Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — Jordan has been revising its strategy amid Al Qaida’s takeover of much of neighboring Iraq, a report said. The Al Quds Center for Political Studies asserted that the Hashemite kingdom has been forced to draft a new regional strategy in wake of the takeover of northern Iraq by Islamic State […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The leading Kurdish insurgency movement has intervened to save its compatriots in Syria. The Kurdish Workers Party has sent nearly 1,000 fighters to stop an offensive by Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The party, known as PKK, sent fighters from Iraq through Turkey and into Syria […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Bahrain lawmakers have issued an alert about the work of Al Qaida recruiters for the war in Iraq and Syria. Officials said Al Qaida networks were offering young Muslims salaries and other benefits to join the war in Iraq and Syria. They said the recruitment was conducted for such […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has seized most of Syria’s crude oil sector. The Syrian opposition said ISIL gained control of more than 60 percent of Syrian oil production. The opposition said ISIL was pumping nearly 100,000 barrels per day in the provinces of Dir Al Zour and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Western fighters were believed to be joining Al Qaida’s network in Yemen. Officials said the U.S. intelligence community was tracking the flow of European and American recruits to Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. They said the Westerners were being mobilized by AQAP from the Sunni revolt in Syria. “In […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The International Atomic Energy Agency has acknowledged that nuclear material was stolen by Al Qaida in Iraq. IAEA has been informed by the Baghdad government of an Al Qaida raid of a nuclear site in northern Iraq. The UN nuclear energy agency was told that “terrorist group,” believed to be […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress is concerned that President Barack Obama has failed to draft a policy on Iraq. Leading members of Congress have expressed dismay over the rising U.S. military presence in Iraq. They said Obama was sending more advisers and troops to Iraq without determining U.S. goals amid the advance by Al […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has overcome military forces to reach the edge of the Iraqi capital. Security sources said ISIL, which now calls itself Islamic State, has reached the outskirts of Baghdad. They said ISIL units, attacking from three sides, were battling the Iraq Army within 15 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been on alert for a mass-casualty strike by Al Qaida. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama ordered an alert around major airports to protect against the arrival of Al Qaida operatives. Officials said the administration has been warned of an Al Qaida bombing of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has deployed 30,000 troops to the Iraqi border. A Saudi-owned satellite channel said the Saudi military deployed 30,000 soldiers to the Iraqi border. Al Arabiya television said the Saudi deployment came after the Iraq Army withdrew from the 800-kilometer southern border with the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom. […]