Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been examining options to stop Islamist militias on the Golan Heights. Israeli sources said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was consulting with the military and intelligence community to determine measures to stop the expansion of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as well as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The French interior minister held talks here after Turkey sent three insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq and then Levant to Marseille rather than Paris allowing them to escape. NATO has expressed increasing concern over the use of Turkey by the ISIL. Ankara has been the only NATO member […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has escalated its military campaign in Lebanon. Officials said ISIL along with its rival Nusra Front for the Defense of the Levant has been operating squads along the Lebanese border with Syria and attacking Lebanese Army units. The officials said the squads, usually […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations has ordered peace-keepers to leave Syria for Israel. The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force abandoned its positions in Syria’s Golan Heights. Officials said hundreds of UNDOF personnel left Syria for Israel in wake of abductions by Al Qaida’s Nusra Front for the Defense of the Levant. “Armed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has succeeded in recruiting thousands of fighters over the last two months. The Syrian opposition asserted that ISIL has nearly doubled its foreign fighters contingent since the capture of northern Iraq in June 2014. The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has acknowledged a growing threat from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Officials said police and domestic security agencies have detected increasing support for ISIL. The officials said young Muslim men, particularly in Bedouin tribes, were being wooed by ISIL to fight in Iraq and Syria. “The goal […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syria has halted an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant convoy meant to target Hizbullah strongholds in Lebanon. Hizbullah said the Syrian Army destroyed several vehicles sent by ISIL and Nusra Front for the Defense of Levant to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. On Sept. 3, Hizbullah said the convoy, which […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Israel and Syria have joined to help rescue United Nations observers from Islamist rebel militias in the Golan Heights. Diplomatic sources said Israel and Syria provided fire and other support that enabled scores of members of the UN Disengagement Observer Force to flee Al Qaida’s Nusra Front for the Defense […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has identified top operatives of Al Qaida movements in Iraq and Syria. The State Department has designated two leading Al Qaida operatives for sanctions. The two were identified as Abu Mohammed Al Adani and Said Arif, also designated by the United Nations for their roles in Islamic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has determined that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was building an infrastructure in the West. Officials said ISIL was establishing sleeper cells in the European Union in what could mark a prelude to mass-casualty attacks. They said ISIL was recruiting Europeans and Americans with […]