Russia warns it will target U.S. fighters after F-18 downs Syrian warplane

Russia warns it will target U.S. fighters after F-18 downs Syrian warplane

by WorldTribune Staff, June 19, 2017 A day after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane, Russia on June 19 warned that it would target any U.S.-led coalition jets and drones that are discovered “west of the Euphrates River.” On June 18, a U.S. F-18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian SU-22 after […]

Iran fires missiles into Syria to answer ISIS attacks in Teheran

Iran fires missiles into Syria to answer ISIS attacks in Teheran

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The missile attacks came a week after ISIS militants attacked the Iranian parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic. Iran has fired missiles into eastern Syria targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group which claimed […]

U.S. High Court agrees to address second court ruling against Trump travel order

U.S. High Court agrees to address second court ruling against Trump travel order

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The U.S. Supreme Court has given the administration more time to present its case for reinstating President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries. The justices agreed to a request on June 13 from the U.S. Justice Department to address in […]

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 […]

Flashback: Syrians, ‘equipment’ were in North Korea train blast

Flashback: Syrians, ‘equipment’ were in North Korea train blast

Special to WorldTribune.com By EastAsiaIntel.com, May 16, 2004 [Editors’ note: Occasionally, we republish articles of interest from our archives.] Syrian technicians accompanying unknown equipment were killed in the massive train explosion in North Korea on April 22, according to a report in a Japanese newspaper. A military specialist on Korean affairs revealed that the Syrian […]

Trump Administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate travel order

Trump Administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate travel order

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately reinstate its temporary ban on travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries, arguing that it would make the United States safer. The U.S. Justice Department filed emergency applications before the high court late on June 1, […]

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 […]

Roots: Islam’s deep-seated legacy of slavery vs the new narrative from CNN

Roots: Islam’s deep-seated legacy of slavery vs the new narrative from CNN

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Liberals now argue America is — and always has been — a Muslim nation. Their goal is to make Islam an intrinsic part of the American experience, thereby hoping to present any criticism of Islamist behavior as being somehow “Un-American.” Leading the charge is CNN. It recently aired an […]

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 […]

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