WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Syria rebels shoot down MiG near Damascus: activists

Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)

Syrian rebel fighters on Monday shot down a MiG warplane in Damascus province that had been bombing rebel strongholds, activists said. Details of the incident w...

Syria says will never use chemical arms against own people

Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)

Syria will "never, under any circumstances" use chemical weapons against its own people, a foreign ministry official insisted on Monday. "In response to the sta...

Regime forces hammer Damascus outskirts: watchdog

Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)

Fierce clashes erupted overnight as Syrian forces hammered rebel positions around Damascus with artillery and air strikes, as part of an offensive aimed at secu...

Colombia gives FARC one year for peace deal

Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)

President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday warned Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels they have less than a year to strike a deal under recently opened peace talks aimed...

Despite Israeli warnings, many civilians died in Gaza

Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)

The phone rang at 3:00 am: "You have five minutes to evacuate the house," an Israeli officer said in flawless Arabic. Within minutes, an Israeli drone fired a w...

Syria rebels say captured missiles downed army aircraft

Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)

Syrian rebels say a former army missile specialist in their ranks used captured shoulder-launched weapons to down two government aircraft in as many days last m...

Iraq major weapons route to Syria: report

Dec 01, 2012 (AFP)

The air corridor over Iraq has emerged as a supply route for weapons for the beleaguered government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, including rockets, anti...

Palestinians hope EU split will help them

Nov 30, 2012 (UPI)

Palestinian campaigners and lobbyists said they hope to capitalize on EU divisions over the U.N. vote that gave Palestinians a permanent non-member observer sta...

Major Syria army offensive along Damascus airport road: NGO

Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)

Syrian troops Thursday evening launched a major offensive in southeastern Damascus along the airport road, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, after e...

New page in Syria war as rebel missiles hit aircraft

Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)

In less than 24 hours, rebels used surface-to-air missiles to strike down two aircraft in northern Syria, marking a turning point in their war with forces of Sy...

Russian expert warns of possibility of large-scale war in Middle East

Nov 28, 2012 (Voice of Russia)

Turkey has asked NATO to deploy "Patriot" missiles on the Turkish side near the Turkish-Syrian border. In an interview with the Voice of Russia, Russian analyst...

Chile builds up forces in Mapuche region

Nov 27, 2012 (UPI)

Chile has embarked on a procurement program to better equip its national police force and gendarmes for a crackdown on Mapuche rebels in the south-central regio...

Syria rebels use new arms to down chopper

Nov 27, 2012 (AFP)

Syrian rebels downed an army helicopter for the first time Tuesday with a ground-to-air missile from newly acquired stocks in what a watchdog said could be a tu...

'No mistake' in strike that killed Gaza family: Israel

Nov 27, 2012 (AFP)

There was "no mistake" in an Israeli air strike that killed 12 Palestinians in Gaza, including 10 from the same family, the Israeli army said on Tuesday, saying...

Syria rebel officers plan post-Assad army

Nov 26, 2012 (AFP)

Syrian rebel officers have formed a commission to lay the foundations for a future army and liaise with the political opposition on issues such as arming fighte...

Israel defence minister retires in pre-vote shock

Nov 26, 2012 (AFP)

Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak, a close ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stunned observers on Monday by announcing his retirement from politics ...

Syrian rebels make gains against regime

Nov 26, 2012 (UPI)

Syrian rebels, despite deep fractures between rival groups, have been making important gains against the forces of embattled President Bashar Assad. These aren'...

Turkey request for missiles 'new act of provocation': Syria

Nov 23, 2012 (AFP)

Syria said on Friday plans by Turkey to site Patriot missiles along its border was "a new act of provocation," while allies Iran and Russia warned the move woul...

Israel, Hamas both see gains from Gaza fight

Nov 23, 2012 (AFP)

Israel and its Hamas foes are each claiming gains from a week of fighting in and around Gaza, but analysts doubt if the army of a sovereign state can ever score...

Commentary: Mideast: Pyrrhic victory?

Nov 23, 2012 (UPI)

While hundreds of millions Muslims believe 9/11 was history's biggest conspiracy, hatched by U.S. intelligence and Israel's Mossad, to justify a global crackdow...