Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty More than 50 mass graves have been discovered in territory liberated from Islamic State control in Iraq, including three burial pits in a soccer field, a United Nations envoy said on May 6. Jan Kubis told the UN Security Council that evidence of the “heinous crimes” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Fed up Sunni tribesmen have risen up to launch attacks on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists in Fallujah, Iraq and the city’s mayor fears a “mass slaughter” will occur if the tribesmen do not receive outside help. Iraqi military and local officials said on Feb. 19 that the tribesmen […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Armed with the world’s most powerful rifle, a British sharpshooter killed three Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) terrorists through a 10-inch wall from a kilometer away, a report said. The Special Air Service (SAS) staff-sergeant fired 30 armor-piercing rounds from his Barrett Light .50 caliber rifle into a two-story command […]
