U.S. strikes kill Al Qaida militants as Yemen oil refinery resumes operations

U.S. strikes kill Al Qaida militants as Yemen oil refinery resumes operations

by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2016 Three American counterterror strikes over a two week period killed 13 Al Qaida jihadists in Yemen, the U.S. military said on Sept. 6. The strikes, carried out from Aug. 24 to Sept. 4, targeted Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives in central Yemen’s Shabwah Governorate, U.S. Central […]

Ultimatum: Khamenei says Islamic world ‘must fundamentally reconsider’ Saudi control of Mecca

Ultimatum: Khamenei says Islamic world ‘must fundamentally reconsider’ Saudi control of Mecca

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blasted Saudi Arabia over its management of the hajj, suggesting Muslim countries should challenge Riyadh’s control of the annual Muslim pilgrimage. “Because of these [Saudi] rulers’ oppressive behavior towards God’s guests, the world of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the […]

Help wanted: Two on short list for new ISIL spokesman

Help wanted: Two on short list for new ISIL spokesman

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is interviewing candidates to replace its dead spokesman whose job description included planning the international attacks that terrorized the West over the past year. ISIL is said to have two candidates on its short list to replace Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, who […]

U.S. Marines step up on-ground target development near Mosul

U.S. Marines step up on-ground target development near Mosul

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 U.S. Marines on the ground in Iraq are increasing efforts to gather intelligence on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) fighters and equipment to assist Iraqi forces in an operation to retake Mosul by year’s end. The Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command is providing […]

Analyst: Iran ‘pushing the envelope on nuclear deal’, while Obama administration acts as regime’s lawyers

Analyst: Iran ‘pushing the envelope on nuclear deal’, while Obama administration acts as regime’s lawyers

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 The Obama administration is not only letting Iran “push the envelope” but appears to be acting as the Islamic Republic’s “lawyers” when it comes to enforcement of last summer’s nuclear deal, an Israeli analyst said. “Iran is continuing to push the envelope, trying to get as much as it […]

Iranian police close 800 stores for selling ‘inappropriate’ clothing

Iranian police close 800 stores for selling ‘inappropriate’ clothing

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian media reported that police have shut down more than 800 clothing stores across the country for selling “unconventional and inappropriate” attire — believed to mean Western-style outfits and women’s clothing that doesn’t meet strict Islamic requirements. The reports on September 5 said the raids took […]

ISIL affiliates conducting operations closer to Israel’s border

ISIL affiliates conducting operations closer to Israel’s border

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 An alliance of jihadist groups who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) have launched terror operations near Israel’s border on the southern Golan Heights, a report said. A new video released by ISIL’s propaganda unit shows the jihadist coalition advancing on the Yarmouk Valley […]

Syria: What Obama hath wrought is about to become his successor’s nightmare

Syria: What Obama hath wrought is about to become his successor’s nightmare

Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders It would be hard to exaggerate the mess in the Middle East that President Barack Obama is leaving his successor. While the five-year Syrian civil war continues unabated, pitting a number of different armed groups against each other with their foreign sponsors, Washington is caught in its own […]

Iran’s narrative relies on ‘Great Satan’: 90 percent of news focused on ‘enemies’

Iran’s narrative relies on ‘Great Satan’: 90 percent of news focused on ‘enemies’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2016 Iran needs to keep the United States, still referred to as the “Great Satan”, as its enemy for the Islamic Republic to survive, an Iranian-American scholar wrote. Dr. Majid Rafizadeh, president of the International American Council and board member of Harvard International Review, penned the following commentary for Al […]

Report: UN-backed groups promote ‘destruction of Israel’, terrorism

Report: UN-backed groups promote ‘destruction of Israel’, terrorism

by WorldTribune Staff, September 2, 2016 Advocacy groups supported by the United Nations are condoning terrorism and promoting the “destruction of Israel,” a report said. “Bigots, anti-Semites, and terrorist advocates” within the UN are “spreading hatred and inciting violence,” according to a report issued by Human Rights Voices, a group that monitors bias at the […]