Special to WorldTribune.com The commander of the army of Libya’s internationally recognized government has led the effort to drive Islamists out of Benghazi for nearly a year. For his efforts, Gen. Khalifa Haftar has now been accused by the United Nations of deliberately trying to sabotage peace talks with what they referred to as a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. President Barack Obama bears the brunt of the blame for the current migrant crisis in Europe, according to several lawmakers as well as many refugees attempting to make it Europe. Iraqi Rzgar Abdul, currently housed in a Hungarian refugee camp, blamed the U.S. for pulling out of Iraq too soon. “Iraq’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russia and Iran are coordinating the dispatch of military forces to Syria in an effort to save the regime of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have sent hundreds of soldiers to Syria and Iran also coordinated with Moscow as Russian logistics military logistics forces began arriving […]
Special to WorldTribune.com American intelligence officials say Russia is constructing facilities at a military base in the Syrian port city of Latakia. The officials reported that Moscow has constructed an air traffic control tower and transported prefabricated housing units for up to 1,000 personnel to an airfield in Latakia, one of the key remaining strongholds […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egyptian security forces in a two-day span killed 56 jihadists of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) affiliate in a “major military operation” in north Sinai. Egypt’s army said the operation against the Sinai Province terrorists was launched on Sept. 6 to “eliminate terrorist elements” around the towns of Rafah, Sheikh […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Greek Coast Guard seized a ship carrying an undeclared shipment of weapons en route from Turkey to Libya. Greek officials said the Bolivia-flagged freighter, MV Haddad-1, left the Turkish port of of Iskenderun with some 5,000 rifles. “The ship had set sail from Turkey bound for Libya, with a declared cargo […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A Yazidi folk singer has formed an all-female fighting unit which aims to take revenge on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) terrorists who executed, raped and drove thousands of Yazidis from their homes. The “Sun Girls” battalion was formed by 30-year-old Yazidi singer Xate Shingali, who was given permission by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has executed an antiquities scholar who refused to reveal to the terrorists where valuable Palmyra antiquities were being hidden. ISIL militants beheaded Khaled al-Asaad, 82, a renowned antiquities scholar in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and hung his body on a Roman column in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The United States is considering pulling its force of lightly-armed peacekeepers in Egypt, fearing they could become easy targets for Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and other jihadists who have a large presence in northern Sinai. The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) have been present in the Sinai since Egypt’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The United Nations Security Council on Aug. 17 backed a plan put forward by Russia to end the four-year civil war in Syria. The proposal adopted by Moscow, one of Bashar Assad’s few remaining allies, and 14 other UN member states, calls for a new push for peace talks, a “political transition” […]