Special to WorldTribune.com Syrian forces are advancing rapidly against both anti-Assad rebels and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) positions with support from Iranian officers, Hizbullah fighters and Russian warplanes, reports say. On Dec. 29, government forces and their allies captured a key southern military base from Brigade 82 rebels in the town of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islam has a PR problem and two days after Christmas, two major leaders on opposite side of the yawning Sunni-Shia schism addressed it openly. Iranian President Hassan Rohani in a Dec. 27 address at an Islamic conference in Teheran said “it is our greatest duty today to correct the image of Islam […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A filmmaker who produced documentaries showing the barbaric atrocities committed by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) was assassinated in Turkey on Dec. 27. “Filmmaker Naji Jerf, father of two children, was assassinated… today in Gaziantep,” the group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), with which Jerf worked, said in a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com China passed a new anti-terrorism law on Dec. 27 that critics say exploits fears of terrorism in order to extract sensitive information from technology companies. Tech firms strenuously objected to the law that was unanimously passed by Beijing’s rubber-stamp parliament. The new law states that telecom operators and Internet service providers must […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russia released a video on Dec. 25 of what it claims to be its warplanes destroying several Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) oil trucks in northern Syria. “We’ve attacked many terrorist bases, hits were identified on targets and much damage was caused to the terrorist infrastructure,” Russian Armed Forces Lt. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Egyptian affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has ramped up the number of attacks in the provincial capital of the Sinai Peninsula. Sinai Province jihadists have carried out several attacks in El Arish in the last two months, including a strike on a hotel that hosted Egyptian judges […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Egyptian government has decided to hire a global risk consultancy firm to review and improve airport security. After a review of costs and the capabilities of several companies, UK-based Control Risks Group was selected, Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou announced at press conference in Cairo on Dec. 22. The value of the […]
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 […]