Special to WorldTribune.com A group of women being held hostage by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) were executed for refusing to have sex with the group’s fighters, a Kurdish official said. A spokesman for the Kurdish Democratic Party told Iraqi News that ISIL executed 19 women who were being held hostage at the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Egypt’s military has been torturing civilians, human rights groups said. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said that the Egyptian military was concealing civilians in secret prisons as part of its stepped up war on terrorism. In evidence collected from former detainees, the two Western human rights groups said at […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Egypt’s huge security forces lack accountability amid their killing and maiming of pro-democracy protesters, a report said. Amnesty International said Egypt’s police and Central Security Forces have been given a free hand in shooting and driving armored vehicles into pro-democracy protesters. The London-based human rights group said the Interior Ministry […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian opposition says the regime of President Bashar Assad was using advanced munitions against Sunni rebel strongholds. Opposition sources said the Syrian Army was dropping so-called fuel-air bombs on rebel-held areas in northern Syria. The sources said the bomb, also known as thermobaric, was designed to produce a large […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Egypt and Israel have joined their militaries to prevent the flow of African migrants. Human rights activists said Egypt’s military was coordinating to stop Eritrean and Sudanese migrants from crossing the border into Israel. They said the Egyptian Army allowed Israeli troops to capture the migrants in the Sinai […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s military regime has warned against talking to foreigners. The regime ordered the production and broadcast of television advertisements that suggested that Egypt was being inundated by foreign spies. The public service announcements warned Egyptians against talking to foreigners, particularly those who appeared to be Western. “Every word comes with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libya, in another move by the interim government to consolidate power, has outlawed support for the late Col. Moammar Gadhafi. The ruling National Transitional Council has issued a law that could imprison anybody who expresses support for Gadhafi or his former regime. The law marked one of a series of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to resume military exports to Egypt. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has concluded that the U.S. crisis with Egypt has ended and the military regime in Cairo is cooperating with Washington. The expected administration waiver has angered human rights groups. They said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — China and Russia remain the largest military suppliers to Sudan and have been fueling the war with the newly-established South Sudan, a report said. Amnesty International said the Khartoum regime was using Chinese and Russian weapons for the offensive against South Sudan as well as in the western province of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Egypt, a leading Arab ally of the United States, has been identified as a military supplier of Syria, a report said. Amnesty International said Egypt was one of more than a dozen military suppliers to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a report, Amnesty said Egypt’s defense industry […]