by WorldTribune Staff, October 31, 2017 Seven Palestinian terrorists, including a top commander of Islamic Jihad, were killed on Oct. 30 when Israel blew up a tunnel being dug under the Gaza Strip border. The tunnel was being dug from the Gaza town of Khan Younis across the border into Israel, according to Israeli military […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 30, 2017 With its self-proclaimed caliphate obliterated, Islamic State (ISIS) has fled for the caves and rugged mountains deep in the vast Syrian desert. Analysts say the terror organization has retreated to the desert, known as Badiyat al-Sham, to “regroup and prepare their next incarnation.” The terror group’s leaders, analysts say, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 20, 2017 Israel traces its roots to the Jordan Valley, where the nation’s eastern line of defense begins. If Israel is not there “Iran will be,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Oct. 19. “We will not allow this to happen,” Netanyahu said during an event marking the 50th anniversary of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2017 Saudi Arabia will return to “what we were before – a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and to the world,” Crown Prince Mohammad said on Oct. 24. “We will not waste 30 years of our lives dealing with extremist ideas; we will destroy them […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2017 The U.S. will no longer rely on the United Nations to provide humanitarian aid to persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East, Vice President Mike Pence said. “My friends, those days are over,” Pence said at the annual In Defense of Christians summit in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 25. “Our fellow […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 26, 2017 Selling Israel bunker buster bombs would allow it to take out underground aspects of Iran’s nuclear program and deter the Islamic Republic from breaking out with a nuclear weapon, former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden said. “I can imagine circumstances where the U.S. might want to take steps […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 24, 2017 The German government plans to sell three more submarines to Israel. Germany agreed not only to the sale of the vessels, estimated at $1.7 billion, but also to provide financial support for the purchase as in previous deals, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Oct. 23. Military analysts said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 22, 2017 Egypt’s parliament on Oct. 22 declared a three-month nationwide state of emergency in the wake of an Oct. 20 terror attack that killed 52 Egyptian security personnel. The state of emergency gives authorities greater power to crack down on what are described as “enemies of the state.” Acting on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2017 Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists fired two rockets from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel on Oct. 15, the terror organization’s Amaq propaganda agency said. The attack “targeted a Jewish community with two Grad missiles,” Amaq said in a statement. The rockets hit the Eshkol Regional Council territory in Negev, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2017 The United Nations has adopted a “dangerously short-sighted approach” to Iran’s “destructive conduct” and should follow the Trump administration’s lead in confronting the Islamic Republic, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said. “Judging Iran by the narrow confines of the nuclear deal misses the true nature of the […]