Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The U.S. House on July 13 will vote on Republican legislation to undercut President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran nearly a year after the deal was announced. The legislation would impose new sanctions on Iran over any sponsorship of terrorism or human rights violations, bar […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2016 The two months-long battle to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of Sirte has seen 241 soldiers loyal to Libya’s unity government killed and more than 1,400 wounded. GNA forces have been shelling and carrying out airstrikes on the center of Sirte, but ISIL’s jihadists have […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 The United States will deploy 560 additional troops to Iraq, raising the U.S. presence in the country to over 5,000. The deployment comes two years after President Barack Obama had vowed that, while the United States would help Iraq reclaim territory from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 Israel is operating militarily in the Sinai Peninsula with the full support of Egypt, according to sources from both countries. A senior Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Israel is operating armed airborne drones in the Sinai, with Egypt’s blessing. The two nations are cooperating in the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 An Israeli rights group has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Facebook on behalf of the families of American victims of Hamas terror attacks. The suit, filed by the Shurat HaDin group with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, argues the social media giant […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2016 Security forces thwarted an attack on a North Sinai checkpoint by heavily-armed terrorists on July 10, the Egyptian military said. Egyptian forces stopped the attack in Sheikh Zuweid “after they monitored a gathering of militants near the checkpoint based on intelligence information, killing them through strikes conducted by air […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2016 Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who was fired as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in 2014, has detailed the backstory of his departure from the DIA. Flynn, who is said to be on Donald Trump’s short list as a potential running mate, is author of the new […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2016 The United States may deploy the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a U.S. Air Force general said. “There’s no reason to suppose that the F-35 stealth fighter will be sent to fight in Syria within the next few years. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2016 Two pilots were killed when a Russian helicopter was shot down by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists, the Russian military said. The Mi-25 helicopter was shot down east of the ancient city of Palmyra on July 9. The pilots “had received a request from the Syrian […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) continued its targeting of Shi’ites on July 7 with the bombing of a shrine north of Baghdad that killed at least 35 people. Another 60 were wounded in the attack on the Mausoleum of Sayid Mohammed bin Ali al-Hadi. A jihadist detonated […]