WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Fortress Damascus now center of Syrian war

Feb 26, 2013 (UPI)

Damascus, the world's oldest continually inhabited city, is now a key battleground in Syria's civil war, which enters its third year in March. Rebel forces are ...

Syria regime denies firing Scud missiles at rebels: report

Feb 25, 2013 (AFP)

The Syrian regime has denied firing Scud missiles at armed rebels, including in Aleppo where a watchdog says 58 people were killed when missiles hit the norther...

West Bank fury over prison 'torture death'

Feb 25, 2013 (UPI)

The Israeli-occupied West Bank seethed with fury Monday as a Palestinian who allegedly died under torture in an Israeli prison was buried. The tensions heighten...

'Israel jets hit Hezbollah missiles' as Syria strains grow

Feb 25, 2013 (UPI)

Israeli warplanes have reportedly hit a convoy on the Syria-Lebanon border carrying anti-aircraft missiles from war-torn Syria to Hezbollah, amid growing Israel...

Thai Muslim insurgents launch attacks

Feb 25, 2013 (UPI)

Muslim insurgents in Thailand's troubled southern Muslim provinces launched a series of similarly timed reprisal attacks. The 29 assaults included bombings and ...

US condemns Syria slaughter

Feb 24, 2013 (AFP)

Washington on Saturday condemned the Damascus regime for a missile strike that killed dozens of people a day after Syria's opposition protested at the world's s...

Mali Islamists have 'destructive power' of army: colonel

Feb 24, 2013 (AFP)

Islamists in northern Mali have the "destructive power" of an army, a top Malian colonel said Sunday, while showcasing weapons seized in Gao since French-led fo...

Colombia president threatens to end peace talks with FARC

Feb 23, 2013 (AFP)

President Juan Manuel Santos, frustrated over a lack of progress in peace negotiations with leftist FARC rebels, threatened Saturday to abandon bilateral talks ...

Opposition slams world inaction on Syria slaughter

Feb 23, 2013 (AFP)

Syria's main opposition group said on Saturday that it was pulling out of international talks and demanded world action to stop the slaughter of Syrians, after ...

As French troop drawdown looms, Malian army still in crisis

Feb 22, 2013 (AFP)

As France pushes ahead with plans to start withdrawing its troops from Mali next month despite continuing Islamist attacks, military leaders from both countries...

Mali troops battle Islamists in Gao as car bomb targets camp

Feb 21, 2013 (AFP)

Rebels were driven from landmarks in the city of Gao in deadly clashes Thursday, Paris said, as French-backed forces battled to secure Mali's volatile north aga...

Lebanon may be new front in Syria's war

Feb 20, 2013 (UPI)

Lebanon seems to be moving closer to becoming a major new front in Syria's 2-year-old civil war after a series of deadly clashes in Syrian between rebel forces ...

Israel's Prisoner X isn't the first

Feb 19, 2013 (UPI)

The Australian intelligence operative dubbed Prisoner X who reportedly committed suicide in a high-security Israeli prison wasn't the first person to disappear ...

Outside View: Geopolitics 101 -- Don't lose wars!

Feb 19, 2013 (UPI)

Prior to entering national office, politicians of all stripes and especially U.S. presidents-elect and members of Congress should take a short course in Geopoli...

Legionnaire killed as Mali says major operations ending

Feb 19, 2013 (AFP)

Mali said Tuesday that major military operations against Islamist rebels were winding down, despite the killing of a French Legionnaire in the country's mountai...

Syria rebels target Assad as missile toll mounts

Feb 19, 2013 (AFP)

Insurgents fired mortar rounds at one of President Bashar al-Assad's palaces in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, as the death toll mounted from a devastating miss...

Filipino NPA rebels ready to free 2 POWs

Feb 18, 2013 (UPI)

Filipino NPA guerrillas, holding two prisoners, have declared a four-day unilateral truce. The NPA is reportedly preparing to release the pair, a government sol...

Colombia military in turmoil after corruption firings

Feb 18, 2013 (UPI)

Colombia's military establishment is in turmoil after President Juan Manuel Santos fired armed forces commanders, including several senior officers suspected of...

Lifting the veil: Mideast's covert ops

Feb 18, 2013 (UPI)

The assassination of an Iranian general in Syria and the discovery of the mysterious death in an Israeli prison of an Australian linked to Israel's intelligence...

French defence minister urges Syria power transfer

Feb 16, 2013 (AFP)

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Saturday called for urgent action to bring about a power transfer in Syria that excludes President Bashar al-Assad...