As Saudi-led air strikes hammered the Iran-backed Houthi rebels advancing in Yemen, Russia’s chief negotiator at the Iranian nuclear talks in Switzerland said Moscow hopes fighting in Yemen does not jeopardize the talks. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov assessed chances of achieving a deal are “more than 50/50.” but said the Gulf Arab states offensive […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says Arab leaders have agreed in principle to create a joint military force. Sisi said on March 29 that the force was needed because of the “great challenges facing our Arab nation and threatening its capabilities.” Arab representatives will meet over […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has praised military action against Yemen’s Houthi rebels in a phone call with Gulf Arab foreign ministers, while Iran and Iraq condemned the air strikes. An unnamed senior official at the State Department was quoted as saying on March 26 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As the Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi militia consolidated its control of Yemen’s capital over the weekend and continued its advance southward, the U.S. counter terrorism strategy for the nation is being seen for what it is — a failure. Praised just six months ago by President Barack Obama as a model for the new […]
Special to WorldTribune.com An Islamic preacher was leading congregants in a chant against America, Israel and Jews last week when a terrorist with the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant blew himself up in their midst. Some 142 people were killed and 351 were wounded in the attack at a Shi’ite mosque in Sanaa, Yemen […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthis militia have deployed Yemen’s air force for the first time this weekend as U.S. troops were reportedly being evacuated following the bloody Al Qaida bomb attacks at a mosque on March 20. Some 100 special forces troops, including Navy SEALs and Delta Force Army troops, were leaving the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The world is coming to resemble the 1930’s more and more. From Argentina to Yemen to Ukraine to Syria and Lebanon, entropy, the natural tendency of everything to disintegrate if there is no force to hold it together, is coming to dominate the international scene. In the natural world […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Jordan, under heavy domestic pressure, has sharply reduced air operations against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Diplomatic sources said the Hashemite kingdom has ordered a virtual suspension of air operations in the U.S.-led war against ISIL, Middle East Newsline reported. They said the Royal Jordanian Air Force stopped all […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Iranian-backed Shi’ite rebels continue to hold Yemen’s president and Cabinet hostage. Yemeni sources said Ansar Allah has placed the former government of President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi under house arrest, Middle East Newsline reported. Ansar, also known as Al Houthi, was said to be demanding the takeover of the military […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Fred Fleitz, for National Review Online Many in Congress and the news media were surprised by a recent CIA Accountability Board report that cleared CIA personnel of wrongdoing in last year’s spying-on-Congress scandal, a finding that contradicted a July 2014 report by the CIA Inspector General. However, a close reading of […]