Report: Egypt offered to send 40,000 ground troops to Yemen

Report: Egypt offered to send 40,000 ground troops to Yemen

by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2017 President Abdul Fatah Sisi offered to send up to 40,000 Egyptian ground troops to fight alongside the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen, a Saudi general said. “His excellency Sisi offered Saudi Arabia and the coalition to send ground troops,” Gen. Ahmed Asiri told Al Arabiya on April 16. Asiri […]

In Pakistan, Trump’s national security adviser signals tougher U.S. stance

In Pakistan, Trump’s national security adviser signals tougher U.S. stance

by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2017 In advance of the Trump administration’s first formal high-level exchange with Pakistan, national security adviser H.R. McMaster suggested that Washington is adjusting its policy towards a key ally in the region. McMaster visited Islamabad on April 17, a day after holding talks with Afghan leaders in Kabul. He delivered […]

Rouhani: Iran doesn’t need permission from any country to manufacture missiles

Rouhani: Iran doesn’t need permission from any country to manufacture missiles

by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2017 Iran will continue to manufacture missiles and fighter jets and does not need any other country’s permission to do so, President Hassan Rouhani said on April 15. “We have repeatedly declared that strengthening the defensive prowess of Iran’s armed forces is only aimed at defending the country and will […]

Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter in town near Mosul for first time since 2014

Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter in town near Mosul for first time since 2014

by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2017 Christians in the town of Tel Esqof celebrated Easter on April 16 for the first time since Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the terror group’s “caliphate” from a mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014. “God willing, the celebration of the resurrection of Christ […]

Study: 215 million Christians worldwide are experiencing extreme persecution

Study: 215 million Christians worldwide are experiencing extreme persecution

by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2017 More than 215 million Christians worldwide face heavy persecution, the majority of whom reside in Middle Eastern nations, a new study said. One in 12 Christians today experiences high, very high or extreme persecution for their faith, according to Open Doors USA, a nonprofit organization focused on serving persecuted […]

MOAB blast pulverized at least 36 terrorists, massive ISIS tunnel network

MOAB blast pulverized at least 36 terrorists, massive ISIS tunnel network

by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2017 The Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb dropped by the U.S. in Afghanistan on April 13 killed at least 36 terrorists, according to the Afghan military. The 21,600 pound bomb was dropped by an MC-130 aircraft on a massive ISIS tunnel network in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan used […]

Exactly what is the MOAB?

Exactly what is the MOAB?

by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2017 The Massive Ordnance Air Blast – MOAB – that was dropped by the U.S. on Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Afghanistan on April 13 weighs 21,700 pounds, is GPS-guided and is ideal for destroying cave complexes like those ISIS jihadists hide out in on the Afghan-Pakistan border. The GBU-43/B […]

Russia vetoes UN resolution on Syria; Assad calls chemical attack a U.S. ‘fabrication’

Russia vetoes UN resolution on Syria; Assad calls chemical attack a U.S. ‘fabrication’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2017 In vetoing a draft resolution condemning Syria for the April 4 chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Russia “said no” to resolving the Syrian conflict, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said. “Today’s vote could have been a turning point,” Haley said on April 12. “Once more, […]

OPEC output continues to fall as U.S. shale surges

OPEC output continues to fall as U.S. shale surges

by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2017 OPEC on April 12 said its output of crude oil continues to drop as U.S. shale surges toward record levels. In its monthly oil market report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said OPEC output fell by 365,000 barrels per day in March to 31.68 million barrels per day. Meanwhile, […]

White House counters Russian narrative on Sarin attack in Syria

White House counters Russian narrative on Sarin attack in Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2017 The evidence is quite clear that Syrian government forces were responsible for last week’s chemical weapons attack, a senior Trump administration official said on April 11. Intelligence gathered from social media accounts, open source videos, reporting, imagery, and geospatial intelligence showed that the chemical attack was carried out by the […]