Special to WorldTribune.com Leaders of the Gulf Arab states are seeking security and weapons technology agreements from the White House to preserve their military edge in the region as a major U.S. strategic agreement with Iran looms, the Wall Street Journal reported. Israel has a similar agreement with the United States relative to the same […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Israel and Jordan on Feb. 26 signed a deal to provide drinking water to Jordan while helping revive the Dead Sea. The agreement calls for a pipeline between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea and a desalination plant in Aqaba, Jordan. The plan calls for pumping some 200 million cubic meters […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The spate of brutal and systematic attacks on Christian communities in Syria, Iraq and Egypt by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has surged. Yet despite this targeted violence, there’s a climate of international indifference by many governments and even some Christian communities in […]
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 by Harlan Ullman Critics accuse President Barack Obama of being a foreign policy minimalist seeking to do the least harm (or no stupid “stuff”) rather than by choosing more effective if riskier solutions. In fairness, the president was dealt the most horrible hand on taking office dating back to FDR in 1933. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — Jordan has reported renewed air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Officials said the Royal Jordanian Air Force employed its F-16 multi-role fighters to attack ISIL positions in neighboring Syria. They said the air strikes on Feb. 5 through Feb. 7 were meant to retaliate for ISIL’s execution […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates has ended its participation in U.S.-led air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Officials acknowledged that Abu Dhabi halted combat air missions against ISIL in both Iraq and Syria in late 2014 in wake of the capture of a Jordanian air force pilot. They […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States plans to significantly increase military and other assistance to Jordan. The administration of President Barack Obama has released a proposed foreign aid budget that would grant $1 billion to the Hashemite kingdom in fiscal 2015. This marked a more than 50 percent increase in U.S. aid to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — Jordan has become the first country to offer a prisoner exchange with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The Hashemite kingdom said it was ready to release a woman on death row for a Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot captured by ISIL in late 2014. The woman, identified as Sajida […]