Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels have sustained heavy casualties in the latest offensive by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Opposition sources said at least 130 rebels, most of them Palestinians, were killed in Army operations that captured two suburbs south of Damascus on Oct. 11. “The Army and their agents — […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian opposition has reported that the Iran-backed Hizbullah was playing a leading role in an offensive by the regime of President Bashar Assad near Damascus. Opposition sources said Hizbullah was leading a force of several thousand troops as well as Iraqi militia fighters in the offensive against rebel strongholds […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy Those who talk about peace between the Arabs and Israel don’t know the half of it. In fact, this peace exists – moreover, in recent years it has become significantly stronger. Obviously, this is not the peace in the style of post-modern culture – peace with open borders, visa-free […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The trial of alleged Hizbullah operatives has highlighted growing security cooperation between Israel and Nigeria. A trial in Nigeria has released information on an Israeli intelligence presence in the African country. The trial of two Lebanese alleged to work for Hizbullah included testimony that pointed to close ties between Israel’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Lebanon’s military has come under the biggest attack amid the civil war in neighboring Syria. Officials said unidentified gunners believed linked to the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah have been launching 107mm rockets toward strategic military sites in Lebanon. The officials said the targets included the Defense Ministry and presidential palace outside Beirut, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The European Union has agreed to designate what it termed the military wing of Hizbullah as a terrorist group. EU foreign ministers said Hizbullah’s military wing would be designated a terrorist entity, a classification meant to freeze the assets of the Shi’ite militia in Europe. They said the designation would […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hizbullah has formed another Shi’ite militia to fight for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Hizbullah has organized Syrian Shi’ites into a militia called the Zulfiqar Battalion. On June 5, the battalion announced that it would protect Shi’ite shrines in the Damascus area. “We have been assigned to protect […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hizbullah continues to see mounting casualties in the civil war in Syria. Syrian opposition sources said Hizbullah sustained casualties in the assault by the Syrian military on the Sunni rebel stronghold of Homs. They said the latest casualties included a senior Hizbullah commander. “Hizbullah is not announcing these [casualties], but […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Brian M Downing Over the last few years, Saudi Arabia and Israel have been aligned on critical matters. The two powers are engaged in attacking Iran and its nuclear capacity, ousting the Assad government from Syria, and unseating Hizbullah in Lebanon. So determined are the two countries to stop the Iranian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A former U.S. negotiator with Hamas has been mulled as a leading Middle East adviser to the administration of President Barack Obama. Media reports asserted that Robert Malley was being positioned for nomination of deputy assistant secretary of state for the administration. Malley, proposed to help draft State Department policy […]