Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A Syrian group reported the death of a commander who was a close associate of Al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. A militant commander who was close to Al Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and helped lead its Al-Nusra Front offshoot in Syria was killed in a drone […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is sponsoring Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), using the terror group as a “geopolitical tool to expand Turkey’s regional influence and sideline his political opponents at home, a former top Turkish counter-terror official said. Ahmet Sait Yayla, in interviews with a crowdfunded journalism […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2016 Hillary Clinton would continue President Barack Obama’s “slow-rolling” fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) while Donald Trump would look to “rapidly” defeat the terror organization, former U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton said. “Hillary Clinton is going to be Barack Obama’s third term,” Bolton, who […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 30, 2016 The U.S.-led coalition now has 8,000 troops on the ground in Iraq. The U.S. said earlier this week it will send more advisers to assist the preparation for an assault on Mosul aimed at driving out Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). “The reason for the increase of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2016 The United States has deployed 615 additional troops to Iraq as preparation intensifies for the battle to liberate Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The new deployment puts the number of American troops on the ground in Iraq at over 5,000 for the first time since […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2016 Terrorist Omar Mateen told a police negotiator that his attack on an Orlando nightclub was motivated by a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, transcripts made public by police show. The conversations between Mateen, who killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub, and an Orlando police negotiator on June 12 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2016 America’s partners in the coalition fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) have been disappointed in the Obama administration’s leadership in the effort to defeat the terror organization, a report said. Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, told the Washington Free Beacon on Sept. 27 that members of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 27, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) may only have a “rudimentary” ability to weaponize mustard gas but the terror group is “dead set” on using the chemical agent in defending its Iraq stronghold at Mosul, the Pentagon said. “We recognize this is real. They’re dead set on it. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 27, 2016 A group of Afghan nationals undergoing military training in the U.S. went missing this month, including three who went AWOL the weekend of an Afghan-born terrorist’s bombing spree in New York and New Jersey. “During the month of September, seven Afghan students were considered absent without leave (AWOL) during […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 26, 2016 After liberating the city of Sharqat from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Iraqi security forces captured the terror group’s Wali (governor) of the city as he tried to hide among displaced residents while disguised as a woman. Abu Omar al-Assafi was “in a woman’s dress” when he […]
