Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran reported details on previous missions and destinations of an advanced U.S.-origin unmanned aerial vehicle captured in December 2011. Iran has also reported replicating the drone. In a briefing, Air Force commander Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh disclosed details of the RQ-170, which for years was concealed by Washington. The general, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — In the first such claim, Iran said it was imposing a blockade on unauthorized ships in the Strait of Hormuz. A senior commander for Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said all ships, including those from the U.S. Navy, must undergo inspection before proceeding through the strait. “The alien vessels which […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has reported that Saudi Arabia sent thousands of troops into Yemen. Iranian sources said the Royal Saudi Army sent thousands of troops into Yemen earlier this month in an attempt to quell the Shi’ite revolt. They said the Saudi ground forces were accompanied by armored combat vehicles and helicopters […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The Sunni rebel movement has urged foreign supporters for surface-to-air missiles in the war against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Free Syrian Army said the rebel force requires shoulder-fired air defense systems to counter Assad’s fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. FSA said it has not received significant weapons […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Kofi Annan seems to have clinched a diplomatic deal in Damascus which may stop or at least decompress the debilitating year-long conflict in Syria which has taken 9,000 lives, mostly civilians. The former UN Secretary General in a bout of shuttle diplomacy has received approval from the Bashar Assad […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Iran has established a network that could stage major attacks in the United States, a congressional report said. The House Homeland Security Committee has asserted that Iran built a network throughout the United States. In a report, the committee said the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah is believed to have been directing hundreds […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Gen. Gholamreza Baghbani, an officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Baghbani, assigned to IRGC’s Quds Force, was said to have overseen drug trafficking from Afghanistan through Iran in cooperation with Taliban. “Today’s action exposes IRGC-QF involvement in trafficking narcotics, made doubly […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia’s main oil pipeline was struck by an explosion that could have been conducted by Iranian agents, Western intelligence sources said. The sources confirmed the report of an explosion at Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq-Ras Tanura oil export pipeline on March 1. They said the oil pipeline was damaged in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Iranian Navy has sent ships to Syria in an effort to protect the territorial waters of its Arab ally. Officials said the Iranian Navy has sent two ships to Syria in what was seen as a show of force amid NATO operations around the Arab country. They said an […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The U.S. Navy has been preparing to confront Iran in the Gulf. The commander of the Navy’s Fifth Fleet said his force has examined Iran’s military capabilities. Vice Adm. Mark Fox said he was certain that the United States could repel any Iranian naval operations in the Gulf. “We’ve […]