Turkey’s overlooked role in rise of latest ‘Islamic Caliphate’, and what’s coming next »

Special to WorldTribune.com Gregory R. Copley, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Much has been spewed forth about the seemingly inexorable…

U.S. begins recon missions over Syria, weighs attacks on ISIL strongholds »

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been examining the feasibility of additional attacks on Al Qaida…

ISIL’s Al Baghdadi flees Iraq for Syria as U.S. steps up air strikes »

Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The commander of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant was said to have fled Iraq amid U.S. air strikes on Kurdistan. Off