Special to WorldTribune.com Libya could become “another Somalia” if the country’s two rival governments fail to reach a peace agreement, Italy’s foreign minister said in a joint statement with the U.S. and European allies. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said time was running out on hopes for peace and “we will find ourselves with another Somalia […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The White House on Aug. 18, 2011 released a written statement from President Barack Obama: “For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President (Bashar) Assad to step aside.” Four years later, Assad remains in power with the backing of Iran’s terror proxy Hizbullah, Obama’s weak policy has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty German military observers in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region say Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) fighters appear to have used chlorine gas shells to attack Kurdish forces. A German intelligence unit in the Kurdish region’s capital, Irbil, told the German newspaper Bild that the apparent […]
Special to WorldTribune.com United Arab Emirates will hold a mass trial for 41 suspects accused of attempting to overthrow the government and set up an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL)-type caliphate. Prosecutors said on Aug. 2 that the suspects, who include Emiratis as well as foreigners, are accused of setting up a group […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Christianity may be on the verge of vanishing from the region of its birth. According to a report in Christianity Today, Christians are targeted for the worst religious persecution in the Middle East in over one thousand years. Christians are facing relentless persecution on several fronts, including the ongoing civil war in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Turkey and the United States have been discussing plans to try to rout Islamic State of Iraq and Levant militants from Syrian territory along the Turkish border, creating a safe haven for thousands of Syrian refugees and cutting off the militant group’s main route for getting […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has expanded its business empire. Visitors to Mosul can now purchase trinkets of terrorism at ISIL’s new souvenir shop. Photos taken from Arabic social media sites on July 26 revealed a shop filled not only with the standard tourist gear, such as ISIL flags, but […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As threats from jihadist groups such as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) rise, nations in the Middle East and North Africa are increasingly fortifying their borders with fences and walls. “The Middle East and North Africa is now the most walled region in the world,” according to Said Saddiki, a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty “I love my mom very much…. When I start to think about my mother, my God, it’s as if my heart is breaking.” These words are from the opening lines of a post shared by Russian-speaking fighters for the militant group Islamic State […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A post slamming “jihadi brides” for romanticizing what it is like to live in territory in Syria and Iraq controlled by the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has spread across Russian-speaking ISIL accounts on social media. The post seems […]