Special to WorldTribune.com After seizing Palmyra on May 20, Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) now controls 50 percent of Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. “There are no forces to stop them [entering the ruins],” Observatory director Rami Abdurrahman said. “But the important thing also is they now control 50 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) used a series of car bombs to attack the capital of Iraq’s Anbar Province in the early morning hours of May 15. When the smoke cleared, ISIL had raised its flag in the government compound of Ramadi. Iraqi hospital officials said at least 11 people […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is said to have expelled tens of thousands of residents from eastern Syria. The opposition asserted that ISIL, now called Islamic State, drove more than 30,000 people from their homes in the eastern Syrian town of Shuheil. ISIL was said to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s new Islamist president told Iran’s state media he intends to normalize relations with Iran. President-elect Mohammed Morsi said his new Muslim Brotherhood government would seek to reconcile with Iran. Morsi sent the Iranian leadership a message that he would revise Egypt’s foreign policy. “It is necessary to restore normal […]