Special to WorldTribune.com A group of young men who posted photos and videos on Facebook of life in Mosul, Iraq under Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) have been detained by the terror group. Iraqi official Abdulraheem Al-Shimary told NBC News on Nov. 10 that “more than 50” young men have been detained by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Backgrounder, Geostrategy-Direct.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is massing thousands of jihadists on the northern border of Afghanistan for incursions into Central Asia, Russian intelligence officers said. Taliban fighters have also pledged allegiance to ISIL and are ready to join the battle as the jihadists pass through weak border […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, and correspondents in Turkey and the Region The resounding win by the Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (Justice and Development Party: AKP) in the Nov. 1 parliamentary elections in Turkey relied heavily on the support given to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the AKP because of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt’s delegation has cast a vote at the United Nations in favor of Israel for the first time ever. The vote last week for elections for membership in the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) was followed by a wave of criticism on Arab social media. Responding to the angry outburst, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A large majority of Iranian legislators say the Islamic republic is “not at all prepared” to abandon the slogan of “Death to America” despite a landmark nuclear deal signed with six world powers. In a statement carried by state news agency IRNA on November 2, 192 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Elections and selections among candidates to the UN Human Rights Council have again highlighted a glaring flaw in a system where politically authoritarian regimes such as Ecuador, Ethiopia, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela have won seats, and with it, an unjustified political legitimacy. In a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders If there were one lesson from America’s tragic Vietnam encounter – and as some dead white man has said, all historical analogies are odious — it is that incremental approaches to war inevitably result in disaster. News reports suggest that President Barak Obama is reversing his strategy of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The United States has issued an ultimatum to Iraq in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL): If you ask for Russia to intervene, America can no longer help you. “I said it would make it very difficult for us to be able to provide the kind of support […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey As Turkey degenerates, a military coup is more likely than total failure, and not a bad outcome for Israel. Famed commentator David Goldman, writing under the pseudonym “Spengler” in the “Asia Times”, has published an analysis in which he asks the question whether Turkey is in danger of becoming […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt’s foreign ministry blasted The New York Times for an article the ministry says is “audaciously intended” to make Gaza smugglers appear sympathetic to readers. Ahmed Abu Zeid, a spokesperson for Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, said the Oct. 7 article headlined “As Egypt Floods Gaza Tunnels, Smugglers Fear an End to Their […]