WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Thirty years on, Falklands conflict still festers

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

Thirty years ago a remote South Atlantic island chain was thrust into the global glare as Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falklands, triggering a bit...

Divided Arab leaders urge Syria dialogue

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

Arab leaders urged dialogue and an end to Syria's bloody crackdown at a landmark summit in Baghdad on Thursday, while Iraq's premier warned that arming rival ca...

Arab summit to stop short of call for Assad ouster

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

The Arab summit in Baghdad will steer clear of calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit or for his foes to be armed, both divisive issues, Iraq's fore...

Argentine vets seek to mark unnamed Falklands graves

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

More than half of the 238 graves of Argentine soldiers who died during the Falklands War three decades ago bear no name and their comrades-in-arms want somethin...

Demining the Falklands, 30 years on

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

Thirty years after the Falklands War thousands of abandoned mines, mortars and grenades still dot the remote island chain. But one historic popular haunt has no...

China calls on Syria to 'honour commitments'

Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)

China on Wednesday urged Damascus to honour its "commitments" after the regime accepted a proposal crafted by Kofi Annan that pushed for an end to Syria's year-...

Fears of new Palestinian intifada mount

Mar 27, 2012 (UPI)

A call by imprisoned Palestinian icon Marwan Barghouti for his countrymen to launch a new wave of civil resistance against Israel's occupation has alarmed Israe...

China urges all sides to back Annan plan for Syria

Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)

Beijing on Tuesday joined Moscow in throwing its support behind Kofi Annan as the international peace envoy held talks with Chinese leaders on his proposals for...

Arab draft calls for Syria talks, end to violence

Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)

A draft resolution on Syria to be submitted to the Arab summit in Baghdad this week urges "serious national dialogue" and calls on Syria to end violence, accord...

Syria tops Arab agenda at Iraq summit

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

After decades at the heart of the Arab world, Syria now sits in the dock as regional leaders meet in Baghdad this week over how to end President Bashar al-Assad...

Arab summit 2012: new leaders, new politics

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

This week's Arab summit in Baghdad will be very different from the one that met two years ago, with many long-time autocrats swept away by the political tsunami...

After Russia, Annan seeks China nod for Syria plan

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

International envoy Kofi Annan has just won backing from Russia for his Syrian mediation efforts but still faces tough questions from China, which opposes inter...

Arab League goes from bluster to clout in Arab Spring

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Back in 2008, flamboyant Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi warned rulers at an Arab League summit in Damascus that they, too, could face the fate of executed Iraqi l...

Syria protest hubs hit as envoy heads to Russia

Mar 24, 2012 (AFP)

Syria's army resumed heavy shelling of the protest hubs of Homs and Hama on Saturday, monitors reported, as international envoy Kofi Annan headed to Russia in t...

Annan takes Syria peace plan to Russia

Mar 24, 2012 (AFP)

Syrian peace envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Moscow on Saturday to gauge how far Russia was willing to push its Arab ally after joining a UN call on regime forces t...

Like father, Assad holds grimly to power

Mar 22, 2012 (UPI)

Syrian President Bashar Assad seems increasingly prepared to slaughter his opponents to hold onto power against a stubborn year-old uprising, just as his even m...

Russia, China join UN demand for Syria peace move

Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)

The UN Security Council demanded Wednesday that Syria immediately implement a peace plan by special envoy Kofi Annan, even as government forces pounded rebel zo...

The forgotten victims of Libya's war

Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)

Libyan schoolgirls stroll the streets of the close-knit neighbourhood of Arada without a second glance at the pile of rubble that was once a house for four fami...

Obama calls Palestinian president Abbas

Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama called Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Monday and assured him that the peace process remains a top priority for him, Abbas's spokes...

Two more Syrian generals defect: Turkish diplomat

Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)

Two more generals have fled Syria and linked up with rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Damascus, a Turkish diplomat said on Monda...