Special to WorldTribune.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Nov. 30 said he would resign if Russian President Vladimir Putin could prove Turkey was protecting its oil commerce with the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). “I will say something very strong here,” Erdogan, in Paris for the climate change summit, told state-run Anatolia […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russia has responded to the downing of its Su-24 by Turkey last week by escalating its air strikes near the Turkish border and imposing economic sanctions on Ankara. At least 30 people were said to have been killed in Russian air strikes on the Syrian town of Ariha near the Turkish border […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt is looking for an economic shot of adrenaline by offering to replace Turkish imports recently banned by Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Nov. 28 applied restrictions on trade and travel on Turkey in response to Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian Su-24 jet. Egyptian Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russian President Valdimir Putin on Nov. 25 said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s pursuit of “Islamization” is a major problem in the region. A day after Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24, Putin said “the problem is not the tragedy we witnessed yesterday,” according to the TASS news agency. “The problem is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russian authorities on Nov. 17 confirmed for the first time that a bomb brought down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt last month. “According to an analysis by our specialists, a homemade bomb containing up to 1 kilogram of TNT detonated during the flight, causing the plane to break up in mid […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russia said on Nov. 9 that it is moving forward on delivering S-300 missile systems to Iran. “The deal to supply the S-300 to Iran has not only been signed between the parties but it has already come into force,” Sergei Chemezov, head of Russia’s Rostec arms firm, said at the Dubai […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russia announced a major escalation in its air campaign as troops from Syria, Hizbullah and Iran began an offensive aimed at anti-Assad regime rebels in Aleppo. Russia said it will increased the number of sorties its warplanes carry out to 300 per day and Moscow will also build a new runway to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russian President Vladimir Putin on Oct. 13 insisted that Moscow’s priority in Syria is defeating Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and the United States is not helping the cause. Putin claimed that his government, acting out of “respect,” asked the U.S. to provide Russia with ISIL targets and also notified […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Sol W. Sanders Hovering over Vladimir Putin’s reckless adventurism in Syria is the Muslim demographic shadow threatening his Russian Federation. The Russians’ mushrooming Muslim population is part and parcel of the Russian leader’s whirling-dervish act to try to resurrect Moscow’s status as a superpower. It explains, in some measure, Putin’s desperate attempts […]
Special to WorldTribune.com France and the UK are calling on Russia to focus its air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) instead of moderate rebels opposed to the Assad regime. Britain’s defense ministry said on Oct. 4 that a mere five percent of Russian strikes last week were aimed at ISIL targets. […]