Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has reported a failed military operation in Syria. The White House said U.S. special operations forces were sent to Syria to rescue American hostages of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Officials said the U.S. forces, directed by President Barack Obama, were unable to find the hostages, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Obama in a major speech at West Point announced the United States plans to spend billions of dollars for a counter-insurgency effort in North Africa. The administration of President Barack Obama has approved a CI strategy meant to stabilize such regions as North Africa and Sahel. Under the Counterterrorism […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has sought to maintain counter-insurgency cooperation with Middle East allies. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama sent an envoy for security consultations with Turkey, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The officials said the presidential envoy, Lisa Monaco, focused on the threat of Al Qaida, particularly in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com TEL AVIV — The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been torn over a power struggle regarding responsibility for Israel’s strategic affairs. Israeli sources said the struggle has pitted the National Security Council against the Strategic Affairs Ministry amid U.S. pressure on the Jewish state. They said Netanyahu has veered […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has stonewalled a recommendation from his staff to send body armor to Sunni rebels in Syria. White House sources said Obama ignored a recommendation by the National Security Council to send non-lethal combat equipment to those fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The sources said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has warned of another Hizbullah abduction plot. The government has alerted Israelis of the prospect of Hizbullah abduction operations over the next month. A statement by the Counter-Terrorism Bureau said Israeli tourists could be targeted during the Passover holiday in April 2013. “Any Israeli outside of the country is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the CIA is said to have secretly converted to Islam in Saudi Arabia. A former FBI agent reported that CIA nominee John Brennan secretly converted to Islam between 1996 and 1999 when he served as CIA station chief in the Saudi capital of Riyad. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has ordered the military to draft options to oust the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Officials said the National Security Council and State Department were directing efforts to review a range of military options to topple the Assad regime in 2012. They said […]