Special to WorldTribune.com Though they may be on opposing sides on the battlefields of Syria and Iraq, Iran and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) share the same ultimate goal in seeking the destruction of Western values, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.. At a July 7 speech in Jerusalem marking 111 years since […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu responded to reports of an increased military presence at the border with Syria by saying unilateral intervention on Turkey’s part was “out of the question.” The Anadolu news agency on July 1 reported the Turkish army sent a convoy of tanks, armored vehicles and three busloads of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Houthi rebels unleashed a rocket attack on Aden that killed 20 civilians and wounded 41 on July 1. The Iran-backed forces fired 15 Katyusha rockets at the Al-Mansura district of Aden, controlled by forces loyal to Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, according to AFP. The attack came 12 days after peace […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt’s chief prosecutor, who had handed down death sentences to hundreds of supporters of Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, was killed in a car bomb attack in Cairo on June 29. Officials said Hisham Barakat, 64, died of injuries sustained when a parked car was remotely detonated as the prosecutor’s motorcade […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russian President Vladimir Putin said U.S. President Barack Obama’s strategy to counter Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Iraq has been “lamentable” and resulted in “tragic” consequences. “The United States supports Iraq, supports … the army. With two or three strikes ISIL has captured so many arms … (that) now […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt continued its battle against insurgents in North Sinai on June 17 as security forces foiled an attack, killed seven militants and destroyed a cache of weapons. Islamists in North Sinai have killed hundreds of Egyptian police and soldiers since the overthrow of the pro-Muslim Brotherhood regime of Mohammed Morsi in 2013. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jihadists could endanger airline security throughout the Middle East and North Africa according to a new report. A June 10 report by the Small Arms Survey based in Geneva said Islamists may have acquired more advanced versions of the lightweight, easy-to-use man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS). The MANPADS which were looted […]
Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. President Barack Obama referred early last year to Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) as a JV team. ISIL’s subsequent rampage through Iraq and Syria proved Obama wrong, but analysts cited by a McClatchyDC report think the worst has yet to come. “The conditions are very much like 1914,” said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egyptian officials suspect Sinai loyalists of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) set off a bomb near the ancient Luxor temple of Karnak on June 10. Egypt’s interior ministry said two gunmen were killed and a third was being treated for his injuries. The ministry said some bystanders were injured in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkey’s government reported that 3,337 Syrians had crossed into Turkey from Syria since June 3 amid heavy fighting between Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish forces. The Kurds are attempting to push ISIL out of Tel Abyad in Syria’s Hassakah province which is close to Turkey’s border town of […]