Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy The West has left the forefront of history which is repeating itself in force and with dispatch throughout Eurasia. While condemning the actions of Russia in Crimea, John Kerry said that the time of empires is long gone; we live in the “21st century, and not in the 19th […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — A intelligence chief has been playing a key role in Palestinian Authority talks with the United States. Palestinian sources said PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has made Majid Faraj a key adviser and member of the Palestinian negotiating team with Israel and the United States. They said Faraj was participating in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel is said to have rejected a U.S. security regime in the West Bank as part of the establishment of a Palestinian state over the next year. Israeli sources said Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon dismissed a plan by U.S. Gen. John Allen that envisioned an interim Israeli military presence in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com During a lively American-style presidential TV debate, major Afghan candidates for presidency staked out contrasting views on the nation’s future ties to the United States. The immediate issue facing the nation is whether the Afghan government should sign a security agreement with the United States after NATO troops’ […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Israel’s military has been preparing for the prospect of a unilateral withdrawal from most of the West Bank, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy said Israel’s military and security services have been warming to a U.S. plan for a unilateral withdrawal from most of the West […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Jewish community has been shifting uneasily amid increased pressure by President Barack Obama on Israel. Over the last few months, supporters of the Obama administration have been questioning the loyalty of American Jews amid U.S. pressure on Israel to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Western nations have concluded that the regime of President Bashar Assad was preventing the transfer of Syria’s weapons of mass destruction. Western diplomats said the Assad regime, despite pledges to the United Nations, has surrendered less than five percent of Syria’s 1,300 ton-chemical weapons stockpile. The diplomats said Damascus was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has raised the prospect of an international boycott of Israel. The administration of President Barack Obama has warned that Israel would be de-legitimized should the United States fail to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank. A senior official rejected Israeli criticism of heavy pressure by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs In the so-called “Geneva II” round of talks underway (in Montreux, Switzerland, not Geneva) during late January 2014, on the conflict in Syria, Syrian opposition chief Ahmed Jarba has kept demanding, in the name of the international community, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States is pressuring the Syrian opposition to attend peace talks with President Bashar Assad. Arab diplomatic sources said the administration of President Barack Obama employed heavy pressure to ensure the participation of the Western-sponsored Syrian National Coalition at the so-called Geneva-2 conference. The sources said the administration threatened […]