‘Increased threats’: U.S. issues terror warning for travel to Turkey, Tunisia

‘Increased threats’: U.S. issues terror warning for travel to Turkey, Tunisia

Special to WorldTribune.com The U.S. State Department has in the past week warned U.S. citizens against travel to Turkey and Tunisia amid rising terrorist threats. On March 29, the State Department warned of “increased threats from terrorist groups throughout Turkey and to avoid travel to southeastern Turkey” near the Syrian border. Family members of U.S. […]

From Arab winter to Persian spring?

From Arab winter to Persian spring?

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Five years after the onset of the pro-democracy revolts against authoritarian rulers in much of the Middle East, the heady warm breezes of the Arab Spring have been replaced with swirling ill winds sweeping the region from Tunisia to Iraq. Governments were toppled, chaos ensued, […]

Two soldiers killed in Tunisia days after Nobel Peace Prize

Two soldiers killed in Tunisia days after Nobel Peace Prize

Special to WorldTribune.com Two Tunisian soldiers were killed in clashes with Al Qaida-aligned jihadists near the Algerian border on Oct. 12. Tunisia’s defense ministry said three more soldiers were wounded in the battle with members of the Oqba Ibnou Nafaa brigade. The attack occurred just days after Tunisian mediators were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize […]

Slaughter in Tunisia spurs British to prioritize counter-terrorism

Slaughter in Tunisia spurs British to prioritize counter-terrorism

Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct Stung by the death last month of 30 Britons among 38 murdered while on holiday at a beach resort in Sousse, Tunisia at the hands of Islamic extremists, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced his government is taking several new measures to fight terrorism. At the heart […]

Middle East-North Africa now ‘most walled region in the world’

Middle East-North Africa now ‘most walled region in the world’

Special to WorldTribune.com As threats from jihadist groups such as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) rise, nations in the Middle East and North Africa are increasingly fortifying their borders with fences and walls. “The Middle East and North Africa is now the most walled region in the world,” according to Said Saddiki, a […]

Bloody Friday: Last week in France and Tunisia, next week closer to home?

Bloody Friday: Last week in France and Tunisia, next week closer to home?

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler PARIS — “Terrorism: the Shockwave of Bloody Friday,” headlined the French daily Le Monde, after a series of deadly, coordinated, and barbaric attacks by radical Islamists on three continents. The massacre of twenty-eight European (mostly British) tourists in Tunisia at a beach resort, the grisly beheading of a […]

Tunisia fires top security officials after ISIL attack on museum

Tunisia fires top security officials after ISIL attack on museum

Special to WorldTribune.com Tunisia’s prime minister fired his government’s top security officials after gunmen linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) struck at a Tunis museum, and killed 21, of which 20 were foreign tourists. The two attackers were identified by security officials as Tunisians in their 20s who had been trained […]

Post-Gadhafi Libya now a jihadist springboard backed by Iran, Qatar, Sudan and Turkey

Post-Gadhafi Libya now a jihadist springboard backed by Iran, Qatar, Sudan and Turkey

Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs The consolidation of a self-proclaimed Caliphate in eastern Libya provides the jihadist camp with springboard into Africa and southern Europe. That strategic thrust, supported strongly by Qatar, Sudan, Iran, and Turkey, has already begun, and highlights the transformation of […]

Tunis captures 32 ISIL veterans, Al Qaida operatives

Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia has foiled what officials termed a vast insurgency plot targeting the military by returning fighters. About 3,000 Tunisians are said to be fighting for ISIL and Nusra in Syria. Officials said security forces captured 32 operatives linked to Al Qaida over the last few days. They said some of […]

Rival Libyan governments fight to control border with Tunisia

Rival Libyan governments fight to control border with Tunisia

Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libya’s rival governments, backed by different states in the region have been fighting for control over the border with Tunisia. A government led by Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thini has ordered military strikes near the Tunisian border. Thini, expelled from Tripoli by the rival Libyan Dawn movement, has been recognized […]

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