Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas, desperate for new allies, has ended its crackdown on Al Qaida-aligned militias financed by Qatar. Palestinian sources said the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip has released scores of Al Qaida-aligned militia members, known as Salafists. The sources said the restrictions on the militias were eased amid Hamas’ […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The European Union has been mulling a withdrawal from the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon. Western diplomatic sources said several EU states have been negotiating with Lebanon to bolster security for their contingents in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon. The sources said the European contingents have been alarmed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has expanded support for Sunni rebels in Syria. Western diplomatic sources asserted that the administration of President Barack Obama ordered an expansion of pro-rebel operations against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. They said the administration has directed the CIA to train Syrian rebels in neighboring […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels, restricted by Arab sponsors, have run low on ammunition amid the offensive by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Rebel sources said their leading supporters — Qatar and Saudi Arabia — have withheld supplies of ammunition and other military equipment in 2013. They said the two Gulf […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has failed to find the mountain bases of Al Qaida-aligned militias in the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian security sources said Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Sisi called off plans for a massive search for Islamic insurgents in the Halal mountains in Sinai. The sources said Sisi, supported by his new military […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Civil war in Syria would endanger U.S. national security, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy asserted that Washington’s policy against military intervention assured the widening of the civil war in Syria. The institute, in a report by executive director Robert Satloff, raised the prospect that President […]