Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Britain intends to establish a permanent military presence in the Gulf, the report said. The Royal United Services Institute asserted that Britain seeks to restore military bases in Gulf Cooperation Council states. The London-based think tank said Britain was working to reach agreements for army, air force and naval installations. [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has been recruiting Arab states to support a U.S. drive for a Palestinian state in 2014. Officials said the White House and State Department have been lobbying Arab allies of Washington, to support a peace deal with Israel that would enable the establishment of [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey If the European market weren’t so important to Israel, the never-ending saga of European wrong-headedness would be laughable. A Martian watching the antics from space would be overcome by diabolical laughter. The crisis of the week has shifted from Cyprus, where the EU, the ECB and the IMF decided [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has sought to form an international coalition to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad in 2013. Officials said President Barack Obama has decided to launch an initiative to convene Arab and Western allies to end the civil war in Syria. They said Obama intends to meet the leaders [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — An Islamist cell accused of plotting to overthrow the United Arab Emirates was linked to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Qatar. Officials said an Islamist cell that operated in the UAE was linked to several Arab League states. They said the so-called Al Islah cell was helped and [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels, restricted by Arab sponsors, have run low on ammunition amid the offensive by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Rebel sources said their leading supporters — Qatar and Saudi Arabia — have withheld supplies of ammunition and other military equipment in 2013. They said the two Gulf [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has reported the discovery of a major natural gas reserve. Qatari Energy Minister Mohammed Bin Saleh Al Sada said the Gulf Cooperation Council emirate confirmed the largest offshore gas field since 1971. Al Sada said the discovery, estimated to contain 5.2 trillion cubic feet, was located at the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Cliff Kincaid Sen. Ted Cruz grilled Obama defense chief nominee Chuck Hagel over his controversial appearance on Al Jazeera, the Arab propaganda channel, during which the former Republican Senator had agreed with a viewer that the United States was a “bully” in global affairs. It has now been revealed that the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The Gulf Cooperation Council has been dismayed over the latest summit between Egypt and Iran. GCC sources said several of the six member states have relayed concern over the meeting between Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They said they were concerned that Iran would [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Cliff Kincaid Rep. Steve Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana who is the new chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), believes Al Jazeera has a First Amendment right to expand its broadcasts in the United States and that a congressional investigation of Al Gore’s deal with the channel is not warranted. [...]
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