Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah has launched an unmanned aerial vehicle strike in Syria. Iran said several armed UAVs targeted Al Qaida’s Nusra Front for the Defense of the Levant along the Syrian border with Lebanon. The UAV strike is said to have killed or injured Nusra fighters around the northeastern border […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com LONDON — Here’s how the Sunni world views the so-called U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant: Washington will form an unofficial alliance with Iran in the Middle East and rehabilitate Syria’s Assad. ISIL will attack the weakest Middle East members of the coalition, particularly Saudi Arabia. The bottom […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey, faced with insurgency infiltration from at least three neighbors, has sought to invest in homeland security. Officials said President Recep Erdogan has approved plans to expand procurement of systems that would protect critical facilities in Turkey from guided missiles. They said the Defense Industry Undersecretariat, or SSM, has already issued […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has prioritized a project to build a high tech barrier along the border with Jordan. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was seeking resources to complete a barrier of some 400 kilometers that would block infiltration from the Hashemite kingdom. They said the barrier, equipped with […]
By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com WASHINGTON — The debate is so familiar. Should the United States plunge into a war in a region about which all too little is really understood? President Obama, having foresworn war, now is edging into a conflagration in Syria and Iraq that is sure to go on for years and may […]
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 […]
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 JERUSALEM — Israel has warned its citizens of the prospect of attacks abroad. The National Security Council has issued a travel warning that raised the prospect of attacks in Asia, Europe and the Middle East in wake of the Israeli war with Hamas in July and August 2014. The council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — France has begun conducting air operations over Iraq. Officials said the French Air Force carried out its first reconnaissance operations over northern Iraq. They said the missions began on Sept. 15 in support of the U.S.-led war against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. “This very morning, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has pledged a more aggressive military deployment in Iraq. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has approved a more than 50 percent increase in the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. The officials said the troops would engage in training and mentoring of Iraqi military […]