Iran says missile strike targeting ISIS was warning to U.S., Saudis

Iran says missile strike targeting ISIS was warning to U.S., Saudis

by WorldTribune Staff, June 20, 2017 Iran’s mostly-errant missile launches at Islamic State (ISIS) targets were not just a retaliatory strike on the terror group but a warning to the United States and Saudi Arabia, an Iranian general said. “The Saudis and Americans are especially receivers of this message,” Gen. Ramazan Sharif of the Islamic […]

Syrian media claim ISIS leader killed in artillery strike

Syrian media claim ISIS leader killed in artillery strike

by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2017 Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported by Syrian media to have been killed on June 10 in a U.S.-lead coalition artillery strike. Syrian state television said the terror group’s leader, the world’s most wanted terrorist, was killed in an artillery strike on the group’s headquarters in […]

Struggling with its own terrorism crisis, Iran lashes out at Saudis, Trump

Struggling with its own terrorism crisis, Iran lashes out at Saudis, Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, June 8, 2017 The attacks by Islamic State (ISIS) that killed 17 people in Teheran on June 7 were “backed by U.S. clients,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, pointing the finger squarely at Saudi Arabia. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) vowed revenge for the attacks at parliament and Ayatollah […]

ISIS terror in Teheran: Gunmen dressed as women conduct suicide attack on parliament

ISIS terror in Teheran: Gunmen dressed as women conduct suicide attack on parliament

by WorldTribune Staff, June 7, 2017 Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for terror attacks at Iranian parliament and the mausoleum shrine of Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini on June 7 that killed at least 12 people and wounded 42. Iranian officials said that, at approximately 10:15 a.m., gunmen dressed as women and armed with Kalashnikov rifles […]

ISIS gives up town in northern Iraq that was a known hideout of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

ISIS gives up town in northern Iraq that was a known hideout of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

by WorldTribune Staff, June 5, 2017 The Islamic State (ISIS) caliphate continues to crumble in Iraq with the surrender of the town of Baaj. ISIS’s withdrawal from Baaj leaves just a pocket of Mosul and the town of Bukamal as the only remaining urban centers in the country under the terror group’s control. Bukamal is […]

U.S. warns Iran-backed forces: ‘Immediately’ leave ‘deconfliction zone’ in Syria

U.S. warns Iran-backed forces: ‘Immediately’ leave ‘deconfliction zone’ in Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, June 2, 2017 The United States has warned Iran-backed militia fighters to leave a so-called “deconfliction zone” in southern Syria where U.S. troops are garrisoned. U.S. Army Col. Ryan Dillon, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State (ISIS), estimated that a small number of Iran-backed forces had remained inside the […]

Iraqi forces report final assault on Mosul has started

Iraqi forces report final assault on Mosul has started

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched a broad attack on the final districts held by the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group in west Mosul, military officials say. The Joint Operations Command on May 27 said security forces are attacking “what remains of the unliberated areas” on the west […]

Police make new arrests, British troops take to the streets after Manchester bombing

Police make new arrests, British troops take to the streets after Manchester bombing

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty British authorities said the attack at a pop concert in Manchester that killed 22 people, some of them children, may have been the work of more than one person, as police arrested three more suspects in the case. “It was more sophisticated than some of the […]

Those who ‘worship death’ celebrate slaughter of innocents in Manchester, UK

Those who ‘worship death’ celebrate slaughter of innocents in Manchester, UK

by WorldTribune Staff, May 23, 2017 Islamic State (ISIS) supporters who, according to U.S. President Donald Trump “worship death”, hailed the May 22 terrorist attack in Manchester as a victory against “the crusaders” of the West. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in which a suicide bomber killed 22 and injured at least 59 outside […]

Record? British sniper kills ISIS jihadist in Mosul from 1.5 miles away

Record? British sniper kills ISIS jihadist in Mosul from 1.5 miles away

by WorldTribune Staff, May 23, 2017 A British SAS sniper pulled off one of the longest recorded shots in history when he killed an Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist in Mosul from 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles) away. The British soldier’s shot took three seconds to reach his target, hitting the jihadist in the throat and killing […]