Fugitives: Turkey sent ISIL insurgents to Marseille while French police waited at Paris airport

Fugitives: Turkey sent ISIL insurgents to Marseille while French police waited at Paris airport

Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The French interior minister held talks here after Turkey sent three insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq and then Levant to Marseille rather than Paris allowing them to escape. NATO has expressed increasing concern over the use of Turkey by the ISIL. Ankara has been the only NATO member […]

French incursion seen boosting Israel’s ties with Mali

French incursion seen boosting Israel’s ties with Mali

Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has encountered an opportunity to improve its relations with war-torn Mali, a report said. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies said France’s military intervention in Mali could facilitate an Israeli entry into the African country. In a report, author Emmanuel Navon asserted that Israel could also use the […]

Breakthrough: Algeria, Morocco to share intel on Al Qaida

Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algeria and Morocco have signed their first intelligence accord. The two North African neighbors have signed an agreement to exchange intelligence on insurgency financing. The accord would commit the financial intelligence units of both countries to also exchange information on suspected money laundering and orgnaized crime. Officials said the agreement […]

Report: Egypt, France, India supplied arms to Syria

Report: Egypt, France, India supplied arms to Syria

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 […]