Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, despite intensified air strikes, has acknowledged significant gains by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. President Barack Obama’s envoy to the anti-ISIL coalition said ISIL continues to advance in Iraq. [Ret.] Gen. John Allen said U.S. and coalition air strikes failed to stop ISIL in its […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iran and Turkey quietly came to the aid of Kurdistan in the war against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani said neighboring states have sent weapons to help block the ISIL advance in September 2014. Barzani identified two of the suppliers as Iran and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has reported continued Saudi participation in air strikes on Syria. Officials said Saudi Arabia was a leading contributor to the U.S.-led air strikes on Iraq and Syria. The officials said the Royal Saudi Air Force was sending U.S.-origin F-15 fighter-jets in operations against Islamic State of Iraq […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has employed chemical weapons in the battle for the Kurdish enclave in northern Syria, a report said. The Gloria Center asserted that ISIL, also known as ISIS, was believed to have used CW in its raid on Kobane. The Israeli think tank […]