Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libyan militias have for the third time in June targeted foreign diplomats as part of the battle with the interim government in Tripoli. On June 18, a Libyan militia attacked the Tunisian consulate in Benghazi. Officials said Libyan security forces responded and drove away the attackers, identified as the Partisans […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israeli authorities investigating links between African infiltrators and Islamic insurgency groups in Egypt have acknowledged the arrest of an Eritrean national. On June 13, an Israeli court released information on the arrest of Kabari Gabriosus, a 22-year-old migrant from Eritrea and resident of Tel Aviv. “The material submitted by the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iraq, mired in political stalemate, fears that Cabinet ministers and senior officials would become targets of Sunni and Shi’ite militias. Officials and parliamentarians agreed that Iraq’s political stalemate regarding Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki could spark another civil war. They said threats against leading politicians and commanders were increasing over […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S.-led monitoring force in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has been increasingly hampered by an Al Qaida-aligned insurgency threat, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that the Multinational Force and Observers were coming under constant attack by Bedouin militias linked to Al Qaida and the Hamas […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sumantra Maitra, FreePressers.com Over a hundred people, most of them children and women were bayoneted to a slow, systematic and horrific death ostensibly by pro-governmental forces in the Syrian city of Houla, a few days back. According to the UN Monitors, fewer than twenty people died from shelling and the others […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Brian M Downing, FreePressers.com President Obama whisked into Afghanistan unannounced, inked a somewhat nebulous yet significant agreement with Afghan president Hamid Karzai, then quickly returned home. It was an impressive diplomatic coup that guarantees an appreciable U.S. presence in the country over many years, for better or worse. Many regional powers […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The United States has significantly increased military aid to Tunisia. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has provided Tunisia with $32 million in military aid since January 2011 when President Zine El Abedin Bin Ali was overthrown. The officials said the assistance included training and equipment for the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The United States has made Saudi Arabians the most welcome of all foreigners. Diplomats said the State Department has provided guidelines that make Saudis the most likely to receive a visa to the United States. They said the visa approval rate is 94 percent, with the review period reduced […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian rebel movement has begun using powerful roadside bombs against forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. Syrian officials said Sunni rebels have acquired powerful improvised explosive devices similar to those used by Al Qaida in Iraq. They officials said the Damascus regime assessed that Al Qaida operatives from Iraq […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — In the first such attack in 2012, Bedouin gunmen have killed Egyptian police officers in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said at least two police officers were killed and three others injured in a Bedouin assault of a police checkpoint near the northern provincial capital of El Arish. They said […]