by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2016 The two months-long battle to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of Sirte has seen 241 soldiers loyal to Libya’s unity government killed and more than 1,400 wounded. GNA forces have been shelling and carrying out airstrikes on the center of Sirte, but ISIL’s jihadists have […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 The United States will deploy 560 additional troops to Iraq, raising the U.S. presence in the country to over 5,000. The deployment comes two years after President Barack Obama had vowed that, while the United States would help Iraq reclaim territory from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 Israel is operating militarily in the Sinai Peninsula with the full support of Egypt, according to sources from both countries. A senior Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Israel is operating armed airborne drones in the Sinai, with Egypt’s blessing. The two nations are cooperating in the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 An Israeli rights group has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Facebook on behalf of the families of American victims of Hamas terror attacks. The suit, filed by the Shurat HaDin group with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, argues the social media giant […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 Hamas officials slammed remarks by Saudi Arabia’s ex-intel chief that Hamas is “responsible for the crimes Israel has committed” in the Gaza Strip. “Hamas is responsible for the slaughter in the Gaza Strip following its bad decisions in the past, and the haughtiness it shows by firing useless rockets […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 The Obama administration is ignoring “the sheer weight of evidence” that Iran is pursuing nuclear-related materials in a clear violation of the nuclear accord, Republican lawmakers said. The officials cited the administration’s response to a report that half of Germany’s state governments reported in their 2015 intelligence documents attempts […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 China has no legal basis for its claim to most of the South China Sea, a tribunal ruled unanimously on July 12. Additionally, Beijing has aggravated regional disputes with its construction of artificial islands that “destroyed coral reefs and infringed on the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone,” a five-member panel […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2016 As he nears the end of his second term, U.S. President Barack Obama is reportedly preparing a series of executive orders that officials said would weaken the U.S. nuclear deterrent. Obama, in meetings with national security Cabinet members known as the Principals Committee, reviewed his options for executive actions […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2016 The leader of an Iranian opposition group called for regime change in the Islamic Republic and for the next U.S. president to abandon the nuclear deal with Iran. Maryam Rajavi, leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, told tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2016 British, French and U.S. forces are coordinating airstrikes with Libyan Gen. Khalifa Haftar, leaked tapes of air traffic recordings reveal. The tapes back earlier reports of Western support for Benghazi-based Haftar, whose forces are attempting to gain control of eastern Libya from Islamist militia groups, Middle East Eye reported. […]
