WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Libya's abandoned weapons put civilians at risk: report

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

Abandoned weapons that were once part of toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi's arsenal pose an ongoing and serious threat to civilians in Libya, warned a report pub...

Syria: Fears of chemical arms nightmare

Aug 02, 2012 (UPI)

The embattled Syrian regime claims it has control of its arsenal of chemical and biological weapons but outsiders fear these could fall into the hands of extrem...

Kurdish rebels in Syria 'common threat': Turkey, Iraqi Kurds

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

Turkey and Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region have warned that they will consider any violent group that abuses a Syrian power vacuum a "common threat", in a refe...

Jordan girds for flood of Syrian refugees

Aug 01, 2012 (UPI)

Resource-poor Jordan, bolstered by $2.5 billion in emergency U.S. aid, is being swamped by a swelling tide of refugees from war-torn Syria, deepening political ...

Panetta in Israel but not to discuss Iran 'attack plan'

Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Israel on Tuesday for talks to share information on Iran's nuclear programme, but said there would be no discussion...

Looming change to Israel draft law sparks Arab anger

Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)

For many Arab Israelis, the fact that a young Muslim woman could willingly accept to perform national service at a hospital in the northern city of Haifa is not...

Iraqi Kurdistan trained Syrian Kurds, says official

Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)

Iraqi Kurdish forces gave basic training to Syrian Kurds to fill any "security gap" should the Syrian regime fall, a top official in the party of the Kurdistan ...

Syria army, rebels send reinforcements for Aleppo battle

Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)

Syrian army and rebels Tuesday deployed a large number of reinforcements to the northern city of Aleppo for a "decisive battle" that is seen lasting for several...

Hariri plot: New indictments mean trouble

Jul 31, 2012 (UPI)

The United Nations-mandated Special Tribunal on Lebanon says it plans to issue five new indictments in the 2005 murder of Lebanese statesman Rafik Hariri, a mov...

Another Syrian general defects to Turkey

Jul 30, 2012 (AFP)

Another brigadier general has defected from Syria's army to join the ranks of opposition fighters, pushing the total number of rebel generals based in Turkey to...

Syria opposition chief urges arming of rebels

Jul 29, 2012 (AFP)

The head of the exiled Syrian opposition urged on Saturday Arab "brothers" and friends to arm the rebels against the forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Syria opposition chief visits Iraqi Kurdistan

Jul 29, 2012 (AFP)

Syrian National Council chief Abdel Basset Sayda is on a visit to Iraqi Kurdistan in a bid to convince Kurdish leaders to join the opposition, an official from ...

Obama uses bill signing to show support for Israel

Jul 27, 2012 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama made a show of support for Israel at the White House on Friday, ahead of a weekend visit to the US ally by Republican presidential riv...

Pentagon downplays Qaeda influence in Syria

Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)

Islamist militants are probably active in Syria but they wield less influence on the ground than the other rebel forces fighting to oust President Bashar al-Ass...

Sri Lanka sets roadmap to probe alleged war crimes

Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)

Sri Lanka Thursday published a roadmap for investigating allegations that elements of the military were responsible for civilian deaths during its final battle ...

Syrians in Iraq tell of shells 'like rain' and nightly hell

Jul 25, 2012 (AFP)

Having fled a city where shells fell "like rain" and children died in front of them, Syrian refugees spoke of the hell that would erupt every night as troops so...

Syria fears send Israelis running for gas masks

Jul 25, 2012 (AFP)

"You've got to be prepared for anything with what's going on in Syria," said Benny Rahamim, one of a growing number of Israelis picking up gas masks as fears gr...

Iraqis back from Syria face obstacles at all turns

Jul 25, 2012 (AFP)

Iraqi refugees in Syria may have been able to flee violence again, but they find themselves returning to a homeland where basic services remain poor and unemplo...

Russia tells Syria not to use chemical weapons

Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)

Russia urged its Middle East ally Syria on Tuesday to refrain from using chemical weapons despite its threat to unleash the previously unreported arsenal in cas...

Israel braces for trouble with Syria

Jul 24, 2012 (UPI)

Israel's electronic listening post atop Mount Hermon overlooking Damascus is working overtime as Israeli military chiefs monitor the accelerating collapse of th...