Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations has identified leading members of Al Qaida’s network in Iraq and Syria. The UN Security Council designated six Al Qaida operatives for international sanctions, imposing a travel ban and freezing any assets. The six included leading members of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as well […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has again identified Kuwait as a financier of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The Treasury Department asserted that Kuwait was being used to funnel large amounts of money to ISIL in Iraq and Syria. Treasury identified three financiers from the Gulf Cooperation Council sheikdom. “We […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The regime of President Bashar Assad has achieved significant gains in the fight for Syria’s largest city. The Syrian Army has captured a key section of the rebel-held area of Aleppo. On July 5, the Army, backed by Hizbullah and the regime-aligned National Defense Forces, took control of Sheik Najar, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Bahrain lawmakers have issued an alert about the work of Al Qaida recruiters for the war in Iraq and Syria. Officials said Al Qaida networks were offering young Muslims salaries and other benefits to join the war in Iraq and Syria. They said the recruitment was conducted for such […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is said to have expelled tens of thousands of residents from eastern Syria. The opposition asserted that ISIL, now called Islamic State, drove more than 30,000 people from their homes in the eastern Syrian town of Shuheil. ISIL was said to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been on alert for a mass-casualty strike by Al Qaida. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama ordered an alert around major airports to protect against the arrival of Al Qaida operatives. Officials said the administration has been warned of an Al Qaida bombing of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The regime of President Bashar Assad has returned to northern Syria near the border with Turkey. Assad regime forces have captured a key town near the Turkish border. Military sources said the Syrian Army as well as the National Defense Forces drove Sunni rebels out of Kassab in the Latakia […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Al Qaida’s largest network has used soccer to recruit for the wars in the Levant. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has been using soccer for online recruitment for its campaign in Iraq and Syria. ISIL, deemed the most powerful Al Qaida-aligned force in the Middle East, has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The West faces an Al Qaida blowback based on Sunni foreign fighters in Syria, a report said. The Soufan Group has warned that Al Qaida could use any of thousands of foreign fighters in Syria to attack the West. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant parade through the Syrian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels are said to have downed a Syrian military aircraft. The opposition said a Syrian Air Force air transport was shot down by rebels in the northern province of Idlib. At least 34 people, including officers, were reportedly killed in the crash. For more than a year, Western-backed Sunni […]