Jordan’s King Abdullah: ‘We are facing a Third World War’ against ISIL

Jordan’s King Abdullah: ‘We are facing a Third World War’ against ISIL

Special to WorldTribune.com The fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is a “Third World War” with ramifications that “bring us all together,” Jordan’s King Abdullah said. In a news conference during a visit to Kosovo, Abdullah said “this is a war, as I said, repeatedly within Islam and unfortunately over 100,000 Muslims […]

Five, including two U.S. contractors, dead after Jordan shooting incident

Five, including two U.S. contractors, dead after Jordan shooting incident

Special to WorldTribune.com Two U.S. government contractors were among four people killed by a Jordanian police officer near Amman on Nov. 9. A U.S. official said the police officer opened fire at a U.S.-funded security training facility, killing the two contractors, a South African trainer and a Jordanian translator. Four Jordanians and one Lebanese citizen […]

Oops: Jordan cleric said he misspoke about the killing of Jews

Oops: Jordan cleric said he misspoke about the killing of Jews

Special to WorldTribune.com Are there do-overs on fatwas? A Jordanian sheikh who, in a video released on Nov. 1, issued a fatwa against killing Jews now wants a mulligan. Sheikh Ali Halabi, head of the Imam al-Albani religious studies center, proclaimed in the video that killing Jews outside the context of war and conflict was […]

Israel, Jordan plan joint industrial zone

Israel, Jordan plan joint industrial zone

Israel and Jordan plan to boost economic and trade ties with the development of a joint industrial zone on both banks of the Jordan River. “This is an important milestone between the two countries in promoting a large-scale economic project, which will provide employment and welfare to Israeli and Jordanian citizens and the entire region,” […]

Shocker: Jordanian cleric issues fatwa against killing Jews

Shocker: Jordanian cleric issues fatwa against killing Jews

Special to WorldTribune.com Several videos in which clerics incite Palestinians to stab and murder Jews in Israel have been widely viewed on social media in recent weeks. In a new viral video, however, a Salafi sheikh in Jordan has issued a fatwa – against killing Jews. In the video, Sheikh Ali Halabi, head of the […]

‘Third World War’: Jordan’s king warns radical Islam thrives on ‘apathy of moderates’

‘Third World War’: Jordan’s king warns radical Islam thrives on ‘apathy of moderates’

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Among the 193 Presidential and Ministerial speeches being made during the UN General Assembly debate, most will present politically pedantic and often droning restatements of the obvious; that war, terrorism, poverty and the refugees crisis lapping at Europe’s shores and hinterland are among the absolute […]

Memo to the West: Moscow’s increasing role in Syria and against the jihadist threat since 2012

Memo to the West: Moscow’s increasing role in Syria and against the jihadist threat since 2012

Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs [Editor’s note: The following full-length report by Yossef Bodansky details Russia’s unambiguous response to the growing jihadist threat in Syria and the Middle East that has remarkably been aided and abetted at several junctures by Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia […]

WORLD MATTERS: Flood of Refugees exposes America’s fatal flaw: Impatience and democracy

WORLD MATTERS: Flood of Refugees exposes America’s fatal flaw: Impatience and democracy

Special to WorldTribune.com By Uwe Siemon-Netto The flood of Middle Eastern refugees into Europe exposes a fatal flaw of the current democratic system in the United States. The defect is the innate inability of the fast-paced American system to bring a long-drawn-out war against an unconventional enemy to a victorious conclusion. As Adelbert Weinstein, the […]

Key U.S. ally Jordan signs military deal with China

Key U.S. ally Jordan signs military deal with China

Special to WorldTribune.com Jordan, a leading Middle East ally of the United States, has signed a military cooperation deal with China. The accord was signed on Sept. 9 during King Abdullah’s visit to Beijing, officials said, adding that the deal includes Jordan’s purchase of unspecified Chinese equipment. “The meeting saw the signing of a military […]

Gen. Haftar: Libyan forces lack weapons to defeat ISIL in Sirte

Gen. Haftar: Libyan forces lack weapons to defeat ISIL in Sirte

Special to WorldTribune.com A lack of weapons has limited the ability of Libyan forces in their ongoing battle with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in the city of Sirte, the military commander of Libya’s internationally-recognized government said. “Lack of weapons prevents us from expanding,” Gen. Khalifa Haftar said at a news conference in […]