WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Clashes kill 7 guerrillas in southwest Colombia

May 05, 2013 (AFP)

At least seven FARC militants were killed in clashes in a rural area of southwest Colombia, the military said Sunday. The military also seized six rifles, two p...

Israel PM to visit China to enhance ties, trade

May 05, 2013 (AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will arrive in China on Monday, in a rare visit Israeli officials hope will increase exports to the Asian economic giant. The ...

Israel's Syria hit sends warning to Iran, Hezbollah: pundits

May 05, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli air strikes near Damascus send a clear message to Iran and Syria that it will not allow arms shipments to Hezbollah, pundits said, playing down fears it...

Egypt says Arab peace proposal to Israel unchanged

May 05, 2013 (AFP)

Egypt denied Sunday that an Arab League Middle East peace plan was amended to include land swaps between Israel and a future Palestinian state, after Qatar sugg...

Israel behind Syria strikes, hit Iran missiles: source

May 05, 2013 (AFP)

Israel carried out a pre-dawn air strike near Damascus on Sunday, targeting Iranian missiles destined for Lebanon's Hezbollah in the second such raid on Syrian ...

Britain says Syria strikes show regional peace threat

May 05, 2013 (AFP)

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Sunday that apparent Israeli air strikes on Syria showed that peace across the whole region was under threat, and r...

Israel 'hits arms for Hezbollah' in Syria

May 04, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli warplanes hit a weapons shipment in Syria headed for Lebanon's Hezbollah, media quoted US officials as saying, with a diplomatic source reporting Saturd...

Russia, China oppose UN visit to Syrian refugee camps

May 03, 2013 (AFP)

A majority of UN Security Council members support a trip to inspect Syrian refugee camps inside Jordan but Russia and China remain opposed to a visit, diplomats...

Securing Syria's chemical arms would carry huge risks

May 03, 2013 (AFP)

A military mission to secure Syria's chemical arsenal would require a large ground force and pose huge risks, with the outcome hinging on the quality of Western...

Israelis doubt revived Arab plan will bring peace

May 03, 2013 (AFP)

Most Israelis are sceptical that the Arab League's modification of its plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will bear fruit, according to a poll publish...

US reconsidering whether to arm Syria rebels

May 02, 2013 (AFP)

The United States said Thursday it was taking a fresh look at whether to arm Syria's rebels as the Damascus regime pressed an assault on opposition forces in th...

Hamas arrests Salafists in Gaza

May 02, 2013 (AFP)

The Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers have arrested several radical Salafists, the Palestinian movement's interior ministry said on Thursday, two days after Israel carr...

Colombia rebels go global in drive for jailed leader

May 02, 2013 (AFP)

Colombia's leftist FARC rebels urged international pressure on the United States Thursday for it to free a jailed guerrilla leader so he can take part in peace ...

Arab move gives hope for peace talks: Israel's Livni

May 02, 2013 (AFP)

Israel's top peace negotiator Tzipi Livni said Thursday that the Arab League's modification of its plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could bring new ...

Israel strikes at jihadist threat in Sinai

May 02, 2013 (UPI)

Israel says its air force this week assassinated a key militant leader operating in the Sinai Peninsula, underlining the Jewish state's concern about the growth...

Israel army doubts third intifada but on alert

May 02, 2013 (AFP)

General Haggai Mordechai may not believe there will be a third Palestinian intifada, but this former commander of Israeli troops in the West Bank says the secur...

Tunisia hunting 'armed groups' near Algeria border

May 02, 2013 (AFP)

Tunisian security forces were on Thursday hunting two armed jihadist groups near the Algerian border, the interior ministry said, as the authorities battle an I...

Nasrallah pledge to aid Syria will widen war

May 01, 2013 (UPI)

The pledge by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to stand by embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad points to an escalation in the Lebanese movement's military ...

Israel will not talk on basis of 1967 lines: minister

May 01, 2013 (AFP)

Israel will keep refusing to negotiate on the basis of a total withdrawal from land it seized during the 1967 Six-Day War, a minister said Wednesday after the A...

Arab League moderates stance on peace deal borders

Apr 30, 2013 (AFP)

The Arab League flagged a shift in the terms of its 2002 peace initiative to incorporate mutual land swaps under an Israeli-Palestinian settlement, a step welco...