by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2016 Jubilant women were seen tearing off their niqabs and burning them in the streets of Manbij after the northern Syrian town was liberated from the brutal rule of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declared Manbij fully liberated on Aug. 12, saying […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2016 Six jihadists linked to Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) terror network in Northeast Asia were arrested after Indonesian authorities uncovered a planned rocket attack by the men on Singapore’s Marina Bay. Indonesian media reported that the six men, between the ages of 19 and 46, were arrested […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2016 The battle to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of their coastal stronghold at Sirte “is over,” the spokesman for Libya’s pro-government forces said. Meanwhile living conditions for the average Libyan is deteriorating. ISIL “has only control over one sector, residential district one in the heart […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Kurdish militia fighters in Iraq’s Kurdish region have launched an offensive as part of the effort to capture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. The August 14 offensive began shortly after a campaign of intense artillery shelling and air strikes by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey HAIFA, Israel — In a recent secret visit to Moscow, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad told Vladimir Putin that he would assure quiet on Israel’s border. I am constantly amazed how the mainstream media [even here in Israel] can ignore the most interesting things that are happening, while concentrating on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 12, 2016 Hillary Clinton served on the board of directors of a French company that is under investigation for reportedly paying Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) to protect the company’s business in Syria. The company also regularly bought oil from the terror group, according to Syrian opposition news reports. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 12, 2016 A 17-year-old British girl who joined Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) last year is said to have been killed in a Russian airstrike on the terror group’s de facto capital at Raqqa, Syria. Kadiza Sultana was one of three London schoolgirls who made headlines last year when […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2016 Some 45,000 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists “have been taken off the battlefield” as the terror organization’s area of control continues to shrink, according to the commander of the U.S.-led coalition. “We estimate that over the past 11 months, we’ve killed about 25,000 enemy fighters. When […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has added to its arsenal of weapons by digging up and re-using mines buried by the Nazis in Egypt during World War II. Cairo military and civilian officials said ISIL and other Islamist groups have dug up a number of the estimated […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2016 The former top intelligence official in the Obama administration said jihadists aligned with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) are already in the United States and the White House is hiding information on that threat from the American public. “They are here,” Gen. Michael Flynn, former Defense Intelligence […]
