Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has reported continued Saudi participation in air strikes on Syria. Officials said Saudi Arabia was a leading contributor to the U.S.-led air strikes on Iraq and Syria. The officials said the Royal Saudi Air Force was sending U.S.-origin F-15 fighter-jets in operations against Islamic State of Iraq […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is believed to be preparing a massive assault on Baghdad. Officials said the Iraqi intelligence community, backed by help from the United States, detected ISIL preparations for an invasion of Baghdad over the next few months. The officials said ISIL was amassing thousands […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — U.S.-led air strikes, regardless of frequency, remain insufficient in stopping Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, a report said. The Lexington Institute asserted that the U.S.-led air campaign against ISIL failed to force a withdrawal from Iraq and Syria. In a report, Lexington said the air strikes must be combined […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States said Arab militaries have joined in operations against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Officials said at least five Arab states participated or supported air strikes against ISIL in Syria on late Sept. 22. The officials said Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Less than three years after its withdrawal, the United States has encountered significant obstacles in resuming training and coordination with Iraq’s military. Officials said the Defense Department and Joint Chiefs of Staff have concluded that 50 percent of Iraq’s military was incapable of working with U.S. advisers to stop Islamic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been preparing to expand its military role in Iraq and Syria. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has drafted plans for combat operations in both Iraq and Syria as part of the war against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. They said Washington would […]
By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Speaking in the somber shadow of the September 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America in 2001, President Barack Obama sought to stake out an ambitious military and political strategy to degrade and defeat the new surge of Middle Eastern terrorism now sweeping Iraq and Syria. Yet […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been examining the feasibility of additional attacks on Al Qaida strongholds in Syria. Officials said President Barack Obama authorized air reconnaissance operations over Syria and was examining the prospect of additional attacks on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. They said the operations, drafted by […]
By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com History is full of such twists, turn and reversals. What are we to think of an American four-star general, medals and ribbons dripping from his chest, showing up in Hanoi talking up the idea of the U.S. shipping arms to the regime that dealt the U.S. the worst humiliation in U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has established a military presence in Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan. Officials said the Defense Department has overseen the arrival of more than 100 U.S. soldiers in Irbil, the capital of Kurdistan. They said the special operations force troops established a joint operations center with the Iraqi […]