Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs Israeli-Russian strategic cooperation, already good, was markedly improving in early October 2015. The primary impediment to this improvement had been the incessant pressure put by the U.S. Barack Obama White House on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Consequently, time […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Aug. 11, 2015: The Obama administration made a “willful decision” to arm terror organizations in Syria that led to the rise of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) chief Michael Flynn said. Flynn said that, despite warnings from top officials, President Barack Obama’s decision to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs JERUSALEM — Israel and Turkey on Dec. 17 resumed formal diplomatic relations, but it was only under massive and consistent pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The cost to Israel has already been immense in terms […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Afghan affiliate of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has become “operationally active,” launching attacks on Afghan security forces while also battling the Taliban for territory, the Pentagon reported on Dec. 15. The affiliate, known as Khorasan Province (IS-KP), has recruited more jihadists and increased its presence in Afghanistan since […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct Russian President Vladimir Putin, once derided by Barack Obama as presiding over a “regional power,” is demonstrating Russia’s global reach not only in Syria and Ukraine but with new economic and political initiatives involving Pakistan. Putin was in Islamabad, this fall meeting with senior Pakistani officials to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Obama administration continues to say it is conducting a “serious review” of reports that Iran conducted another ballistic missile test. A U.S. official confirmed the Nov. 21 test of a nuclear-capable Ghadr-110 mid-range missile, AP reported on Dec. 8. Such a test would be a violation by Iran of UN Security […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Sens. Jeff Sessions and Ted Cruz have demanded the Obama administration release the immigration histories of the terrorists who killed 14 in San Bernardino, California on Dec. 2. “A response is not only long overdue, but urgent in light of a series of assaults, including: the heinous attacks in San Bernardino, California, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com China’s government is now saying it not only wasn’t responsible for the cyberattack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and has arrested at least one of the hackers who carried out the attack. The claim was made by state-run Xinhua news agency in a report on Dec. 2. The report […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Some of those who pursue a lifetime career in the 17 intelligence sectors of our armed forces and the civilian agencies promulgate a good deal of goobledegook. As in all highly touted [and relatively highly compensated] professions, it is part of “protecting” the turf. But if truth were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Five Syrian nationals were taken into custody by U.S. Customs agents on Nov. 20 as they attempted to cross the border at Laredo, Texas. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the five stopped on Nov. 20 brought the total for the week to 13 Syrians stopped at the Laredo crossing. The […]