Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, November 16, 2023 As violence explodes throughout the Middle East, from Gaza to Yemen, and Syria to Iraq, the political fingerprints of the Islamic Republic of Iran become increasingly obvious on this regional tableaux of terror. Long deemed a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Iran’s Islamic rulers have funded […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, November 2, 2023 War clouds are swirling in the Middle East as the region steps closer to the precipice. The Second Stage of Israel’s military offensive against Hamas has now begun with all out fighting in the Gaza strip between the terrorists and the State of Israel. But […]
Special to WorldTribune, October 30, 2023 Commentary by Laurence F Sanford Qatar is in the news because of its role in negotiating for the release of hostages seized in the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel by Hamas. The negotiations failed. Qatar is a master of disguises. But beneath the sheep’s clothing of diplomacy lurks […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 8, 2023 It’s been two years since the fall of Afghanistan. The tragic collapse of Kabul to the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban signaled the last sordid chapter in the Biden Administration’s appalling and shambolic “withdrawal” from America’s longest military commitment. But beyond the perceived American weakness and strategic […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2021 Iran and its terror proxy Hizbullah are determined to fully take over the sovereign nation of Lebanon, a June 17 analysis said. More than half of the Lebanese population is living below the poverty line. Lebanon has defaulted on its debts. It can no longer import essential goods. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2020 A UN-backed tribunal found a member of the Iran-backed Hizbullah terrorist organization guilty of the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Tuesday found Salim Ayyash guilty of Hariri’s murder, but cleared three other suspects after a years-long trial. Ayyash, 56, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2020 The massive explosion that devastated Beirut on Aug. 4 left at least 150 people dead, about 5,000 injured and more than 350,000 homeless. As more video and images emerge of the blast at the capital city’s port area, many questions remain about its cause. Arabic affairs analyst Ehud Yaari […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2020 For 40 years, the United States would not hold the Iranian regime responsible for the terror proxies it funded, armed, trained, and directed. President Donald Trump “put an end to that arrangement,” an analyst noted. Since the targeted killing of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, “Iran’s most important military […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2019 The Department of Justice has charged a Hizbullah operative who was residing in New Jersey with providing material support to a designated terror group after he was found to have scouted locations in New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. for potential terrorist attacks. The nine-count indictment against Alexei Saab, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 2, 2019 Hamas and the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad were quick to praise Hizbullah’s Sept. 1 attack on northern Israel as the United States warned Iran and its terror organization against further “hostile actions.” Hizbullah terrorists operating out of southern Lebanon fired multiple anti-tank missiles at Israeli positions and […]
