WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Syria: Hezbollah role grows as rebels gain

Mar 05, 2013 (UPI)

As Syrian rebels appear to be making gains against the embattled regime of President Bashar Assad, the role of his Lebanese ally Hezbollah seems to be growing, ...

Malaysia launches attack to clear out militants

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

Malaysian fighter jets launched air strikes on a defiant group of Filipino intruders Tuesday as security forces sought to end a three-week incursion that has al...

France believes French hostages in Sahel still alive

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

France's defence minister said Monday there was "every reason to believe" French hostages being held in the Sahel were still alive, while there was "no proof" t...

US defense chief seeks to reassure Israel on aid

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

The Pentagon's new chief held talks with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday and pledged to ensure US budget cuts have no effect on funding for milit...

Ambush threatens to enmesh Iraq in Syria civil war

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

The killing of 48 Syrian soldiers in Iraq, blamed on Syrian fighters, threatens to entangle Baghdad in the neighbouring country's civil war, a conflict in which...

Israel fears $500M U.S. military aid cut

Mar 04, 2013 (UPI)

There is deepening concern in Israel that U.S. sequestration signals cuts of up to $500 million in U.S. military aid in the months ahead, slowing a crucial miss...

Kerry on Gulf tour pledges backing for Syria rebels

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry said during a Gulf tour on Monday that Washington will work to "empower" Syria's opposition, while warning arch-foe Iran that t...

Mauritania says could join UN force in Mali

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who has opposed sending troops to combat Islamists in northern Mali, said Monday he would not rule out contributi...

Baghdad to resist spread of Syria conflict to Iraq

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

Baghdad will resist any attempts to spread the bloody conflict in Syria to Iraq, the prime minister's spokesman said on Monday, after gunmen killed 48 Syrian so...

Iraq intervening in Syria: opposition

Mar 03, 2013 (AFP)

A key Syrian opposition group on Sunday accused the Iraqi government of intervening in Syria and "attacking the Syrian people", a day after deadly border clashe...

50 rebels, French soldier killed in 'heavy' Mali fighting

Mar 03, 2013 (AFP)

Heavy fighting in northern Mali has left at least 50 rebel fighters and a French soldier dead, officials said Sunday, as Chad promised to prove its soldiers had...

Suicide bomber hits Iraq Shiite shrine city of Karbala

Mar 03, 2013 (AFP)

A suicide bomber struck in an area between major shrines in the Iraqi Shiite holy city of Karbala on Sunday, wounding 10 people, while other attacks left five d...

Sri Lanka leader denies army killed militant's child

Mar 02, 2013 (AFP)

Sri Lanka's president in an interview published Saturday firmly denied that government troops executed the 12-year-old son of separatist chief Velupillai Prabha...

Syria army retakes Iraq border post from jihadists: watchdog

Mar 01, 2013 (AFP)

Syrian troops retook on Friday a checkpoint on the northeastern border with Syria, captured a day earlier by Jihadist fighters of Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian Obs...

Troops target Islamists hiding on Mali island: military

Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)

French and Malian troops launched an operation Thursday in the village of Kadji, northern Mali, where Islamists are hiding out on an island in the Niger river, ...

Israel 'seeks to repair ties with Turkey'

Feb 27, 2013 (UPI)

Israel is reported to have sent messages to the Turkish government in recent days saying it's interested in restoring "a more positive dynamic" in badly straine...

Hezbollah faces swelling battle in Syrian mountains

Feb 27, 2013 (UPI)

As Syria's civil war lurches toward its fourth year, Hezbollah and Iraqi Shiite irregulars it trained to fight the Americans are engaged in a swelling battle in...

US senator backs ammunition for Syrian rebels

Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)

US Senator Marco Rubio urged the United States on Wednesday to provide ammunition to Syrian rebels and share intelligence, as Washington was said to weigh "non-...

A police colonel vows justice for all in Mali's Gao

Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)

Amid the chaos of Gao in strife-torn northern Mali, paramilitary police Colonel Salihou Maiga describes himself as a "law-abiding man" who will bring wrongdoers...

Filipino NPA rebels told to be 'sincere'

Feb 26, 2013 (UPI)

Philippines armed forces spokesman Col. Arnulfo Burgos has called for Communist negotiators to be "sincere" in peace negotiations. "The New People's Army member...