by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2016 State media ignored thousands of frustrated Iranians who gathered in the city of Esfahan on July 1 to protest Teheran’s costly involvement in the Syrian war. Footage obtained by Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya network and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) shows a massive demonstration in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2016 An organization that U.S. President Barack Obama had said was the “junior varsity” and later had been “contained” managed to carry out mass casualty attacks that killed hundreds throughout the Muslim world during the holy month of Ramadan. Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has claimed responsibility for, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 4, 2016 The death toll from an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) car bombing in Baghdad on July 3 has risen to over 200. Iraqi security and medical officials said 213 people were killed in the blast that was set off in a busy shopping area of the capital’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Hundreds of journalists in Iran have been warned against contact with “hostile elements” outside the country via anonymous text messages. “All contact and collaboration with hostile elements based abroad, by e-mail, safe [online] portals, and other methods of communication is a crime and will be brought […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2016 Facebook fails to block posts that incite violence and Mark Zuckerberg, the social media giant’s chairman and co-founder, has the “blood of terror victims on his hands,” an Israeli official said. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Facebook and Zuckerberg share partial responsibility for terrorist attacks, including a Palestinian […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2016 Days after re-establishing ties with Israel, Turkey dispatched a shipment of food and medical supplies bound for the Gaza Strip. The Panamanian-registered Lady Leyla cargo ship docked on July 3 at Israel’s southern Ashdod Port, from where Israel will transport the supplies to Gaza. Under the terms of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2016 An arsenal of some 100,000 missiles is based in Lebanon ready to strike Israel, the deputy commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said. “The opportunity to destroy Israel is now better than ever, because tens of thousands of long-range missiles all over the Islamic world are ready […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Nine U.S. Navy officers and three enlisted sailors have been disciplined or face discipline in connection with an incident in January during which 10 U.S. sailors were briefly taken captive by Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf. A U.S. Navy report about the incident said the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 1, 2016 The world has turned its back on the extreme suffering in Yemen, a London-based charity said. For months, non-government agencies (NGOs) have been trying to bring to light the plight that Yemenis face on a daily basis but their warnings have been mostly ignored, British charity Oxfam said. “The scale […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 1, 2016 The Iraqi air force and U.S.-led coalition warplanes killed as many as 250 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists in airstrikes on a pair of convoys fleeing Fallujah. “More than 20 helicopters took part in the mission and were able to destroy more than 138 vehicles,” said […]
