Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The European Union has agreed to designate what it termed the military wing of Hizbullah as a terrorist group. EU foreign ministers said Hizbullah’s military wing would be designated a terrorist entity, a classification meant to freeze the assets of the Shi’ite militia in Europe. They said the designation would […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — NATO has determined that President Bashar Assad ended any short- or mid-term threat from the Sunni revolt in Syria. Officials said NATO, in consultation with Western intelligence agencies, assessed that the Sunni rebel campaign against Assad failed over the last three months. The officials said Assad’s military, backed by Iran […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s mass protest campaign against President Mohammed Morsi has turned against the United States, deemed the leading supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood regime. The protests throughout Egypt have been highlighted by anti-U.S. placards and slogans that portray President Barack Obama as the mainstay of Morsi. Many of the protesters demanded […]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner Conservatives beware. The Republican Party’s growing embrace of open borders and social liberalism is a betrayal of core principles. It also spells political doom and defeat. Just ask Massachusetts GOP Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez. He was trounced Tuesday by Democratic Rep. Edward J. Markey in the special election to fill the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI — Why do high-powered U.S. diplomats persist in thinking that sitting around a table with the bad guys is going to produce a lasting peace and everyone will then live happily ever after? Apparently Washington never learned from years of yakking that resulted in the “Paris […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A former U.S. negotiator with Hamas has been mulled as a leading Middle East adviser to the administration of President Barack Obama. Media reports asserted that Robert Malley was being positioned for nomination of deputy assistant secretary of state for the administration. Malley, proposed to help draft State Department policy […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Brian M Downing Shortly after Vladimir Putin and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to seek a negotiated settlement to the Syrian civil war, the Russian president bolstered his support for the embattled Assad government. Putin announced an impending transfer of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles to the Syrian military. It was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — A key Israeli official said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces increasing opposition to any cooperation with the United States for the establishment of a Palestinian state over the next year. Netanyahu told parliament on June 6 he receives telephone calls “several times a week” from U.S. Secretary of State John […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel, under pressure from the United States, has again imposed a freeze on Jewish construction in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Officials said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his government to suspend tenders for housing projects in Jewish communities in the West Bank and most of Jerusalem. The officials […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has been recruiting Arab states to support a U.S. drive for a Palestinian state in 2014. Officials said the White House and State Department have been lobbying Arab allies of Washington, to support a peace deal with Israel that would enable the establishment of […]