Middle East & North Africa

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.
Libya is among the World's largest oil economies with approximately 3.5% of global oil reserves, more than twice those of the US.
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.
Iraq is in the eye of the storm. Washington's "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran and Tehran's response put heavy pressure on the Iraqi government, a partner for both. The US expects Baghdad to resist Iran, and Iran expects Baghdad to resist the US. An almost impossible position.
US Propaganda Collapses in Syria, But Threats Remain. US Continues to Support ISIS and Al Qaeda in Violation of UN Resolution By Tony Cartalucci, March 03, 2018
Trump and Assad Are on the Same Side in Afrin, Against Turkey? By Andrew Korybko, March 02, 2018
Arab Daily: British Diplomatic Cable Unveils US Plots to Disintegrate Syria By Fars News Agency, March 02, 2018
US Established Up to 20 Military Bases in Syria’s Kurdistan – Russian Security Council By RT News, March 02, 2018
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A New “Left” Appeal for Imperialist Intervention in Syria By Bill Van Auken, March 02, 2018
Iran Bans US Dollar in Trade Activities to Beat Sanctions By Telesur, March 02, 2018
Mocking Ceasefire and Humanitarian Pause in Syria By Stephen Lendman, March 02, 2018
An Unholy Alliance? Trump, Israel and Saudi Arabia – Targeting Iran By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, March 02, 2018
Israel “Violating Every International Law” with the Use of Lethal Weapons Against Palestinian Civilians By Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, March 02, 2018
The Secret Stupid Saudi-US Deal on Syria. Oil Gas Pipeline War By F. William Engdahl, March 02, 2018
Syria’s “White Helmets”: Fiction and Reality By Ahmad Salah, March 01, 2018
Israeli Weapons of Mass Destruction: Birth of the Israeli Bomb. The World’s Fifth Nuclear Power By John Steinbach, March 01, 2018
“A Humanitarian Catastrophe”: The Five Countries Enabling Saudi’s War in Yemen By Al Bawaba, March 01, 2018
Yemen, The Risks of Famine and Disease. New UN Humanitarian Response Plan Paints Dire Picture of Impact of US-UK-Saudi War By Stop Starving Yemen, March 01, 2018
Blundering into Iran By Philip Giraldi, March 01, 2018
Activist ‘Raising Awareness’ for Syria on Twitter Used Photos from Gaza and Mosul By RT News, March 01, 2018
Video: Escalation in Syria – How Far Can the Russians be Pushed? By South Front, March 01, 2018
Video: US Strikes Government Forces, Syrian Army Responds. Reports By South Front, March 01, 2018
The Shadow of an Israeli/US Attack on Lebanon and Syria Grows Larger by the Day By Edward Curtin, March 01, 2018
Mainstream Media Disinformation on Syria By Inside Syria Media Center, February 28, 2018
The Authoritarians Who Silence Syria Questions By Jonathan Cook, February 28, 2018
Video: No Chemical Weapons Used by Assad in Syria? Reality Check. By Ben Swann, February 28, 2018
US Intends Indefinite Illegal Occupation of Syrian and Iraqi Territory By Stephen Lendman, February 28, 2018
Israel and Palestine: A Very Modern Apartheid By Marienna Pope-Weidemann, February 28, 2018
Video: What’s Really Going On in East Ghouta? By Sarah Abed, February 28, 2018
Terrorists in Eastern Ghouta Breach Ceasefire, Syria Falsely Blamed By Stephen Lendman, February 27, 2018
Here’s How Syrian “Rebels” Manipulate Information From East Ghouta By Roberto Vivaldelli, February 27, 2018
Turkey Threatens to Invade Greece By Uzay Bulut, February 27, 2018
United Nations Feigns Outrage Over Ghouta While Terrorist Rockets Rain Down on Damascus By Eva Bartlett, February 27, 2018
Erdogan Vows to Recapture All Lands Once Held by the Ottoman Empire — and More By Robert Spencer, February 26, 2018
Netanyahu Besieged. Regime Change in Israel? By Israel Shamir, February 26, 2018
There Is “No Equivalency” between the Legitimate Syrian Government and the Western-Supported Terrorists Who are Destroying Syria on Washington’s Behalf By Mark Taliano, February 26, 2018
“The Road to Tehran Goes Through Damascus”: If Syria Falls, America’s War on Iran Begins? By Timothy Alexander Guzman, February 26, 2018
Is Israel’s Likud Government Institutionally Corrupt? By Hans Stehling, February 26, 2018
The US Is Protecting ISIS to Weaken Rivals, Expand US Occupation of Syria By Steven Chovanec, February 26, 2018
Israel Ramps Up Support for Over 7 Syrian Rebel Factions in Desperate Bid to Expand Reach By Elliott Gabriel, February 25, 2018
The Coming of “First Northern War” in Syria By Salman Rafi Sheikh, February 25, 2018
Drones and Jets: Israel Bombed Syrian and Iranian Targets in Syria By Brenda Heard, February 25, 2018
US Embassy Moving to Jerusalem on Israel’s Independence Day By Middle East Eye, February 25, 2018
Globally Top-Respected Experts on Middle East Warn Syrian War May Produce WW III By Eric Zuesse, February 24, 2018
Why US Subversion Flopped in Iran By Tony Cartalucci, February 24, 2018
Video: Military Escalation: Syrian Army Enters YPG-held Part of Aleppo, Turkey Strikes Convoy Entering Afrin By South Front, February 24, 2018
U.S. Propaganda Cites NATO’s PR Agency’s Confirmation That “Evidence Is Overwhelming” Russia Manipulated U.S. Elections By Eric Zuesse, February 23, 2018
The Kurds Have Backed Damascus into a Corner By Andrew Korybko, February 23, 2018
Seven Years of Killing Fields in Syria: An Imbroglio of Proxy Wars By Gilbert Mercier, February 23, 2018
Trump Sets Deadly Precedent by Hiding Rationale for Bombing Syria By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, February 23, 2018
Can the United Nations Survive? By Hans Stehling, February 23, 2018
Whose Hospitals Are Overflowing with Blood? Stop Lying About Syria! By Afraa Dagher, February 22, 2018
US Applies Useful Double Standard to Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria By Whitney Webb, February 22, 2018
Gaza: A Concentration Camp of 1.5 Million People By Jean Shaoul, February 22, 2018
Gaza: Who or What Has a “Right to Exist”? By Judith Deutsch, February 22, 2018
Mainstream War Propaganda. Embedded with the Terrorists By Mark Taliano, February 22, 2018
War on Lebanon? The Geopolitical Battlefield. Mounting Tensions with Israel By Andre Vltchek, February 22, 2018
Gaza Does Not Have a Humanitarian Crisis. It Has a Colonial Problem By Gregory Shupak, February 21, 2018
Syria’s Afrin Move: “Artful Assistance to Allies” or “Armageddon in the Making”? By Andrew Korybko, February 21, 2018
The Palestinian People Are Not Fooled Anymore By Rima Najjar, February 21, 2018
Washington Delivers New Ultimatum on Iran By Bill Van Auken, February 21, 2018
Video: Turkey Threatens to Strike Syrian Army By South Front, February 21, 2018
Dancing to US Tune: NATO Creates Military Schengen and Launches Iraq Mission By Alex Gorka, February 21, 2018
Why an Iraq War Inquiry Is More Necessary Than Ever By James ONeill, February 21, 2018
ISIS Beheadings of Journalists: CIA Admitted to Staging Fake Jihadist Videos in 2010 By Mikael Thalen, February 19, 2018
Hillary Clinton: “If I’m President, We Will Attack Iran… We Would be Able to Totally Obliterate Them.” By Stephen Lendman, February 19, 2018
Women’s Rights in Syria By Mark Taliano, February 19, 2018
West Asia in Flux, Resistance and Liberation: Palestine, Syria, Iran By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, February 19, 2018
Trump Creates, Then Exacerbates, Crisis for Palestinian Refugees By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, February 19, 2018
There Is No Justice in Our World By Eric Margolis, February 18, 2018
How Damaged Is Chancellor Angela Merkel by the Supply of German Submarines to Israel? By Hans Stehling, February 18, 2018
Falsehoods and Lies: Inciting War Is a War Crime By Strategic Culture Foundation, February 18, 2018
Hizbullah Today, In the Wake of the 2006 War on Lebanon By Brett Redmayne-Titley, February 18, 2018
America-Turkey Love-Hate Relationship, Tillerson in Ankara By Stephen Lendman, February 17, 2018
Iraq’s ‘Liberation Day’ By Nat Parry, February 17, 2018
Lebanon: The Role of Hizbullah By Brett Redmayne-Titley, February 17, 2018
Video: Israel Claims Half of Syrian Air Defenses Is Destroyed By South Front, February 16, 2018
Washington Calls Upon Gulf State Sponsors of ISIS-Daesh to “Rebuild” Iraq By Tony Cartalucci, February 16, 2018
New War in the Middle East? Washington Is Dancing to the Tune Being Played by Israel By Philip Giraldi, February 16, 2018
Israel, a Leading Tax Haven By Stephen Lendman, February 16, 2018
Tip-off Received on Al-Nusra, White Helmets Plotting Chemical Weapons Provocation in Syria – Moscow By RT News, February 14, 2018
Islamophobia and the “Negative Media Portrayal of Muslims” By Dr. Belinda F. Espiritu, February 14, 2018
Netanyahu’s “Operation Greater Israel”? Israel’s Intent to Wage War on Lebanon. By Hans Stehling, February 13, 2018
Timeline: Israel’s Anti-Palestinian Laws Since 1948 By Middle East Monitor, February 13, 2018