WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Millions in Israel 'lack gas masks, bomb shelters'

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

Israel is "completely unprepared" to cope with the consequences of a war, a lawmaker in charge of home front preparations has told AFP, as tensions rise over a ...

US warns against further 'militarization of Syria conflict

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

The United States Thursday warned against further "militarizing" the Syria conflict, a day after saying it could offer non-lethal military aid to rebels fightin...

US weighs 'non-lethal' aid to Syria's rebels

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday the United States is looking at delivering radios or other non-lethal aid to Syria's rebel forces but warned of th...

UN sends aid chief to Syria as Obama rejects military force

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos headed for Syria on Wednesday to urge the regime to allow aid into battered protest cities, as US President Barack Obama insi...

Outside View: Why wars are won

Mar 07, 2012 (UPI)

Last week's column explored the questions of why wars start and why wars are lost. Flawed assumptions, miscalculations and misperceptions, ideologically driven ...

Commentary: Is Syria 2011 Spain 1936?

Mar 07, 2012 (UPI)

Is Syria's civil war a prelude to a larger Mideast conflict that would involve Israel, Iran, the Arab Gulf countries minus Oman (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Ar...

UN humanitarian chief enters Syria's battered Baba Amr

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos entered the battered Homs neighbourhood of Baba Amr on Wednesday along with a team from the Syrian Red Crescent, as efforts c...

US will ensure Israel's 'military superiority': Panetta

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

The United States will ensure Israel retains "military superiority" over its adversaries as the country faces the potential threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, Defe...

Military options in Syria 'challenging': US general

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

Possible military intervention against the regime in Syria would be "extremely challenging" given the country's advanced air defenses and the presence of Al-Qae...

McCain calls for US air strikes on Syrian forces

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Top Republican Senator John McCain on Monday called for US air strikes on Syrian forces to protect population centers and create safe havens for opponents of th...

Russia, China step up Syria peace efforts

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Russia and China, who twice blocked UN resolutions to condemn ally Syria, were Monday stepping efforts to find a peaceful solution to the crisis, as the Red Cro...

FARC leader sends Colombia peace letter

Mar 04, 2012 (AFP)

The leader of Colombia's FARC rebels, known as Timoleon "Timochenko" Jimenez, has pledged to seek peace and bring an end to his group's half-century of armed st...

China demands end to violence as Syria blocks aid

Mar 04, 2012 (AFP)

China called for an end to violence in Syria Sunday as the regime of Bashar al-Assad sparked international outrage by blocking aid from reaching the battered Ba...

Israel, US not always best friends but unshakeable allies

Mar 03, 2012 (AFP)

Ahead of key talks with Israel on how to deal with Iran's nuclear aspirations, US President Barack Obama says that he and Benjamin Netanyau share "a common visi...

Outrage as Red Cross denied access to Baba Amr

Mar 03, 2012 (AFP)

Syria faced harsh world condemnation on Saturday as it continued to block the Red Cross from delivering desperately needed aid to the vanquished rebel stronghol...

Obama to meet Israel's Peres on Sunday

Mar 02, 2012 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama will meet Sunday with his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres on the eve of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to f...

Saudi pushes Iraq ties in anti-Assad move: experts

Mar 02, 2012 (AFP)

Saudi Arabia's push to improve ties with Iraq is part of a drive to convince it to abandon the Syrian president, despite the strong influence in Baghdad of Riya...

Free Syrian Army -- disorganised and outgunned

Mar 01, 2012 (AFP)

The rebel Free Syrian Army, which "tactically" withdrew on Thursday from its Baba Amr bastion in Homs before a withering assault from regime forces, boasts thou...

Outside View: Why wars start and are lost

Feb 29, 2012 (UPI)

As the White House defuses efforts to restart a 21st-century variant of the ancient Persian wars through a pre-emptive, presumptive Israeli military strike agai...

Saudi, Chinese foreign ministers hold phone talks

Feb 29, 2012 (AFP)

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and China, sharply at odds over the crisis in Syria, discussed regional developments in phone talks on Wednesday, Saudi st...