Special to WorldTribune.com Russia escalated its military operations in Syria in a big way on Oct. 7 as it launched missiles from its warships in the Caspian Sea to support a ground offensive aimed at foes of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Moscow claimed the offensive targeted Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), but the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Moscow insists that its air strikes in Syria have targeted Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and aren’t being used against rebels fighting the Bashar Assad regime. Russia’s defense ministry said it launched a second day of air strikes in Syria on Oct. 1 which destroyed an ISIL ammunition depot and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Russia’s deployment of fighter jets and surface-to-air missiles to Syria “raises serious questions.” As pointed out by more than one Republican candidate at the 2nd GOP debate on Sept. 16, there should be no mystery about Russia’s interest in Syria. Moscow’s Putin is demonstrating that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russian hackers are “strongly suspected” of launching a July 25 cyberattack on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff e-mail system, according to U.S. Defense Department officials. The cyberattack affected about 4,000 Defense Department personnel and took the Joint Staff e-mail system offline for two weeks, officials said. “The incident bore the hallmark of a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Gen. John Allen, special envoy to the U.S.-led coalition fighting jihadists, said Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) must be defeated or its unprecedented brand of “depravity and brutality” will “wreak havoc on the progress of humanity.” In a keynote speech to the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar on June […]
Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has called on China to stop construction on artificial islands in the South China Sea as U.S. surveillance showed Chinese artillery positioned on one of the islands. Carter said on May 27 that China’s action of reclaiming 2,000 acres of land where military bases are being built […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Tunisia and the United States is conducting their annual review of defense cooperation. Officials said the Defense Department led a U.S. dialogue with Tunisia in an effort to determine the military requirements of the North African state. The United States and Tunisia Joint Military Commission, which began proceedings on May […]