Western energy firms abandoning Iraq, investing in Kurdistan
Exclusives, Iraq, LIFE, Mideast, Top StoriesSpecial to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — There are few greater oil powers than Iraq, and few more vulnerable entities than…
A reporter’s retrospective 10 years after ‘shock-and-awe’ in Iraq
Exclusives, Iraq, LIFE, Mideast, NE Asia, North Korea, Stateside, Top Stories, U.S. Media, U.S. MilitarySpecial to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com The tenth anniversary this week of the opening salvos in the American “shock-and-awe”…
Ten years after start of Iraq War: Geopolitical shifts have favored Iran, China
China, Exclusives, Iran, Iraq, LIFE, Mideast, NE Asia, Stateside, Top Stories, U.S. MilitarySpecial to WorldTribune.com By Brian M Downing The ten years since the outset of the Second Gulf War have provided…
Iran’s Iraq strategy revealed in battle for Shi’ites’ spiritual center in Najaf
Exclusives, Hizbullah, Iran, Iraq, LIFE, Mideast, Top StoriesSpecial to WorldTribune.com By Fariborz Saremi It was hoped the overthrow of Saddam would herald a new age of democracy…
Sale of Exxon Mobil stakes makes Beijing top consumer of Iraq’s oil
China, Exclusives, Geostrategy-Direct, Iraq, LIFE, Mideast, NE Asia, Stateside, Top Stories, U.S. EconomySpecial to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp has decided to sell its…
Sunni protesters block Iraq’s trade routes to Jordan, Syria
Exclusives, Iraq, Jordan, LIFE, Mideast, Syria, Top StoriesSpecial to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — The Sunni minority has launched protests that hampered relations with neighboring Jordan. Sunni demonstrators have…
FLASHBACK: Where did Saddam’s WMD go? To Syria …
Exclusives, Iraq, LIFE, Mideast, Stateside, Syria, Top Stories, U.S. Intelligence, United NationsSpecial to WorldTribune.com (Originally posted on Aug. 26, 2003.) U.S. intelligence suspects Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction have finally been…
Iran and its neighbors: Caught in a strategic trap of their own making
Exclusives, Iran, Iraq, Israel, LIFE, Mideast, Recent Hits, Stateside, Top Stories, U.S. Politics, World LinksSpecial to WorldTribune.com By Dr. Assad Homayoun and Gregory Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Iran, no less than the…
Re-thinking war-fighting doctrines after the failure of ‘overwhelming wealth’
Afghanistan, China, Exclusives, Iraq, LIFE, Top Stories, U.S. Military, U.S. PoliticsSpecial to WorldTribune.com Gregory Copley, Global Information System Most strategic allies of the United States are waking up after the…
In region of its birth, Christianity is under increasing assault
Columnists, COMMENTARY, Egypt, Exclusives, Iran, Iraq, John Metzler, Jordan, Lebanon, LIFE, Mideast, Syria, Top Stories, United Nations, World LinksJohn J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Though it’s the birthplace of Christianity in ancient times, the modern Middle East is…