Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct One month after the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris took 130 lives, two incidents barely reported in the U.S. media, one in Paris and one in Geneva, signal new terrorism threats in the heart of Europe. After the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, French law enforcement and security […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs JERUSALEM — Israel and Turkey on Dec. 17 resumed formal diplomatic relations, but it was only under massive and consistent pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The cost to Israel has already been immense in terms […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israeli officials are questioning the significance of Turkey’s intent to improve ties with the Jewish state. Senior Israeli security sources told Walla! News on Dec. 22 that Turkey’s motive for rapprochement with Israel is due to Ankara’s falling out with Moscow after shooting down a Russian Su-24 jet on the Syrian border […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Hillary Clinton was correct when she said Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is using a prominent U.S. politician in a recruiting video. She just had the politician’s name and party wrong. “As it turns out there is a prominent American featured in an ISIL recruiting video and that person is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com In a year of bowing to Iran, the Obama administration had one more capitulation in its bag. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Dec. 23 said a new U.S. law putting visa restrictions on Iranians and those who had visited Iran would, if implemented, breach the nuclear deal between Teheran and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The aggressive opportunism of Eritrean President Isayas Afewerke is close to an implosion, but the prospect exists that the 69-year-old former revolutionary will lash out in a final attempt to reassert some regional relevance and to preserve his government. Certainly, he has done nothing to build an economic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has blocked the transfer of surplus warships to Turkey. Congress has approved legislation for the transfer of surplus U.S. Navy frigates to Mexico and Taiwan. House and Senate members succeeded in suspending U.S. plans to donate at least two missile frigates to Ankara amid its threats against […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iraqi forces pushed into the center of Ramadi on Dec. 22 in an offensive aimed at driving out Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists. “Our forces are advancing toward the government complex in the center of Ramadi,” Iraqi counter-terrorism units’ spokesman Sabah al-Numani said. “The fighting is in the neighborhoods […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran will pull its elite forces out of Syria after suffering a high rate of battlefield casualties, which includes the deaths of several high-ranking officers. Israeli officials confirmed on Dec. 22 that Teheran will pull its Iranian Revolutionary Crescent Guards out of Syria. Iran has just 700-800 soldiers remaining in Syria after […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Newly-crowned Miss Iraq Shayma Qassim received a phone call on Dec. 22 warning that she must join Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) or she will be kidnapped. Qassim, 20, said she was distressed over the call but was determined to “continue forward despite any obstacles,” according to a report published […]