by WorldTribune Staff, November 15, 2016 A group of UN peacekeepers returned to the Syrian side of the Golan Heights on Nov. 14, two years after Al Qaida-linked Syrian rebels captured dozens of peacekeepers. UN spokesman Farhan Haq said more troops from the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) would return to camp Faouar in Syria […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 11, 2016 Israel will not allow Iran to establish a military foothold in Syria “on the ground, in the air or at sea,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Nov. 10. Israel will also continue to intervene in Iran’s effort to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 10, 2016 The leader of a Syrian opposition group is calling on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to help protect Syrian civilians from the ongoing brutality of the Bashar Assad regime. Riad Hijab, head of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said on Nov. 9 that Syrian civilians were in urgent need of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2016 Warplanes from Russia’s lone active aircraft carrier will soon begin airstrikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Nov. 8. Jets from the Admiral Kuznetsov, which has been deployed to the eastern Mediterranean, will target rebel positions on the outskirts of Aleppo, where the rebels […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2016 U.S. forces are engaged on multiple fronts against an enemy that has no problem putting civilians in harm’s way. And there is no end in sight for this long-term mission against jihadists determined to carry out mass attacks long after they are driven from their Iraqi and Syrian strongholds. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2016 As U.S. voters headed to the polls to elect President Barack Obama’s successor on Nov. 8, U.S.-backed forces pushed toward Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq amid heavy resistance from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance said it had advanced south […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 7, 2016 While the “much weaker West” did nothing to stop Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Syria it was ultimately Russian firepower that “made the difference,” Syrian President Bashar Assad said. “In the past if I said anything, people would say the Syrian president is disconnected from reality. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iraqi Kurdish forces have launched an attack to retake a town held by Islamic State (IS) militants east of Mosul, where government forces are locked in fierce urban war with the extremists. Around 2,000 Peshmerga fighters entered the town of Bashiqa on November 7, which is […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 6, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL) use of car bombs and human shields has slowed Iraq’s advance on Mosul. ISIL has deployed waves of suicide car bombs, as well as mortar attacks, roadside bombs and sniper fire against the advancing Iraqi army. “We are carrying out the toughest […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 6, 2016 Turkey plans to complete a 900-kilometer wall along its border with Syria by early 2017, the country’s defense minister said. “We plan to build a wall along our entire border with Syria,” Fikri Isik said on Nov. 2 during an inspection tour of military personnel and installations in the […]
