Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syrian rebels have threatened a war against the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah. Sunni rebel commander Brig. Gen. Salim Idris said his troops were preparing to attack Hizbullah installations throughout the region. Idris said the attacks would begin unless the Iranian proxy withdraws from Syria, racked by a revolt against President Bashar Assad […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The 20 Islamists charged with attacking the U.S. embassy in Tunis in 2012 were convicted on May 28 and given suspended sentences of two years. Defense attorney Anwar Oued Ali, who reported the sentences, did not elaborate. The trial of the so-called Salafists began in Tunis on May 28 amid […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has determined that the S-300PMU2 air defense system was not yet delivered to Syria. Officials said the Israeli intelligence community has assessed that the regime of President Bashar Assad did not acquire any S-300 batteries from Russia. They said, however, that the Kremlin issued commitments to honor a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan has again threatened to block crude oil exports by neighboring South Sudan. Sudanese President Omar Bashir said he was prepared to shut the oil export pipeline from South Sudan. Bashir said South Sudan, despite a series of agreements, continued to aid rebels in Sudan’s Darfour and South Kordofan. “We […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been urged to acquire a variant of Israel’s Irone Dome missile and rocket defense system. A leading U.S. institute asserted that Washington must procure Iron Dome in wake of its interception of hundreds of Palestinian missiles and rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. The Lexington Institute […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com TEL AVIV — Israel has sought to maneuver between two schools on how to deter Iran, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that strategists in Israel were considering two doctrines to deter a nuclear Iran. In a report, the institute pitted the doctrine that stipulated a priority […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Al Qaida has recovered from a U.S.-led counter-insurgency campaign and seized areas along the coast of Yemen. The Yemeni Interior Ministry acknowledged that Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has restored units and captured an area near the port city of Mukalla. The ministry said AQAP, based in neighboring Saudi […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The new paramilitary force of President Bashar Assad has been rapidly expanding amid Iranian funding and victories over Sunni rebels. Opposition sources said the new National Defense Force, organized in late 2012, has been adding thousands of new fighters over the last month. The sources said the force, trained by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has reported a manpower shortage. Officials said the military, particularly the Army, was facing a growing gap in manpower requirements. They attributed the gap to a decreasing pool of conscripts as well as cuts in the defense budget. “The corps is half as big as it was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel issued one of the starkest warnings of an imminent war that could include Hizbullah and Syria. In an address to a combat air conference, Eshel said Israel, already engaged in a shooting war with Syria, faces a range of low- and […]