Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libya has again appealed for international assistance to protect its crude oil fields. Officials said Libya has sought Western and other assistance to defend critical facilities from Islamist militias. They said the most immediate militia threat was against the oil fields. “There are [possible] forms of international intervention particularly since […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — For the first time in years, Hizbullah strongholds have been attacked in Lebanon. Sunni gunners fired two BM-21 Grad rockets toward Hizbullah strongholds in Beirut on May 26. Officials said the rockets fell near a church in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. “This is an act of sabotage,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Islamist militias have renewed rocket fire from Egypt into Israel. Officials said Islamist gunners launched three Soviet-origin rockets from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula toward the southern Israeli port city of Eilat. On April 17, two of the BM-21 Grad rockets landed in a residential area of Eilat, but there were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Palestinian gunners from the Gaza Strip have reported striking central Israel. Iranian-sponsored missile and rocket squads have released details of the mini-war with Israel in March. The Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad said it demonstrated extended-range rocket capability by the military wing, called Quds Brigades. “The enemy knows that the Quds […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad has suffered a major setback by the Israeli assassination of five senior operatives. Palestinian sources said Israeli air strikes killed at least five senior Jihad operatives on Oct. 29. They said the most prominent of the casualties was identified as Ahmed Khalil, commander of Jihad’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime, a week after its prisoner exchange, has resumed rocket fire toward Israel. Palestinian gunners fired at least three extended-range BM-21 Grad rockets that reached the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Officials said the Chinese-origin rockets hit an open area outside the city on late Oct. 26 […]