Special to WorldTribune.com French, British and U.S. special forces are carrying out covert missions on the ground in Libya against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a Feb. 24 report said. French President Francois Hollande approved “unofficial military action” by special operations forces and the DGSE intelligence agency, according to a Le Monde report. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) threatened to “strike America at its center in Washington,” in a video released on Nov. 16. The video began with footage from the Nov. 15 terror attacks in Paris and followed with a message to nations taking part in air strikes in Syria, which ISIL […]
Special to WorldTribune.com France’s support for moderate Syrian rebel groups contributed to the “spread of terrorism” that led to the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Syrian President Bashar Assad said. “The terrorist attacks that targeted the French capital Paris cannot be separated from what happened in the Lebanese […]
Special to WorldTribune.com France and the UK are calling on Russia to focus its air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) instead of moderate rebels opposed to the Assad regime. Britain’s defense ministry said on Oct. 4 that a mere five percent of Russian strikes last week were aimed at ISIL targets. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt will purchase a pair of helicopter-carrying warships which France had built for Russia. France canceled what would have been the largest arms sale ever by a NATO state to Russia in protest after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. President Francois Hollande and Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi “have agreed on the principle […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Three Americans and a Briton who stopped a jihadist who had opened fire on a crowded train were presented France’s top honor on Aug. 24. French President Francois Hollande hailed the four men as heroes as he awarded them the Legion d’Honneur medal. “Your heroism should be an example and a source […]
By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Presidents, prime ministers, kings and potentates are gathering in New York for the 69th General Assembly of the UN. But as diplomats come together for the annual general debate which begins on Sept. 24, there’s a cloud of political and social unease greeting delegations from the 193 member […]
ST. NAZAIRE, France — Far from the sputtering conflict, the war of words, and the diplomatic jousting between Russia and the West over the future sovereignty of Ukraine, there’s a lucrative business deal unfolding in the French Atlantic port of St. Nazaire. There amid the construction cranes and buzzing machine shops of one of France’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Gregory R. Copley, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The global strategic framework has changed beyond recognition in the past decade, even if the majority of the world’s population cannot grasp it. The face of Africa, however, is changing as we watch, and will transform beyond recognition within the coming few years. As with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — France has become the latest European Union member to capture an Al Qaida-aligned recruitment cell. Officials said authorities arrested four suspects in an Al Qaida-aligned recruitment effort for the war in Syria. The officials said the network was trying to send hundreds of French nationals to fight the regime of […]