Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy Those who talk about peace between the Arabs and Israel don’t know the half of it. In fact, this peace exists – moreover, in recent years it has become significantly stronger. Obviously, this is not the peace in the style of post-modern culture – peace with open borders, visa-free […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com Looks like Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize is safe for now. He won’t have to return the bauble he received in 2009 for doing his utmost to curb “nuclear proliferation” and talk nice to Muslims. He can keep the money too. Not too trivial a sum — about […]
Sol W. Sanders President Barrack Obama’s sudden volte-face on a strike against the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad has only put on hold the enormous stakes in the crisis’ ultimate outcome. In one of those curious turns of history, an ugly, bloody, little conflict in an always fragile, volatile, artificial nation-state created in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs There is a growing volume of new evidence from numerous sources in the Middle East — mostly affiliated with the Syrian opposition and its sponsors and supporters — which makes a very strong case, based on solid circumstantial evidence, that the Aug. 21 chemical […]
John J. Metzler PARIS — The Lone Ranger has galloped down the Champs d’ Elysees on his trusty horse Silver. The little blue Smurfs are at the palatial Opera Garnier. As has long been the case in recent memory, the French remain enchanted and enthralled with American movies ranging from Wolverine, Pacific Rim and World […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has been losing billions of dollars through accepting military aid from the United States, a report said. The Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies asserted that Israel loses through the U.S. military assistance program. In a report, the institute said the lion’s share of American aid, which reaches $3.2 billion, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Egypt’s military leadership entered August 2013 without any illusions as to the magnitude of the challenges facing the Egyptian Armed Forces, the Egyptian government, and all of Egypt, in the coming months and years. The decision by the Supreme Council of the Armed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — A leading Saudi analyst close to the royal family has advised Arab allies to ignore the United States amid its support of the Muslim Brotherhood. Tariq Al Homayed, the former editor of the Saudi-owned A-Sharq Al Awsat, called on Arab countries to dismiss U.S. pressure for democratic changes. Al […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — A leading Saudi prince has warned of the threat to the Gulf Arab kingdom by the emerging U.S. shale industry. Prince Al Walid Bin Talal warned that Saudi Arabia was being threatened by the growing U.S. shale energy industry. Al Walid, deemed one of the richest men in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has approved a project to erect a sea barrier along the border with Egypt. Officials said the Israel Navy has been assigned to plan the construction of a barrier that would prevent insurgents in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula from reaching Israel. The officials said the Project Hourglass would […]
