Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has relayed another warning to Egypt that its policy endangers U.S. military assistance. The Senate has sent a letter to the Egyptian military regime that cited harassment of non-governmental organizations. In a letter to Egyptian Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, 11 senators raised the prospect of a cutoff of U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — For the first time, rebels have claimed the takeover of a Syrian town. The Free Syrian Army is said to have captured Zabadani, a town along the Syrian border with Lebanon. The opposition said the Syrian Army agreed to withdraw from Zabadani, about 30 kilometers from Damascus, as part of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has arrested the highest level military official on charges of plotting against the Islamic government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan. Former Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug was imprisoned as part of the latest crackdown on secular opponents of the Erdogan government. Erdogan, deemed a close friend of U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has detained American students amid rising unrest in the Arab state. Egyptian police arrested three American students from the American University of Cairo, located at Tahrir Square, the focus of the protest campaign against the military regime. The three were said to have been on a study program at […]
Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media While the U.S. media was preoccupied with unsubstantiated sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain, America was losing Nicaragua to the communists — again. But you wouldn’t know this from reading the American press. You would have to turn to such British publications as Economist […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been working with a former Syrian vice president to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar Assad. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has been consulting with former Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam, based in France and an opposition figure for the last […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — President Bashar Assad has offered amnesty to the thousands of Sunni soldiers who joined the rebels. Assad issued a general amnesty for all who failed to report to military duty. The beleaguered president, fighting a revolt since March, gave defectors until January 2012 to return to their units. “President Bashar […]