Special to WorldTribune.com United States special forces will arrive in Syria “very soon,” in the first deployment of U.S. ground troops since the coalition to fight Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) was formed. “This is focused on isolating the capital of ISIL in Raqqa,” U.S. special envoy Brett McGurk said on CBS’s “Face […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkey’s government reported that 3,337 Syrians had crossed into Turkey from Syria since June 3 amid heavy fighting between Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish forces. The Kurds are attempting to push ISIL out of Tel Abyad in Syria’s Hassakah province which is close to Turkey’s border town of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto On the recent episodes of NBC’s America’s Got Talent the female judges, former Spice Girl band member Mel B. and former supermodel Heidi Klum are salivating over young male performers. This is part of a larger social trend whereby older women are dating younger men — and also talking […]
Special to WorldTribune.com August 26, 2003 U.S. intelligence suspects Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction have finally been located. Unfortunately, getting to them will be nearly impossible for the United States and its allies, because the containers with the strategic materials are not in Iraq. Instead they are located in Lebanon’s heavily-fortified Bekaa Valley, swarming with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Charles de Gaulle once said: “Europe is France and Germany. Everything else is just the garnishes.” … While France rocked the Continent with a triumph for Marine Le Pen and her anti-EU National Front, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right pro-EU governing coalition emerged with a majestic 35.5 per cent of the vote, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Sisi has resigned as part of his drive to become Egypt’s next president. Sisi, who led the military coup against Egypt’s first Islamist president, declared his candidacy to succeed Mohammed Morsi. In a televised address, the 59-year-old Sisi said he was resigning his positions as minister […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — A leading Al Qaida militia has established an operational presence in Turkey. Officials said Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has maintained a presence in several Turkish cities. They said ISIL appeared to be most concentrated in the Syrian refugee camps in southeastern Turkey as well as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has awarded a $24 million contract to support Iraq’s new C-130J air transport fleet. Under the award, Lockheed Martin would provide training and technology to help the Iraq Air Force maintain the aircraft. “This award is a sole-source award and is 100 percent foreign military sales for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Billy and Karen Vaughn We are all familiar with the U.S. Marine Corps slogan “Looking for a Few Good Men.” America’s military has plenty of “good men.” Yet, what it lacks in spades are good leaders. Recently we met former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on the set of Hannity. We […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Loredana Vuoto Hollywood has mastered Joseph Goebbels’ famous propaganda strategy, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” The lie: same-sex couples are ‘the new normal’ and can provide a loving family for children. This was recently depicted at the 56th […]