Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, after withholding military aid for more than a year, has granted a reprieve to Egypt. Congress has passed a spending bill that revises U.S. civilian and military assistance to Egypt. Under the omnibus spending package for fiscal 2015, the House and Senate allowed the administration of President […]
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 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — UAE police have arrested a woman on suspicion of stabbing to death an American teacher in a shopping mall in Abu Dhabi. The suspect, who lives in Abu Dhabi and was seen on surveillance cameras completely covered, was said to have later planted a bomb outside the apartment of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — An American woman was killed in a suspected Islamic State of Iraq and Levant attack in the United Arab Emirates. Officials said a 37-year-old American woman was stabbed to death in Abu Dhabi’s Reem Island on Dec. 1. They said the attack took place in a women’s restroom of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com New age religion: The road to universal happiness passes through the creation of the Palestinian State. By Alexander Maistrovoy Right after taking office, Federica Mogherini, the new EU foreign minister, said she “would be happy if by the end of my term, a Palestinian state existed”. The solution to the acutely painful […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Gulf Arab partners have conducted a tiny portion of air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Officials said Arab partners have conducted less than 15 percent of air strikes on ISIL in Iraq and Syria. They said such Arab partners as Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has banned scores of insurgency groups, many of them affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood or Hizbullah. The exception was the Palestinian movement Hamas, deemed a branch of the Egyptian-based Brotherhood. The UAE also banned a leading Islamist lobbyist in the United States. The lobbyist was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States is working to expand coalition operations against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The military’s Central Command has launched a military planning conference to determine doctrine and methods to defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria. The U.S. military is consulting with Arab and NATO participants on ways […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has stopped providing details of Arab participation in the coalition against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Officials said Arab partners in the coalition against ISIL no longer wanted Washington to release details of their operations. They said such countries as Jordan and Saudi Arabia sought to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates has signed an accord to send the first Arab spacecraft to Mars. The UAE Space Agency and the Emirates Institute for Advanced Science and Technology inked a seven-year accord to build a probe that would reach and explore Mars. Officials said the UAE accord, signed […]