel's deputy defence minister on Wednesday urged the United States to sideline Middle East peace talks in favour of dealing with the Iran nuclear issue as a ...

Israel 'destroying peace process' with new housing

Oct 30, 2013 (AFP)

The Palestinians accused Israel Wednesday of trying to wreck peace talks with plans to build 1,500 new settler homes in east Jerusalem, hours after the Jewish s...

Syria's Assad sacks vice premier over foreign meetings

Oct 29, 2013 (AFP)

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday sacked his vice premier for being absent without leave and holding unauthorised meetings abroad, the official SANA n...

Only Syrians can choose their future: minister

Oct 29, 2013 (AFP)

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi Tuesday that only the Syrian people can choose their future and leaders, officia...

Thai government wants to resume peace negotiations with rebels

Oct 29, 2013 (UPI)

The Thai government has indicated it wants to resume peace talks with rebels in the south of the country. Fighting, which has been going on since 2004 between g...

Israel's stance in talks harshest in 20 years: PLO

Oct 29, 2013 (AFP)

Israel's negotiating position with the Palestinians in US-sponsored peace talks is the toughest it has taken since before the 1993 Oslo Accords, a senior Palest...

Israel to free second batch of Palestinian prisoners

Oct 29, 2013 (AFP)

Israel was preparing on Tuesday to release 26 long-serving Palestinian prisoners, the second batch of 104 inmates who are to be freed in line with commitments t...

Gaza rockets spark Israel raid on eve of prisoner deal

Oct 28, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli warplanes raided the northern Gaza Strip Monday after militants fired rockets over the border, as Israel prepared to free a new batch of long-term Pales...

Jihadists tighten their grip on Syrian uprising

Oct 28, 2013 (UPI)

Hard-line jihadist groups have significantly increased their power in Syria at the expense of more nationalist and secular rebel forces, and analysts say that p...

Peace envoy says Assad could contribute to 'new' Syria

Oct 28, 2013 (AFP)

UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who arrived in Damascus Monday, believes President Bashar al-Assad could contribute to the transition to a "new" Syria, bu...

Syria to meet key chemical arms deadline: UN

Oct 28, 2013 (AFP)

Syria is on target to meet a looming deadline to destroy its chemical weapons production equipment, even though inspectors have yet to visit all sites, UN leade...

Israel approves release of 26 Palestinian prisoners

Oct 27, 2013 (AFP)

Israel on Sunday approved the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners, the second batch to be freed since August under the terms of renewed US-brokered peace talks....

Syria submitted chemical arms destruction plan on time: OPCW

Oct 27, 2013 (AFP)

Syria handed over a detailed plan to destroy its chemical stockpile on time, international watchdog OPCW said Sunday. "On 24 October 2013, the Syrian Arab Repub...

Syria rebels meet peace envoy: FSA

Oct 25, 2013 (AFP)

Syria's rebel chief and other top leaders have met in Turkey with peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi amid a renewed international push for peace talks, Free Syrian Arm...

Israel weighs Palestinian prisoner release: reports

Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli ministers are to meet Sunday to approve the release of a second batch of Palestinian prisoners under the terms of renewed peace talks, media said. Maari...

Oslo considers US request to help destroy Syrian chemical arsenal

Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)

Norway is considering a US request to destroy part of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal on Norwegian soil, Foreign Minister Boerge Brende said Wednesday. Norway ...

FARC sees promise in Colombia armistice proposal

Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)

The FARC guerrilla group on Wednesday praised a proposal that calls for declaring an armistice before a peace agreement is reached in Colombia's near half-centu...