Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO – Libya’s Abdullah al-Thani has threatened new joint air strikes with Egypt against the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Libya. Such strikes on ISIL sites in Derna were mounted Feb. 16 after ISIL released a video showing the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians, mostly Egyptians. Thani warned that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has warned against rapid development of Iraq’s military and security forces. The Defense Intelligence Agency assessed that the collapse of the Iraq Army and security forces would take years to overcome, Middle East Newsline reported. In an assessment submitted to Congress, DIA said Iraq continued to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel’s intelligence community has determined that Islamic State of Iraq and Levant was operating in the West Bank. The intelligence community has assessed that ISIL was operating in several cities under Palestinian Authority control. Officials said the Israel Security Agency and Military Intelligence determined that ISIL was recruiting Palestinians linked […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Gregory R. Copley, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Much has been spewed forth about the seemingly inexorable and sudden rise, steeped in blood, of a chimeric new “state”, the so-called Islamic Caliphate. It has occupied land seized from Syria and Iraq, both states conveniently presently divided, distracted, and ripe — at least for […]
UNITED NATIONS — Like a swirling and malevolent desert sandstorm, an Islamic jihadi terrorist movement is sweeping across northern Iraq. With decisive speed, lightning gains, and sickening brutality the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has seized key cities and destabilized an ineffective government in Baghdad. Washington has been jarred by these events […]