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 WASHINGTON — The United States has been preparing to evacuate its diplomats and troops from Yemen. Officials said the Defense Department has ordered the deployment of ships to rescue an estimated 1,000 U.S. personnel from Yemen. They said two U.S. Navy warships were already on standby in the Red Sea close to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Shi’ite rebels appear to have completed their seizure of the the government in Yemen. Yemeni sources said Ansar Allah captured the palace of President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. They said the Shi’ite rebels, also called Al Houthis and trained and equipped by Teheran, defeated hundreds of troops who guarded the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — More than a million people along with forty-four world leaders rallied in Paris to proclaim liberty and call for press freedoms in the wake of the radical Islamist media massacre and subsequent terror attacks. The rallies were the biggest since the liberation of Paris from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The European Union has determined that 5,000 nationals have been transformed into jihad fighters linked to Al Qaida and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The EU police force, Eupol, assessed that as many as 5,000 Europeans fought with ISIL or Al Qaida’s ISIL in Syria. Officials said many of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Fred Fleitz The attacks in Paris are more serious than the Obama Administration will say. Some experts interpreted initial reports that the attacks last week by jihadi gunmen in Paris were conducted on behalf of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) as a sign of competition between officially sanctioned Al […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has failed in consecutive hostage rescue operations in Yemen. The administration of President Barack Obama acknowledged that the target of at least two U.S. hostage rescue operations was killed during a commando raid against Al Qaida in southeastern Yemen. The administration confirmed that journalist Luke Somers as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Al Qaida has claimed an attack on the U.S. embassy in Yemen. Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula said two bombs were detonated outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa. AQAP said the attack at the entrance of the embassy took place on late Nov. 27. In a message on Twitter, […]