Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has significantly reduced liquefied natural gas exports from Qatar. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said both the United States and the European Union have recorded a significant decrease in Qatari LNG. In a report said U.S. imports of Qatari LNG dropped by 63 percent in 2012 and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The ousted Muslim Brotherhood has been accused of producing missiles for attacks around Egypt. Officials said the Brotherhood has established facilities designed to produce missiles and rockets for attacks on the Egyptian government and military. The officials said the Brotherhood was distributing some of these weapons around such cities as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Hamas regime has been using Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula as a weapons stockpile, a report said. The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs determined that the Islamist regime in the Gaza Strip was operating in Sinai. In a report by retired senior U.S. officers, the institute said Sinai has also […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has seized large shipments of weapons believed ordered by Al Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood. Security sources said the Egyptian Army intercepted several convoys of trucks with weapons from Libya intended for as many as 10,000 armed insurgents in Sinai. They said the trucks were headed for points near […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has determined that Al Qaida-aligned militias were being supplied by supporters in Turkey. Officials said the intelligence community has assessed that Islamist militias were receiving weapons and supplies from Turkey. The officials said the weapons arrived in ships from Turkey to several Egyptian ports along the Mediterranean. “We have […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — U.S. House and Senate leaders have signaled that they would not call for the implementation of the Foreign Assistance Act, which could end the annual $1.5 billion in U.S. aid to Egypt. The leaders said neither Congress nor the administration of President Barack Obama wanted to punish the Egyptian military, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy Military adventure is often the best option for a despotic regime undergoing a fiasco. “The people crave destruction of Israel!” These were the slogans repeated by thousands of people at a massive demonstration in Al-Azhar Mosque — the spiritual bastion of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. However remarkable this event […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — The Israel Navy, expected to protect the nation’s new energy reserves, would require a fleet in the Red Sea, a report said. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs asserted that the Navy would need a significant presence in the Red Sea. In a report by a former senior U.S. official, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt was said to have intercepted two weapons ships sent by Iran. Security sources said the Egyptian Navy stopped two suspected Iranian-sponsored vessels off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula in this month. The Iranian ships, which contained nearly 200,000 weapons, were intercepted as they moved through the Red Sea […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The strike by Egypt’s police has created a security crisis throughout the country. Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency said that at least 30 police stations have stopped working amid nationwide unrest. MENA said police shut down their facilities as part of their demand for the dismissal of Interior Minister […]