Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Kuwait has been urged by its Islamist parliament to establish a religious police force. Officials said the Interior Ministry is examining the prospect of forming a force that would enforce Islamic laws in the Gulf Cooperation Council sheikdom. The officials said the proposed unit has not been approved by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Kuwait’s ruling family has been plunged into a feud that could turn violent. The ruling Al Sabah family is said to have been split into factions that was jeopardizing the regime in Kuwait. On April 15, a leading Kuwaiti daily warned that the family could be wracked by violence. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. military, in wake of its withdrawal from Iraq, has sought to establish a base in neighboring Jordan. Officials said Central Command has sought to compensate for the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq in late 2011. They said Centcom wanted to deploy small elite forces at bases in countries […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The U.S. Navy has released details of its effort to protect Kuwait. The Navy’s Fifth Fleet has been conducting patrols in the northern Gulf to prevent any attack on Kuwait. The Gulf Cooperation Council sheikdom contains more than 25,000 U.S. soldiers, many of them assigned to sustain the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has launched an effort to ensure logistics for its military in the Gulf in 2012. The Defense Department has awarded a more than $1 billion contract for fuel for the U.S. military presence in Gulf Cooperation Council states. The U.S. military contains a major presence in such […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Sunni Islamists have won a majority of Kuwait’s parliament. Authorities said Islamic opposition candidates won 34 out of 50 seats in the parliament. They said Sunni Islamists, bolstered by tribal support, won 23 seats, compared to nine in the previous parliament. No women were elected. “The Kuwait of tomorrow […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The U.S. military has begun using Kuwait for air defense operations in the Gulf. The U.S. Air Force has re-assigned key units based in Iraq for air defense missions in the Gulf. The missions have been based in Kuwait and included the Air Force’s 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Kuwait is holding parliamentary elections amid rising violence. Up to 400,000 Kuwaitis began to cast their votes on Feb. 2 in elections described as the most tense in decades. The heated campaign has been marred by tribal and ethnic violence, which prompted an expanded security presence in Kuwait, which […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. military maintains only limited access to facilities in Turkey, a report said. The American Enterprise Institute determined that the U.S. military could not rely on facilities in Turkey for regional operations, particularly an attack on Iran. In a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina on Jan. 16, Texas […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Congressional Research Service has reported that U.S. aid was improving the military of Kuwait, the Gulf Cooperation Council sheikdom. CRS said Kuwait, deemed a major non-NATO ally of the United States, has expanded its military since the Iraq invasion in 1990. The report said Washington has been equipping Kuwait […]