Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Russian Navy has sent warships to Syria. The Russian Navy has sent at least three ships led by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier to the Syrian port of Tartous. The naval delegation was led by Cmdr. Yakushin Vladimir Anatolievich in what was reported to have been a non-combat mission […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The regime of President Bashar Assad has again been struck by a mass-casualty suicide strike. The Assad regime has acknowledged that a police bus was bombed by a suicide attacker in Damascus on Jan. 6. Officials reported 26 dead and 63 injured in the attack in downtown Damascus. “The type […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Rebels are preparing for a major offensive against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Free Syrian Army said it was planning a major offensive against Assad that could begin as early as Jan. 8. FSA, based in Turkey and which claims a force of 20,000, said its unilateral […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Monday, August 1, 2011 NICOSIA — Iran, stressing its strategic interests, has warned Turkey to end intervention in Syria. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has issued a harsh warning to Turkey to end activities in Syria. In an article in IRGC’s weekly Sobh’eh Sadegh, the elite military force asserted that Turkish forces […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Wednesday, August 3, 2011 NICOSIA — The Lebanese government, amid the decline of its Syrian mentor, has lost control over much of the country. Opposition sources said the government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati has lost control over the military and security services. They said the pro-Hizbullah government has watched how Iran […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Rebels have begun targeting Iranians in Syria amid a sharp escalation in bloodshed in the war against President Bashar Assad. Syrian rebels abducted five Iranians in the central region on Dec. 20. Meanwhile, the Syrian opposition reported the death of 111 people — 250 over 48 hours — in attacks […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The regime of President Bashar Assad has displayed its new Russian-origin weapons during a military exercise. Western diplomats said Assad’s military fired new missiles and other weapons acquired from Moscow in late 2011 during an exercise that took place on Dec. 20. They said the new weapons included the P-800 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia has delivered an advanced surface-to-surface rocket to Syria. Russian sources said the Kremlin has approved the transfer of the Iskander-E rocket to the regime of President Bashar Assad. They said nearly 100 Iskander rockets arrived in Syria in November as part of Moscow’s determination to bolster Damascus. “These missiles […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The regime of President Bashar Assad has ordered the military to escalate attacks on protesters and provided troops with guidelines on how many dissidents to kill, a human rights group said. Human Rights Watch asserted that the Assad regime has ordered the military to kill civilians during every protest. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Syria’s regime-aligned elite has been stashing its fortune abroad to prepare for a hasty exile, an opposition group said. The Reform Party in Syria reported that at least 100 of Syria’s financial elite have been moving their assets abroad to prepare for the collapse of the regime of President Bashar […]