by WorldTribune Staff, June 23, 2016 Syria’s national soccer team, known as the Qasioun Eagles, has defied the odds to advance to the third round of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. With their country devastated by civil war and widespread humanitarian crises, the Qasioun Eagles won six games in the second round of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 23, 2016 Tunisia’s sole Jewish community is one of the last remaining Jewish societies in the Arab world. But as the security situation worsens and the vital tourism industry struggles, the Jews of Djerba are considering moving en masse to Israel. Three major terrorist attacks since the beginning of 2015 have […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 23, 2016 An alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, backed by U.S. airstrikes, advanced on an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) stronghold in northern Syria on June 23. “Fierce street fighting” was reported as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) entered Manbij, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “The SDF […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2016 While the battle for Fallujah, which Iraq had prematurely declared liberated, continues, survivors are telling harrowing stories of their escape from the brutal rule of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Food supplies in Fallujah were low for months, with the city besieged by security forces and bombarded […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Drudge-Select — June 22, 2016 c/o DrudgeReport.com Trump on Hillary: Most corrupt ever … … ‘Switched from policy of Americanism to policy of globalism’… 200+ days since her last press conference… IT aide invokes Fifth more than 125 times … Obama legacy watch: Muslim voter registration up 300,000 since ’12… Study: Americans […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2016 The United States has developed solid intel on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets in Libya but has not taken action as airstrikes require presidential approval, which President Barack Obama has not given, the general nominated to lead U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said. “There are targets being […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2016 Political strategist Roger Stone, who remembers a time when journalists actually asked tough questions, is looking for someone, anyone, with access to ask Hillary Clinton the following: Answer me these questions three regarding long-time aide Huma Abedin. 1) What is Huma’s relationship with a Saudi Arabian official named Abdullah […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2016 Secretary of State John Kerry on June 21 met with eight of the 51 State Department personnel who signed a “dissent channel” cable criticizing the Obama administration’s policy in Syria and calling for action against the regime of President Bashar Assad. Reports say the eight dissenters left the meeting […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 22, 2016 The Obama administration ignored and even deleted information that could have prevented the terrorist attack on the Pulse Orlando nightclub that killed 49 people, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official said on June 21. Philip Haney, in an interview on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity”, said there is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Israel must seek the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad and take a stand against “the radical axis led by Iran that runs through Assad-controlled Syria to Hizbullah in Lebanon,” a former Israeli Air Force general said. That axis “embraces the strategic goal of putting an end to Israel,” and […]
