By World Tribune Staff on May 17, 2016 Jordanians for the first time are being allowed to take jobs in Israel as part of a new pilot program. About 700 Jordanians have recently found employment in Israel, The Washington Post reported on May 16. The program between Israel and Jordan will allow 1,500 Jordanians to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com President Abdul Fatah Sisi’s overhaul of Egypt’s education system will include, for the first time, fact-based instruction on the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. A report by Army Radio on Feb. 17 said the new curriculum pushed by Sisi “does not stray into the aggressive, biased characterizations of Israel as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. and Japanese naval forces recently joined together for a tactical simulation dealing with an emergency in the Senkaku Islands. In the emergency scenario, a large number of ships that appear to be Chinese fishing boats sail to the islands and men posing as fishermen then go ashore. U.S. and Japanese officers […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has demonstrated anti-aircraft capabilities in Syria. The Syrian opposition said ISIL shot down a Syrian fighter jet over the northern city of Raqqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights did not identify either the warplane or the anti-aircraft battery deployed by ISIL. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — At a seminar, former CIA deputy director Michael Morell said Egypt was struggling to eliminate Al Qaida from Sinai. In an address to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Morell, who retired from the agency in 2013, said Al Qaida was spreading throughout the Middle East and for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations has been examining a ban on lethal robots, including combat unmanned aerial vehicles. On May 16, the UN concluded a four-day convention on lethal autonomous weapons systems used by such countries as Israel and the United States. The parley in Geneva, Switzerland marked the first formal effort […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Saudi Arabia has displayed intermediate-range ballistic missiles procured from China nearly 30 years ago and maintained with Pakistani assistance. The Saudi military exhibited the CSS-2 missiles, designed to strike targets at a distance of up to 2,650 kilometers at a ceremony that ended the Abdullah Sword exercise on April 29. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Egypt has participated in its first Gulf Cooperation Council exercise. Officials said Egypt has contributed personnel and equipment for the so-called Basic Connectivity Exercise. The exercise began on April 27 in Bahrain. “The exercise takes place within the framework of training plans for the Royal Air Force of Bahrain, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has reported an air confrontation with Russia. The Turkish military said the Air Force intercepted a Russian aircraft over the Black Sea on Oct. 22. The military identified the Russian aircraft as the Ilyushin Il-20 air transport, said to have been flying near the Turkish coast. “Two F-16 jets […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey, under Western pressure to stop aiding Al Qaida-aligned militias in Syria, has attacked the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The statement on Oct. 16 marked the first time Turkey reported an attack on ISIL, said to be the fastest growing and most powerful militia in northern Syria. Western […]