Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has acknowledged consultations with Iranian-backed Shi’ite rebels who seized power from the pro-U.S. government in Yemen. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has contacted Ansar Allah, the Shi’ite movement that ousted Western-backed President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in January 2015. They said the talks were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has taken credit for the training and arming of Shi’ite rebels in Yemen. A senior military official said the Teheran regime has provided assistance to Ansar Allah, the Shi’ite rebel movement that toppled the pro-U.S. regime in Sanaa, Middle East Newsline reported. Ansar, also called the Houthi movement, has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The U.S. embassy in Yemen has closed. Less than a week after the Iranian-backed Shi’ite coup, the U.S. embassy in Sanaa said it would suspend services. The embassy also indicated that most of its staffers have left Yemen. “The U.S. embassy will be closed to the public until further notice,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs The modern Arab State is gone, rejected by the vast majority of the populace. Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon are no more, and Jordan and Yemen are not far behind. In their place there have emerged entities based on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Germany concealed a list of companies that helped Syria’s chemical weapons program. A leading German publication asserted that the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel has refused to release a list of German companies suspected of supplying Syria’s CW program. The weekly Der Spiegel said Berlin received the list from the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The United States pressed Argentina to end its investigation of Iranian complicity in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in which nearly 100 people were killed. Western diplomatic sources said the administration of President Barack Obama urged Argentina on several occasions to either stop or limit the investigation into […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has reported the killing of a general in an Israeli air strike on the Syrian portion of the Golan Heights which also killed a Hizbullah commander. Officials said an Israeli attack helicopter fired two air-to-ground missiles on a Hizbullah convoy on Jan. 18. They said seven people were killed, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Israel Air Force has killed a top Hizbullah commander. The air force was said to have fired air-to-ground missiles that killed Jihad Mughniyeh on Jan. 18 near the village of Mizrat Al Amal. Mughniyeh was identified as Hizbullah’s commander in the Syrian portion of the Golan Heights. “They were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Iran’s chief for Iraq has said to have been seriously injured in an attack by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Iraqi sources asserted that a commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was the target of a suicide bombing by ISIL in January 2015. The sources said IRGC-Quds […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas warned that the Gaza Strip could turn into a base for what was termed terrorism. A senior official said Hamas would be unable to stop the transformation of the Gaza Strip into a recruitment center for what he termed “terrorism and extremism.” The official, Khalil Al Haya, urged […]