by WorldTribune Staff, June 14, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists are attempting to escape Fallujah by blending in with the thousands of civilians fleeing the besieged city, Iraqi military sources say. More than 500 suspected ISIL members have been arrested trying to sneak out amid civilians since Iraqi forces launched an […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Donald Trump, the presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee, hardened his position against allowing Muslims into the United States and said his ban would target Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Syria. In a speech on national security on June 13, a day after 49 people were killed by an […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty An estimated 4,000 more Iraqis have escaped from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL or IS)-held city of Fallujah after government troops opened a corridor upon retaking a key road. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), which works with internally displaced Iraqis, said on June […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2016 Responsibility for the Orlando attack on a gay nightclub by a Muslim terrorist lies with Christians and Republicans, according to a pair of ACLU lawyers. Chase Strangio, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s LGBT and AIDS Project, blamed Christian conservatives for the attack at Pulse which killed 49 and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2016 The Muslim terrorist who killed 50 people and wounded more than 50 more at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on “Latin Night” had leanings to radical Islam, the FBI said on June 12. Authorities said the terrorist, Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, a U.S. citizen with Afghan ties, may […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2016 Militiamen allied with Libya’s UN-backed unity government captured the port of Sirte on June 11 as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists barricaded themselves in the city center in anticipation of the Libyan forces’ advance. Libyan Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Ghasri said ISIL has fallen back to a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) warned earlier this week it planned terror attacks in Florida and issued a list of names of Florida residents it intended to kill, according to a report. Shoebat.com reported on the threat on June 9. The report said ISIL released a “hit […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 10, 2016 Forces aligned with Libya’s unity government advanced on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) stronghold at Sirte on June 9 but were stopped from entering the city center by the terror group’s snipers. Brigades of fighters from the western city of Misrata succeeded in driving ISIL back along […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 9, 2016 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed “shock” after Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip celebrated the June 8 terror attacks that left four dead at a popular shopping and restaurant district in Tel Aviv. “The Secretary-General is shocked that the leaders of Hamas have chosen to welcome this […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 8, 2016 A group of Yazidi girls who refused to become Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) sex slaves were locked in cages and burned alive, reports say. ISIL jihadists publicly executed the 19 Yazidi girls in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, according to the Kurdish ARA news […]
