Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels, denied sufficient supplies by the West, have been producing weapons in Syria. Arab diplomatic sources said rebel militias have been manufacturing light weapons and munitions throughout Syria. The sources said the production included that by the Western-backed Free Syrian Army. “It is a very primitive industry, but it […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian opposition has reported a horrific chemical weapons attack by the regime of President Bashar Assad. The opposition said at least 600 people were killed in CW operations by the Syrian Army. The attack on late Aug. 20 consisted of the firing of artillery shells tipped with CW warheads […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs In August 1995, Western governments, and particularly the Bill Clinton White House, were in great quandary. The negotiations with the Serbs were going well as President Slobodan Milosevic was demonstrating unprecedented flexibility and accepting virtually all the demands put forward by the West. Hence, […]