Special to WorldTribune.com In a bid to bring back the dinar, Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has minted its own coins. ISIL said in 2014 that it was intent on reinstating the golden dinar and silver dirham in its areas of control to replace liras. The dinar was used throughout the early days […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Qaida’s most powerful militia has been driven out of the Kurdish enclave in northern Syria. The Syrian opposition reported that Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and Levant sustained a major defeat by Kurdish militias this month. The opposition said the Kurdish force, called Committees for the Protection of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Gulf Arabs and their governments have been financing the Sunni revolt in Syria, a report said. Human Rights Watch asserted that leading clerics in several Gulf Cooperation Council states were raising money to fund Islamist militias in the war against Syrian President Bashar Assad. The New York-based group issued a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Qaida’s powerful militia has been defeated in northern Syria. Opposition sources said Kurdish forces overpowered the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant near the Syrian border with Turkey. The sources said ISIL lost a key position in three days of fierce battles around Yarubia. “They took control of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — An Al Qaida-aligned militia has captured key areas of Syria, including the transit point to its largest city, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy asserted that Islamic State of Iraq and Levant captured the city of Al Bab in the northern province of Aleppo in September. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey, under Western pressure to stop aiding Al Qaida-aligned militias in Syria, has attacked the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The statement on Oct. 16 marked the first time Turkey reported an attack on ISIL, said to be the fastest growing and most powerful militia in northern Syria. Western […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Qaida has been struggling in efforts to capture northern Syria. A leading Al Qaida militia has been battling a rival Al Qaida force as well as Kurdish fighters along the Syrian-Turkish border. On Sept. 22, Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and Levant lost a regional commander in clashes […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Al Qaida has vowed to intensify operations in at least two Arab states. Al Qaida has issued warnings of an intensified campaign in Iraq and Yemen. In separate statements, Al Qaida said the targets would be the U.S.-backed regime in Sanaa and the Iranian-backed government in Baghdad. “They will not […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels, reinforced with anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, have swept through the enclave of Syria’s ruling Alawite minority. Sunni rebels have moved through the coastal Syrian province of Latakia. The opposition said Islamist militias captured at least 11 Alawite villages near the coastal city of Latakia, home of Assad’s family. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — An Al Qaida militia has launched attacks on the largest pro-Western opposition force in Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has been attacking positions of the Free Syrian Army in northern Syria. Syrian Observatory said ISIL, a branch of Al […]