WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

'Aircraft' heard before Sudan plant blast: witnesses

Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)

An aircraft or missile flew over a Sudanese military factory shortly before it exploded and burst into flames on Wednesday, residents said, but a top official d...

Syria launches air raids ahead of UN briefing

Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)

Syrian warplanes raided the rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan on Wednesday, monitors said, as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi prepared to brief the UN Security Cou...

Conflict fears as Gaza clashes intensify

Oct 24, 2012 (UPI)

There are ominous signs that worsening clashes between Israel and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip could touch off a new conflict as the Middle East is wracked with u...

Oldest Battle of Britain hero dies aged 99

Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)

The oldest surviving Battle of Britain pilot, shot down in his Spitfire during the desperate struggle between the Royal Air Force and Hitler's Luftwaffe, has di...

HRW says Syria steps up cluster bomb attacks

Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)

Human Rights Watch accused Syria on Tuesday of stepping up its use of internationally banned cluster bombs despite assertions by Damascus that it is not deployi...

Brahimi pushes for truce despite raging Syria violence

Oct 23, 2012 (AFP)

Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is pushing "extremely hard" for a ceasefire in Syria, his spokesman said on Tuesday as violence raged across the country and a warpl...

US has 'zero' influence over Israel, Palestinians: Carter

Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)

Former US president Jimmy Carter said on Monday that Washington had "zero" influence over Israel and the Palestinians to resolve their decades-long conflict, an...

Jordan soldier killed fighting militants: minister

Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)

A Jordanian soldier was killed before dawn on Monday in a clash with militants trying to cross the border into neighbouring Syria, the Information and Culture M...

Yemen weapons depot blast kills six soldiers

Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)

An accidental blast at an army ammunitions depot stocked with mines and explosives killed six soldiers in south Yemen on Monday, a local municipality official s...

Lebanon's military dedicated to keeping order

Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)

The Lebanese army, which said on Monday it was determined to restore order in a country which has been roiled by growing political tensions linked to neighbouri...

Two Gaza militants killed in Israel air strikes

Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)

Israeli air strikes killed two Gaza militants on Monday as they clashed with troops who crossed the border on the eve of a landmark visit by the Qatari emir, me...

Army 'determined' to restore order in Lebanon

Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)

The Lebanese army is determined to restore order across the country, military command said on Monday, as violence hit parts of the capital and the northern port...

Brahimi urges truce as bomb rocks Damascus

Oct 21, 2012 (AFP)

Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Sunday met President Bashar al-Assad and later appealed to both sides in Syria's conflict to cease fire for a Muslim holiday this...

Israel navy takes over Gaza-bound ship Estelle

Oct 20, 2012 (AFP)

Israeli troops on Saturday boarded a boat carrying pro-Palestinian MPs and activists seeking to run its naval blockade on the Gaza Strip, blocking the latest at...

Outgunned Syria rebels turn to making own arms

Oct 19, 2012 (AFP)

Lightly-armed Syrian rebels who face the warplanes, artillery and tanks of loyalists have turned to making their own weapons, even rigging a video game controll...

Syrian air blitz decapitates child in rebel-held town

Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)

Chubby legs resting on the pedals of a bicycle and a decapitated head are all that are left of a boy killed on Thursday when Syrian warplanes blitzed the rebel-...

Rubbish piles up as battle for Syrian city rages

Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)

Abu Mahmud loads trash into a turquoise truck in Aleppo, seemingly oblivious to shells smashing into nearby streets as he makes a small dent in the mounds of re...

Turkish army stages military drill near Syria border: report

Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)

Turkey's army on Thursday staged a new military drill near its border with Syria, amid heightened tensions between the two neighboring countries, Anatolia news ...

Iraq blocks Turkish buses headed for Saudi

Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)

Iraq on Thursday refused to allow more than 120 Turkish buses to cross into Saudi Arabia, apparently loaded with Mecca pilgrims, because the passengers did not ...

Syria air strikes kill 44: rescue workers

Oct 18, 2012 (AFP)

At least 44 people were killed in air strikes on the Syrian rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan on Thursday, rescue workers told an AFP journalist at the scene. ...