Syrian Christians bore the brunt of Arab Spring; 7 of 10 Syrians need humanitarian aid

Syrian Christians bore the brunt of Arab Spring; 7 of 10 Syrians need humanitarian aid

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 8, 2023 The world seems to have forgotten about Syria. You could excuse this after a dozen years of bloody conflict, humanitarian catastrophes and a jarring earthquake in February. Equally there’s a global crisis overload from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and looming in East Asia. […]

Turkey’s Erdogan jolted but still standing as nation weighs its destiny

Turkey’s Erdogan jolted but still standing as nation weighs its destiny

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 21, 2023 Another earthquake has jolted Turkey. But contrary to the seismic calamity which devastated large parts of eastern Turkey in February killing more than 50,000 people this was an electoral jolt whose political shockwaves and aftershocks continue to rattle the entire country from Istanbul, through the […]

Reports: Iran acquires missile fuel, exploited earthquake to send weapons to Syria

Reports: Iran acquires missile fuel, exploited earthquake to send weapons to Syria

FPI / April 19, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct Iran used the cover of delivering earthquake aid to move weapons and other military equipment to the Syrian regime and likely to its terror proxy Hizbullah which operates openly in Syria, reports say. Meanwhile, Politico reported that Iran is in secret talks with China and Russia to acquire sanctioned […]

More than 50 killed as ISIS attacks truffle hunters in Syrian desert

More than 50 killed as ISIS attacks truffle hunters in Syrian desert

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News February 19, 2023 At least 53 people were killed by Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in an attack on Friday in Syria’s central desert province of Homs, Syrian state media reported. The victims had been gathering desert truffles southwest of the town of Al-Sokhna in the desert east of […]

Erdogan regime under siege after Turkey earthquakes; Seoul sends rescue team to ‘brother’ nation

Erdogan regime under siege after Turkey earthquakes; Seoul sends rescue team to ‘brother’ nation

by WorldTribune Staff, February 10, 2023 As the death toll from two massive earthquakes which struck Turkey and Syria climbed above 22,000, anger was boiling over at the regime of Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the blocking of social media and what many residents and opposition officials say has been a slow and inadequate […]

UN Assembly opens amid widening global turbulence

UN Assembly opens amid widening global turbulence

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Presidents, Prime Ministers, Potentates and Kings have assembled in New York for the opening sessions of the 77th UN General Assembly.  The annual event, which was sidelined and subdued by the COVID pandemic, seems to be back in stride but lacking a bit of the buzz and expectations […]

Overshadowed by Ukraine’s war, Syria’s tragedy remains greatest humanitarian crisis

Overshadowed by Ukraine’s war, Syria’s tragedy remains greatest humanitarian crisis

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Our world is beset by unthinkable tragedy; brash military aggression, widening instability and grinding humanitarian suffering. We know the places ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, yet governments and relief agencies face overwhelming crisis fatigue as we lurch from Kabul to Kyiv in less than six months.  Cause, effect, […]

Obama team which targeted Syria is now running 2nd U.S. proxy war with Russia

Obama team which targeted Syria is now running 2nd U.S. proxy war with Russia

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2022 Who really is running U.S. foreign policy these days? The same Obama administration operatives responsible for the Benghazi disaster and who targeted Syria with one of the most expensive covert wars in history are now directing Joe Biden’s multi-billion dollar proxy war with Russia, this time in Ukraine. […]

Hungary helping embattled Christian communities in Mid-East, Africa

Hungary helping embattled Christian communities in Mid-East, Africa

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler The Christmas Season is upon us. Seasonal cheer is everywhere. Christmas trees, wreaths and pine bunting abound. Lights and displays on stores and homes glisten reflecting the Advent joy as our weary world celebrates its second Covid Christmas. While there’s certainly cause for celebration and family gatherings, let’s […]

Report: U.S. military convoy of 45 trucks enters Syria from Iraq

Report: U.S. military convoy of 45 trucks enters Syria from Iraq

by WorldTribune Staff, March 17, 2021 A convoy of U.S. military vehicles loaded with logistic materials entered Syria on March 13, according to a March 14 report by Syria’s SANA news agency. Local sources told SANA the U.S. convoy entered Syria’s Hasaka countryside on Saturday, crossing over from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. […]