by WorldTribune Staff, March 15, 2017 Syria and Israel have been officially at war for decades, but that hasn’t stopped Israel from offering medical services to the wounded of Syria’s ongoing conflict. Israel’s medical teams have treated more than 2,600 Syrians since 2013, the Israeli army said on March 14. “The wounded are transferred to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2017 Russia is said to have deployed special forces near the Egypt-Libya border, likely in support of Libyan Gen. Khalifa Haftar, U.S. and Egyptian diplomatic sources said. Haftar, who commands the eastern-based Libyan National Army, opposes the UN-backed government in Tripoli. The American sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2017 Already serving two life sentences for a series of murders he committed in France on behalf of the Palestinian cause, the Venezuelan-born terrorist known as “Carlos the Jackal” is on trial for another deadly attack. Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, once the world’s most-wanted fugitive, appeared in a French court on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2017 An Iranian couple who were accused of “throwing mixed parties” and forming a “new cult” have been sentenced to death. The couple, an Iranian and a U.S.-Iranian dual national, were arrested last July after being accused of promoting moral corruption, Financial Times reported on March 12. Teheran prosecutor-general Abbas […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2017 Iran is using civilian flights to secretly send soldiers and ammunition to war zones in Syria and Yemen, an Iranian military official said. The Iranian troops ride in the rear of the planes and exit via a rear door “separate from the regular passengers,” an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2017 The U.S. Marines have established America’s first artillery base in Syria as the fight to drive Islamic State (ISIS) from its de facto capital at Raqqa intensifies. A U.S. defense official would not speak to the size of the detachment deployed to Syria, but said it included elements of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2017 Shi’ite terrorism led by Iran must not be allowed to replace the Sunni terrorism of Al Qaida and Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed to Russian President Valdimir Putin. At their meeting in Moscow on March 9, Putin wished Netnayahu a happy Purim. The […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2017 An America-based aid group that was assisting Syrian refugees in Turkey has been forced to shut down its operations by the Ankara government. Mercy Corps, one of the world’s largest humanitarian groups, was informed by the Turkish interior ministry that it no longer had permission to work in Turkey, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2017 Israel’s Knesset has passed legislation to bar supporters of the boycott movement from entering Israel. Critics compared the bill to U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban and said it would thwart legitimated political dissent. The legislation prevents foreign nationals who have publicly called for a boycott of the Jewish […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump called the leaders of South Korea and Japan on March 7 to discuss North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch and suggest urgent high-level discussions in response to Pyongyang’s provocations. The South Korean prime minister’s office said acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn and Trump spoke for about […]
