Before attacking Trump team’s Russia ties, top Democrats were currying favor in Moscow

Before attacking Trump team’s Russia ties, top Democrats were currying favor in Moscow

by WorldTribune Staff, December 19, 2016 Democratic Party leaders who are currently blasting Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 elections and condemning President-elect Donald Trump’s supposed close ties to Vladimir Putin were not too long ago seeking “deepening ties” – and sometimes huge wads of cash – from the very same Russians. Hillary Clinton as […]

Netanyahu: Israel won’t allow Iran to establish itself militarily in Syria

Netanyahu: Israel won’t allow Iran to establish itself militarily 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 […]

Humanitarian group stops sharing GPS coordinates of hospitals in Syria

Humanitarian group stops sharing GPS coordinates of hospitals in Syria

Special to WorldTribune.com After several deadly attacks on medical facilities, the humanitarian aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will no longer share GPS coordinates on hospital locations with Russian and Syrian officials. “Healthcare in Syria is in the crosshair of bombs and missiles. It has collapsed,” Joanne Liu, MSF International president, told reporters in Geneva. […]

Russia sends new cruise missile ship to Syria, warns against U.S. intervention

Russia sends new cruise missile ship to Syria, warns against U.S. intervention

Special to WorldTribune.com Moscow has deployed a new patrol ship armed with long-range cruise missiles to Syria. The Zelyony Dol, which had just joined the Russian Navy’s Black Sea fleet in December, departed for the Mediterranean on Feb. 13, the navy said in a statement. “The goals of the ship are not public but considering […]

Putin bombshell: He planned invasion, war in Georgia 4 years ago

Putin bombshell: He planned invasion, war in Georgia 4 years ago

Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com On the fourth anniversary of the brief but brutal war with Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that the invasion of Georgia was long planned and he was personally involved in the approval and execution of the war. Putin’s comments […]

N. Korean response to Obama appeal at summit on blocking rocket launch: ‘No’

N. Korean response to Obama appeal at summit on blocking rocket launch: ‘No’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — President Barack Obama’s oratorical flights against North Korea’s plan to fire a long-range rocket next month may have pleased his South Korean hosts, but evoked little more than polite responses from the Chinese and Russians who exercise the most influence in Pyongyang. The failure of Team […]