WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Political killings blight Libya as it slips further toward lawlessness

Jan 29, 2013 (UPI)

Libyan Interior Minister Sadiq Aldulkarim survived an assassination attempt in Tripoli Wednesday when his limousine was ambushed by gunmen who made him the late...

Troops shoot one dead in west Myanmar: govt official

Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)

One person was shot dead by Myanmar troops in a confrontation with Muslim villagers in the violence-hit western state of Rakhine, a government official said Tue...

Syria: Iran, Saudis beef up rival militias

Jan 28, 2013 (UPI)

Bitter rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia seem to be stepping up involvement in Syria's civil war by forming new paramilitary forces to aid their allies or pushing in...

French, Malian troops control Timbuktu: sources

Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)

French and Malian troops seized control of the fabled city of Timbuktu on Monday, a bastion of radical Islamists occupying northern Mali since last April, milit...

Bound by restrictions, media in Mali struggle to report

Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)

France is keeping a tight lid on media reporting on the conflict in northern Mali, where foreign journalists there to cover the fighting have been kept away fro...

Israeli non-lethal arms kill 10 Palestinians in 8 years

Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)

Ten Palestinians have been killed and dozens severely injured over the past eight years when hit by "non-lethal" arms used by Israeli forces in the West Bank, a...

Filipino army denounces NPA attack

Jan 28, 2013 (UPI)

The Philippines, has suffered another attack by Communist New People's Army guerrillas in Negros. Filipino armed forces spokesman Col. Arnulfo Burgos Jr. said t...

Israel PM wants broad coalition to handle 'security threats'

Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he would seek a broad and stable coalition to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions and the possible trans...

Syria rebels, troops clash near Damascus train station

Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)

Fighting erupted Sunday between Syrian troops and rebels around a train station in Damascus, as regime warplanes pounded insurgent positions to the east of the ...

France destroys Islamist leader's house as it advances on Timbuktu

Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)

French air strikes destroyed the home of the leader of an Al-Qaeda-linked group in northern Mali as French-led forces advanced Sunday on the Islamist stronghold...

French-led troops close in on Timbuktu

Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)

French-led troops were closing in on Mali's fabled desert city of Timbuktu on Sunday after capturing a string of other towns in their offensive against Islamist...

US agrees to refuel French warplanes on Mali mission

Jan 26, 2013 (AFP)

The United States has agreed to refuel French fighter jets waging war against Islamist militants in Mali, officials said Saturday, after weighing the decision f...

Bolivia says arrest of soldiers in Chile 'regrettable'

Jan 26, 2013 (AFP)

Bolivia on Saturday lamented the "regrettable incident" that led to the arrest of three of its soldiers across the border in Chile, denying they intended to vio...

Children die in Syria air raid as Patriots go active

Jan 26, 2013 (AFP)

Regime warplanes launched a wave of deadly raids across Syria on Saturday, including one that killed eight children, a watchdog said, as NATO declared Patriot m...

Eritrea calls soldiers' political protest 'stupid', not coup

Jan 26, 2013 (AFP)

Eritrea dismissed reports Saturday that a protest by mutinous soldiers seeking political reform, a rare challenge to the authoritarian regime of the Horn of Afr...

AU seeks additional troops for Mali mission

Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)

The African Union is seeking to bolster the strength of the African-led force in Mali, or AFISMA, and has given member states one week to commit troops to the m...

Russia's Chechen war drags on

Jan 25, 2013 (UPI)

Russian forces have killed 11 militants in Chechnya in the northern Caucasus. The dead included the Russian Federation's two most-wanted Islamic insurgent leade...

French planes destroy Islamist bases in Mali

Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)

French warplanes have destroyed two Islamist bases in northern Mali as an Al-Qaeda-linked group there split, with the splinter group calling for talks to end th...

Commentary: Hobbesian (not Hobson's) trap

Jan 25, 2013 (UPI)

The continued occupation of the West Bank to block the creation of a Palestinian state wasn't even an issue in Israel's elections. Binyamin Netanyahu continues ...

Israel talks of military option as Kissinger warns over Iran

Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli officials said Thursday that military action against Iran needed to stay on the table, as former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned of a crisi...