Special to WorldTribune.com Amid reports the U.S. was flying Iran-backed Houthi officials in Yemen for secret talks in Oman, warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition continued to pound Houthi targets throughout Yemen. “We have been informed that there are meetings, at American request, and that a private American plane carried the Houthis to Muscat,” Rajeh Badi, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says Arab leaders have agreed in principle to create a joint military force. Sisi said on March 29 that the force was needed because of the “great challenges facing our Arab nation and threatening its capabilities.” Arab representatives will meet over […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has designated Gulf financiers of Al Qaida. The Treasury Department has identified nationals from Qatar and Yemen as supporters of Al Qaida. Treasury said millions of dollars, usually in the guise of Islamic charity, went to several branches of Al Qaida, including those in Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen has requested military unmanned aerial vehicles from the United States. Officials said Yemen has relayed a formal request for medium-range UAVs for the military. They said the UAVs would eventually take over U.S. operations to eliminate Al Qaida in Yemen. [The evacuation of U.S. embassies across the Middle East […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Al Qaida has vowed to intensify operations in at least two Arab states. Al Qaida has issued warnings of an intensified campaign in Iraq and Yemen. In separate statements, Al Qaida said the targets would be the U.S.-backed regime in Sanaa and the Iranian-backed government in Baghdad. “They will not […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The Gulf Cooperation Council has failed to approve membership applications for Jordan and Morocco. Officials acknowledged that the GCC was divided over whether to admit Jordan and Morocco amid rising tension with neighboring Iran. They said several of the six GCC members, including the United Arab Emirates, determined that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Egypt, a leading Arab ally of the United States, has been identified as a military supplier of Syria, a report said. Amnesty International said Egypt was one of more than a dozen military suppliers to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a report, Amnesty said Egypt’s defense industry […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The opposition has destroyed fighter-jets of the Yemeni Air Force. In the first such operation, rebels shelled an Air Force base in Sanaa on late Oct. 30. The Yemeni Defense Ministry acknowledged that two fighter-jets were destroyed and the nearby Sanaa International Airport was forced to close. Accounts of the […]