WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Syria sends elite troops to Homs: activist

Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)

The Syrian military has sent elite reinforcements from a unit commanded by President Bashar al-Assad's brother Maher to the besieged rebel city of Homs, an acti...

Putin slams 'cynical' West on Syria, Iran

Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday hit out at the West's "cynical" stance on Syria and warned against strikes on Iran in an article ahead of his li...

Iraq will not support Syrian regime 'at any cost': report

Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)

Baghdad supports the aspirations of the Syrian people and will not back the Damascus regime "at any cost," a Saudi newspaper on Monday quoted a high-ranking Ira...

China, Russia slam West on Syria as EU ups sanctions

Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)

Russia and China hit back on Monday after US State Secretary Hillary Clinton criticised their stance on Syria and as the European Union agreed new sanctions aga...

Israeli leaders must guarantee Israel's existence: PM

Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Monday that Israel's leaders must guarantee not only the country's security but also the very existence of th...

Israel raids south Gaza after rocket attacks

Feb 26, 2012 (AFP)

Israeli warplanes early Sunday carried out an attack on the south of the Gaza Strip after rockets were fired at Israel, the army announced. "During the night an...

Red Cross makes new rescue bid in Syria's Homs

Feb 25, 2012 (AFP)

The Red Cross made a new attempt on Saturday to bring out people trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, two of them wounded Western journalists, after a f...

China welcomes Annan appointment as Syria envoy

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

China welcomed the appointment of former UN leader Kofi Annan as a special envoy on Syria on Friday, a day after saying it would not attend an international sum...

French defence minister in Libya

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet arrived in Tripoli on Friday on a three-day visit designed to boost cooperation with Libya, an AFP reporter said. The tri...

International talks seek Syria consensus

Feb 24, 2012 (UPI)

International talks aiming to end bloodshed in Syria sought consensus on measures that could circumvent the problem of having to work without China and Russia, ...

Israeli air strikes hit Gaza, two wounded

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

Israeli warplanes launched two air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Friday, the military said, hours after Palestinian militants fired two rockets at southern Is...

Human rights probe slams Damascus regime

Feb 23, 2012 (AFP)

A UN human rights probe found on Thursday Syria had "manifestly failed" to protect its people as a defiant regime brushed off an outcry over the killing of two ...

Outside View: Ka boom!

Feb 22, 2012 (UPI)

What a tense and chilling time internationally! Economically and financially, markets and bourses remain fixated on what happens, or doesn't, in relatively tiny...

Syria forces 'kill 68 civilians,' Red Cross calls truce

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

Syrian forces killed 68 civilians Tuesday as they blitzed the city of Homs and a village in Idlib province, monitors said, as the United States expressed suppor...

Iraq border town aims to repay debt to Syrians

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

Residents of Al-Qaim, an Iraqi town near the Syrian border, aim to repay a debt to Syrians who provided them with supplies, fighters and weapons when the region...

China's Xi tells Turkey's Gul of regional stability hopes

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping began a visit to Turkey on Tuesday saying that Beijing hopes stability would be restored in the region, while insisting that c...

Commentary: Kaleidoscope of illusions

Feb 20, 2012 (UPI)

From Tunis to Tripoli to Cairo to Damascus what seems real one day is no longer the next. Policymakers in Western capitals agree that Syria President Bashar Ass...

Syria bolsters troops as Iranian warships dock

Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)

Syrian troops massed around Homs, sparking calls Monday for women and children to flee the besieged flashpoint city, as Iranian warships docked at the port of T...

Four wounded in Israeli air strikes on Gaza: medics

Feb 19, 2012 (AFP)

Three people were wounded early Sunday morning in an Israeli air strike on Gaza, medical sources said, hours after another strike injured one man. According to ...

Syria intervention 'very difficult': top US general

Feb 19, 2012 (AFP)

The top US military officer warned Sunday that intervention in Syria would be "very difficult" and said it would be "premature" to arm the besieged country's op...