by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2016 Russia says it is almost ready to join forces with the United States in the ongoing battle for Aleppo, Syria. “Step by step we are getting closer to the situation in which – and I’m only speaking about Aleppo here – we will be able to begin battling together […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2016 China, which says it has no interest in military involvement in Syria, is seeking closer military ties with President Bashar Assad’s regime, a Chinese official said. Rear Adm. Guan Youfei, director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of China’s Central Military Commission, met Syrian Defense Minister Fahad Jassim […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2016 Americans are overwhelmingly against accepting a wave of Syrian refugees into the country, a new poll found. Just 36 percent of U.S. voters support allowing the refugees to enter, according to a Chicago Council on Global Affairs poll released on Aug. 15. The Obama administration is close to reaching […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct A secretive intelligence branch of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is exporting terrorism worldwide. The unit, known in Arabic as the Emni, is a combination of an internal police force and an external operations branch, according to French, Belgian, German and Austrian intelligence and interrogation documents. The documents […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2016 Jubilant women were seen tearing off their niqabs and burning them in the streets of Manbij after the northern Syrian town was liberated from the brutal rule of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declared Manbij fully liberated on Aug. 12, saying […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey HAIFA, Israel — In a recent secret visit to Moscow, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad told Vladimir Putin that he would assure quiet on Israel’s border. I am constantly amazed how the mainstream media [even here in Israel] can ignore the most interesting things that are happening, while concentrating on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 12, 2016 Hillary Clinton served on the board of directors of a French company that is under investigation for reportedly paying Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) to protect the company’s business in Syria. The company also regularly bought oil from the terror group, according to Syrian opposition news reports. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler PARIS — Imagine for a moment arriving at Sunday morning religious service only to see the doors of the church guarded by camouflage-clad soldiers with automatic weapons. Well, this was the stark reality when we arrived at our neighborhood church, a structure dating from the 15th century, but […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 12, 2016 A 17-year-old British girl who joined Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) last year is said to have been killed in a Russian airstrike on the terror group’s de facto capital at Raqqa, Syria. Kadiza Sultana was one of three London schoolgirls who made headlines last year when […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2016 Some 45,000 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists “have been taken off the battlefield” as the terror organization’s area of control continues to shrink, according to the commander of the U.S.-led coalition. “We estimate that over the past 11 months, we’ve killed about 25,000 enemy fighters. When […]
