WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Assad lashes out as Israel admits Syria raid

Feb 03, 2013 (AFP)

Israel on Sunday implicitly confirmed it staged an air strike on Syria last week as President Bashar al-Assad accused the Jewish state of trying to further dest...

US takes aim at Iran and Russia over Syria

Feb 02, 2013 (AFP)

US officials said Iran is stepping up its support for the Syrian regime and that Russia is still arming it while Israel has fired missiles into the country, hei...

Israel raid stirs threat of Syrian revenge

Feb 01, 2013 (UPI)

Syria has threatened to retaliate against Israel for an airstrike that Damascus says destroyed a chemical weapons research center. However, since President Bash...

Israel media warn of escalating conflict with Syria

Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli media on Friday warned that an alleged air strike on a convoy carrying arms from Syria to Lebanon's Hezbollah could set off a chain reaction, and report...

Hollande's problems loom despite Mali gain

Feb 01, 2013 (UPI)

French President Francois Hollande earned almost universal acclaim when he dazzled the French and the international community with his lightning strike into Mal...

2 Lebanon soldiers killed on Syria border: security

Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)

Two Lebanese soldiers were killed on Friday in a clash between gunmen and the army in a village on the border with Syria, the military said. "An army patrol was...

Colombia rebels blame government as conflict flares

Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)

Colombia's FARC rebels on Friday said they were committed to peace talks with the government, amid rising tensions and renewed clashes in Latin America's longes...

Israel strike on Syria 'unacceptable': Russia

Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)

Russia warned on Thursday that any air strike against its ally Syria would be "unacceptable", as Israel maintained a strict silence on claims that it had bombed...

Israel's airstrike and its border threats

Jan 31, 2013 (UPI)

Israel's airstrike against Syria Wednesday underlines just how jumpy the Israelis are as they grapple with a range of emerging threats on all their increasingly...

French air strikes hit Islamist bases in north Mali

Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)

France said Thursday its warplanes had hit Islamist command posts near the last militant stronghold in northern Mali, as the UN mulled a peacekeeping force to t...

Conflict flares anew as Colombia, rebels resume talks

Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)

Colombia's armed conflict flared up again Thursday, leaving four soldiers and five rebels dead in separate clashes as the government and leftist rebels resumed ...

Colombia to resume FARC talks despite kidnapping

Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)

Colombia on Thursday was to resume peace talks with FARC guerrillas aimed at ending the half-century conflict despite the kidnapping of two police officers by t...

'Israeli jets strike Syria border convoy'

Jan 30, 2013 (UPI)

Israeli warplanes reportedly carried out an attack early Wednesday on a convoy of vehicles on the border between Syria and Lebanon. Security sources in Lebanon,...

EU, UN 'concerned' over Israel shooting of Palestinians

Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)

Officials from the United Nations and European Union on Wednesday expressed concern over a spate of incidents in which Palestinian civilians in the West Bank ha...

Syria says Israel hit military research centre

Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)

An Israeli air strike hit a military research centre near Damascus at dawn on Wednesday, the Syrian army said, denying reports that the raid targeted a weapons ...

Change in Israel needed for peace talks: Palestinians

Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)

The Palestine Liberation Organisation said Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have to drastically change tack if peace talks were to r...

France in 'final phase' of Mali intervention: experts

Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)

France is entering the final phase of its military intervention in Mali after a lightning advance that quickly exposed the weakness of Islamist rebels holding t...

Sarajevo siege photo stirs distant, dark memories

Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)

It's autumn 1992, and an icy chill has settled over Sarajevo. Bosnian residents are struggling to keep warm in their besieged city, scavenging whatever firewood...

French enter last main Islamist-held town in northern Mali

Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)

French troops on Wednesday entered Kidal, the last Islamist bastion in Mali's north to be recaptured in a whirlwind Paris-led offensive amid reports the radical...

Britain to send troops to help Mali mission

Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)

Britain said Tuesday it is ready to boost the number of military personnel helping the French-led mission in Mali to over 300, adding that it was necessary to d...