Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com Some of the terrible problems we read, hear and talk about so often are beyond solution. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated this week that as long as he was in office there would not be a Palestinian state. The two-state idea, he said, was not going to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The annual U.S. intelligence ‘Worldwide Threat Assessment’ not only left Iran off the list of terror threats but included words of praise for efforts to build partnerships with Sunni states to combat militant extremists. The report was presented to the U.S. Senate by James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence and was dated […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs The consolidation of a self-proclaimed Caliphate in eastern Libya provides the jihadist camp with springboard into Africa and southern Europe. That strategic thrust, supported strongly by Qatar, Sudan, Iran, and Turkey, has already begun, and highlights the transformation of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy During a recent visit to Cairo, Vladimir Putin was received with imperial honors. The streets of Cairo were decorated by giant portraits of the Russian ruler. Egyptian jets accompanied the Putin’s aircraft in the skies of Cairo, and an honorary cavalry escorted a limousine with Putin and Egyptian President […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com, Feb. 18, 2015 WASHINGTON — The United States is searching for an alleged financier of the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah. The FBI has been investigating an alleged financer of Hizbullah. The suspect was identified as Ghazi Nasr Al Din, who carried dual citizenship in Lebanon and Venezuela. “He is wanted for questioning regarding […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Fred Fleitz Most of the world is still in shock over the recent execution of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya by ISIL Islamist terrorists. Coming on the heels of the immolation of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh by ISIL last month, these horrific killings are the latest indications that ISIL is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey It could be a turbulent month, as the showdown with Iran enters the endgame. March 2015 is looking like it is going to be a very “interesting” month. First Prime Minister Netanyahu will address the joint houses of Congress while he is in Washington to attend the annual AIPAC […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel faces an Iranian-sponsored war of attrition from Lebanon and Syria. Officials said the government and military were bracing for the prospect of a sustained Iranian campaign to destabilize Israel’s borders with Lebanon and Syria. They said the campaign could include repeated mortar and missile attacks as well as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hizbullah and the Syrian Army have been shown in joint operations near the border with Israel and Lebanon. Lebanese television broadcast a joint operation by the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah and Syrian Army units in the Golan Heights. The Al Jadid channel showed a Hizbullah-Syrian ambush against Al Qaida’s Nusra Front for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs The modern Arab State is gone, rejected by the vast majority of the populace. Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon are no more, and Jordan and Yemen are not far behind. In their place there have emerged entities based on […]