Special to WorldTribune, March 25, 2025 Commentary by Laurence F Sanford The Alawites and Druze are two small minority religious sects in Syria formed out of Shia Islam and are considered apostates by mainstream Sunni Muslims. The new Syrian government is led by Sunni Muslims with a history of persecution against apostates, Christians, Jews, and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2025 Real World News When Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) ousted long-time Syria dictator Bashar Assad, its leader, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, also known as Ahmed al-Sharaa, was hailed by major media as a moderate who vowed to uphold “religious diversity.” In the last week, more than 1,000 Alawites and Christians were […]
FPI / February 12, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by Lt.-Gen. (rtd.) Lazaros Kampouridis, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Bureau Chief, Eastern Mediterranean The dismissal by early February 2025 of five young Turkish second lieutenants and three senior officers of the Military Academy continues to reverberate and reinforce trends within the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF), highlighting the persistent […]
Special to WorldTribune, February 9, 2025 Commentary by Laurence F Sanford Turkey is embarked on resurrecting the Ottoman Empire under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Now, under Erdogan, secular Turkey is becoming an autocratic Islamic state. Erdogan is fostering Islamic (Sharia) law and persecuting Christians, Shiites, Alevis, and Kurds. Freedoms of speech and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 24, 2024 The extraordinary and fast-moving events in Syria have gripped the world. What was viewed as a forgotten, forsaken and frozen conflict churning on for nearly fourteen years, has suddenly jumped into the headlines to round out this tumultuous year. Syria at long last has been […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 13, 2024 The Assad family dictatorship which has run Syria for 53 years and has withstood 13 years of bitter civil war, has now collapsed in just over a week. A sweeping series of Islamic rebel attacks starting in late November, captured key cities from Aleppo in […]
FPI / November 8, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Near East Bureau The Hamas breakout against Israel on Oct. 7 was consciously part of a broader Islamist initiative to build a coalition with the anti-Western bloc of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Iran. In that respect, it was also […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News October 5, 2023 A U.S. F-16 fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone on Thursday that was seen as a threat to U.S. forces in northeast Syria, reports say. The action of shooting down the drone of a NATO ally was necessary to protect American troops who were […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2023 With the indictment of former President Donald Trump and 18 of his associates, Georgia joins an ignoble club of heavy handed prosecutions in which members of political opposition are subjected to mass trials while being accorded few rights, an analysis said. “At a press conference near midnight on Monday, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 23, 2023 As chaos and conflict seem to be the tragic trend in many parts of the world, a sad parallel follows: Large numbers of people are fleeing and being displaced by the violence. The numbers are stunningly high and climbing according to the UN High Commissioner […]
