Middle East & North Africa

Syria “Liberated” by its own Destroyers By Manlio Dinucci, December 14, 2024

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, today’s de facto ruler of Damascus, has an eloquent history: he began his jihadist militancy in al-Qaeda’s ranks as an associate of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the “caliph” who founded ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and …

When Terrorism becomes Counter-terrorism: The State Sponsors of Terrorism are “Going After the Terrorists” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 15, 2022
A complex network of Al Qaeda affiliated terrorist organizations overseen by US and allied intelligence agencies has unfolded, extending across the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Western China, South and South East Asia.
Ten Years Ago: “Operation Libya” and the Battle for Oil: Redrawing the Map of Africa By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, February 20, 2021
Libya is among the World's largest oil economies with approximately 3.5% of global oil reserves, more than twice those of the US.
America, An Empire on its Last Leg: To be Kicked Out from the Middle East? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 07, 2020
The Iraqi parliament suspended the corrupt 2014 agreement with the Obama administration which invited the US to lead a fake counterterrorism operation directed against the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh), made up of mercenaries who are funded, trained and recruited by US-NATO, with the support of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Israel’s Racist Nation-State: Codifying Apartheid into Basic Law By Stephen Lendman, May 05, 2018
The Maiming Fields of Gaza By Dr. Derek A Summerfield, Dr. David Halpin, and Dr Ang Swee Chai, May 05, 2018
Trotskyist Delusions. Split into Rival Tendencies By Diana Johnstone, May 05, 2018
Israeli Society very much Needs Remembrance Days. Peace and Reconciliation By Rami Elhanan, May 05, 2018
How Did Benghazi Become a Ruin? NYT Ignores US Role—in Multiple Media By Jim Naureckas, May 05, 2018
The Israeli Nuclear Elephant in the Room By Stephen Lendman, May 05, 2018
U.K. Ministry of Defense Accidentally Reveals British Reaper Drones Firing Thermobaric Missiles into Syria By Chris Cole, May 04, 2018
Iran Isn’t Violating the JCPOA Nuclear Agreement — America Is By Darius Shahtahmasebi, May 04, 2018
US Commandos Deployed on Yemen Border to “Help Saudis Against Houthis” By The New Arab, May 04, 2018
Democracy Now’s “Alt Media” Platform for Humanitarian Imperialism in Syria By Elliott Gabriel, May 04, 2018
Netanyahu’s Iran Speech in Context: Irony, Hypocrisy and the Undeclared Hijacking of U.S. Foreign Policy By Adeyinka Makinde, May 04, 2018
Lebanon: The Most Important Election in the World! By Brett Redmayne-Titley, May 04, 2018
Syria – A Case Study in Propaganda By Chris Kanthan, May 04, 2018
Explosions Rock Tripoli Election Commission: Who’s Trying to Prevent the Vote? By Richard Galustian, May 03, 2018
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Netanyahu: Don’t Look Here Where We’re Shooting Children, Look Over There at Iran By Prof. Juan Cole, May 03, 2018
Haftar’s Return to Libya By Richard Galustian, May 03, 2018
Europe’s Balancing Act on the Nuclear Deal: Wooing Trump Without Losing Iran By Ellie Geranmayeh, May 03, 2018
War on Iran Coming? By Stephen Lendman, May 03, 2018
Trump “All but Decided to Withdraw” from Iran Deal as IAEA Refutes Netanyahu Speech By Zero Hedge, May 03, 2018
Has Critical Thinking Become Extinct? Washington’s War on Western Minds By Mark Taliano, May 03, 2018
The Saudi Prince and the Palestinian Paupers By Rima Najjar, May 03, 2018
Gallup: Job-Satisfaction Is Highest in UAE, Russia, and U.S. By Eric Zuesse, May 03, 2018
American Jews Have Abandoned Gaza — And the Truth. The Struggle for Human Decency By Prof. Peter Beinart, May 03, 2018
Flashback 2005: Watch CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Tell Syria’s Assad ‘US Is Coming for You’ By Niall Bradley, May 03, 2018
Syrian Military Intelligence Seizes Weapons and Israeli Medicine Shipment Heading to Rebels in Northern Homs (Photos) By South Front, May 03, 2018
The UK Signed Up in Secret to Support Saudi Military Action against Yemen. New Documents By Mike Lewis, May 02, 2018
Iran Accused of Providing Support to 9/11 Al Qaeda Operatives: US Judge Orders Tehran to Pay Billions to Families of 9/11 Victims By Middle East Eye, May 02, 2018
Iran’s Secret Nukes? Scaremongering Netanyahu Strikes Again By Scott Ritter, May 02, 2018
How Facebook, Etc., Suppress Key Truths By Eric Zuesse, May 02, 2018
Netanyahu: The Dangerous Prankster By Massoud Nayeri, May 02, 2018
Iran Nuclear Deal: Would You Trust Germany, France and Britain, or Israel’s Netanyahu Currently under Investigation for Fraud By Hans Stehling, May 02, 2018
Yemen: First Bomb the Wedding, then Bomb the Rescue Workers By William Boardman, May 01, 2018
Trump, North Korea, Iran. Some Facts and “The Instinct to Attack.” By Felicity Arbuthnot, May 01, 2018
World War Three Is Near? The West Wants to Bypass Russia’s Veto at UN Security Council By Dmitriy Sudakov, May 01, 2018
Only IAEA Can Assess Any Claim on Iranian Nuclear Program: Mogherini By Press TV, May 01, 2018
Hezbollah Has Accomplished Its Mission in Syria, Preparing to Respond to Israel’s War on Lebanon By Elijah J. Magnier, May 01, 2018
UK Moves to Ban Knives—As They Simultaneously Sell Israel Sniper Rifles to Kill Palestinians By Jay Syrmopoulos, May 01, 2018
Aggression on Syrian Sites Prelude to Something More Serious? By Stephen Lendman, May 01, 2018
Netanyahu’s Anti-Iranian Reality-TV Show By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, May 01, 2018
US Secretary of State Pompeo Endorses Israeli Murder of Gaza Protesters By Will Morrow, May 01, 2018
Netanyahu’s Fake Claims About Iran’s Nuclear Program By Stephen Lendman, May 01, 2018
Israel’s Legislature Votes War Against Syria By Eric Zuesse, May 01, 2018
The Syrian Crisis Escalates. U.S. Hegemony and Israel’s Expansion By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, May 01, 2018
The Real War for Syria Is Taking Place in Its Skies By Jonathan Cook, May 01, 2018
Why Did the US and Its Allies Bomb Libya? Corruption Case Against Sarkozy Sheds New Light on Ousting of Gaddafi By Joe Penney, April 30, 2018
Why Are Palestinians Protesting in Gaza? By Mike Merryman-Lotze, April 30, 2018
“Cruise Missile Left” Complicit in American Escalation Toward World War III By Danny Haiphong, April 30, 2018
Israeli Sniper Rifles Made in USA By Joyce Chediac, April 30, 2018
The US Needs a Strong Iran to “Frighten the Arab World”. Transforming the Middle East into a Huge US Weapons Warehouse By Elijah J. Magnier, April 30, 2018
Iraq’s Sacred Assemblies. Survival of Iraq’s Culture and Intellectual Standards By Barbara Nimri Aziz, April 30, 2018
Syrian Military Facilities Terror-Bombed Overnight By Stephen Lendman, April 30, 2018
Cutting Through the War Propaganda. Listen to What Syrians are Saying By Mark Taliano, April 29, 2018
70 Years of Nakba: Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return, Stand Up for Gaza, Stop the Killing By Palestine Solidarity Campaign, April 29, 2018
Full-Scale US War in Syria Coming? By Stephen Lendman, April 29, 2018
Calls for Arms Embargo Against Israel: Jewish State Atrocities in Gaza By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, April 29, 2018
Numbers of Casualties Resulting from America’s Post 9/11 Wars of Aggression By True Publica, April 29, 2018
Migrant Crisis 2.0 Might Come from Africa By Andrew Korybko, April 29, 2018
Frightening Scenario: Israel Has the WMD Capability to Start an International Nuclear Conflict By Hans Stehling, April 29, 2018
Latin America vs. Israel: Paraguay Announces Plans to Move Tel-Aviv Embassy to Jerusalem By Telesur, April 28, 2018
Egypt ‘Asks Israel to Mediate’ in Ethiopia Nile Dam Dispute By The New Arab, April 28, 2018
The Balfour Declaration Was NOT Written by Arthur Balfour By Hans Stehling, April 28, 2018
Saudi Crown Prince Salman Is Not a Reformer, Just Another Despot By Will Tomer, April 28, 2018
The Growing Threat of an Israeli War Against Iran By Bill Van Auken, April 28, 2018
Mainstream Media – Losing the Informational War By True Publica, April 28, 2018
Gaza Hospitals Face Biggest Drug Shortage in 11 Years By The Palestinian Information Center, April 28, 2018
Chomsky Among “Progressives” Calling for US Military Involvement in Syria By Whitney Webb, April 28, 2018
Israel Defense Minister Threatens Iran: “The Iranian Regime Is in Its Final Days” By South Front, April 27, 2018
Douma Eyewitnesses Debunk Fake Chemical Weapons Incident Narrative By Stephen Lendman, April 27, 2018
Video: No Attack, No Victims, No Chemical Weapons: Douma Witnesses Speak at OPCW Briefing at The Hague By RT News, April 27, 2018
Syria’s Endgame Could “Get Ugly”: Washington’s Balkanization Plan. Turkey’s Military Presence in Northern Syria By Petr Lvov, April 27, 2018
Russia and China Slam Trump-Macron Push to Renegotiate Iran Deal By Prof. Juan Cole, April 27, 2018
How False Flag Operations Are Carried Out Today By Philip Giraldi, April 27, 2018
A Telling Comparison: Israel versus North Korea By Kim Petersen, April 27, 2018
News Reports Suggest Amman Is Revoking Jordanian Citizenship of Abbas and 30 PA Members By Juliane Helmhold, April 26, 2018
The Doctrine of “Humanitarian Intervention” and the Legality of the UK’s Air Strikes against the Assad Government in Syria By Prof. Dapo Akande, April 26, 2018
Macron’s Mission to Washington: Protect French Business Interests With Iran? Trump’s Intent to Jeopardize the Iran Nuclear Deal? By Adam Garrie, April 26, 2018
Israel: Condemned by Their Own Words By Craig Murray, April 26, 2018
Is U.S. Policy in Syria in “America’s Interest” or Just In Some Americans’ Interests? By Abdo Haddad, April 26, 2018
What Yemen War? Saudi King Salman Awarded ‘Personality of the Year’ By The New Arab, April 26, 2018
The US-UK-France Strikes on Syria Didn’t Ignite World War III, but They Did Confirm the “New Cold War” By Andrew Korybko, April 26, 2018