Middle East & North Africa

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

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.
Boycott, Divest and Sanction Israel. The Geopolitical Construct that Terrorizes Gaza By Askiah Adam, April 05, 2018
East Ghouta Liberated. Free of Occupying Forces and Al Qaeda Terrorists By Syria Solidarity Movement, April 05, 2018
A Special Relationship Born in Hell: The US Should Cut all Ties with War Criminal Israel By Philip Giraldi, April 05, 2018
Gaza Doctor Accuses Israel of Using Exploding Bullets, Israeli Ambassador Calls Norwegians ‘Nazis’ for Denouncing Gaza Massacre By Richard Silverstein, April 04, 2018
U.S. and Its Press Lie Americans Into Invasions Routinely By Eric Zuesse, April 04, 2018
After the Massacre in Gaza, US Congress Attempts to Outlaw “Opposition to Israel” By David Havranek, April 04, 2018
Palestine – All the Gods Are with You, but None Dares Scream Murder By Peter Koenig, April 04, 2018
Trump Freezing Money for Syria that Nobody Knew About By Miri Wood, April 03, 2018
France Risks War with Fellow NATO Member Turkey in Effort to Prop Up Syrian Rebels By Darius Shahtahmasebi, April 03, 2018
Massacre at Gaza’s Borders: We Will Not be Silent – End Israeli Impunity By Freedom Flotilla Coalition, April 03, 2018
The Israel Massacre Forces By Gideon Levy, April 03, 2018
Martin Luther King, Lesson for Today: Militarism and Economic Exploitation, Blatant Racism at Home and Imperialism Abroad By Peter Ford, April 03, 2018
Is France at War with Turkey? By Gearóid Ó Colmáin, April 03, 2018
Trump Wants Out of Syria? OK! By World Beyond War, April 03, 2018
Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the Murder of Unarmed Palestinians by Israeli Security Forces By Black Alliance for Peace, April 03, 2018
Weapons for Anyone: Donald Trump and the Art of the Arms Deal By William D. Hartung, April 03, 2018
The White Helmets are “Black Helmets”, They are Al Qaeda By Mark Taliano, April 02, 2018
Activists at Tel Aviv Demo Say ‘Gazans Searched for Freedom, Got Shot’. “Not in Our Name” By Itay Blumenthal, April 02, 2018
Jews for Justice By Stephen Lendman, April 02, 2018
Resisting Israeli Tyranny a Legitimate Palestinian Right By Stephen Lendman, April 02, 2018
Gaza
Video: Murder in Gaza By Information Clearing House, April 02, 2018
1.8 Million Blockaded and Starved by an Israeli State that Now Shoots to Kill By Hans Stehling, April 02, 2018
Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital Shatters the International Consensus By John Quigley, April 02, 2018
Israel Waives Building Permit Requirements for U.S. State Department While Palestinians Are Refused, Homes Demolished By Scott Roth and Philip Weiss, April 02, 2018
The Jewish State Itself Is Unjustifiable and Inexcusable – Not Just What’s Happening in Gaza Now By Rima Najjar, April 02, 2018
Trapped “From Fence to Fence” in Gaza. The World’s Largest Open Air Prison By Jehad Abu Salim, April 01, 2018
An “April Fool” in Bagdhad? John McCain By Felicity Arbuthnot, April 01, 2018
Gaza Mass Murder Postmortems By Stephen Lendman, April 01, 2018
UN Secretary General’s Hollow Response to Israeli Mass Murder in Gaza By Stephen Lendman, April 01, 2018
Media Coverage of the Gaza Massacre: Had the Dead Been Israeli then VOA, CNN, NBC, ABC & CBS Would No Doubt Have Interrupted Their Schedule By Hans Stehling, April 01, 2018
Israel Kills or Injures Hundreds of Palestinian Refugees: Britain and America Watch in Silence By Hans Stehling, March 31, 2018
US National Security Advisor John Bolton Backs MEK Terrorists By Tony Cartalucci, March 31, 2018
Most ISIS Weaponry Was Purchased by US and Saudi Arabia before being Shipped to “Rebels”in Syria and Iraq By Rory Wood, March 31, 2018
Emergency U.N. Security Council Session on Bloodbath in Gaza By Stephen Lendman, March 31, 2018
For the World Community, Palestinian Lives Don’t Matter By Stephen Lendman, March 31, 2018
State Sponsorship of Terrorism? US Judge Allows 9/11 Lawsuits against Saudi Arabia to Proceed By Middle East Eye, March 30, 2018
Israel Puts 100 Snipers on Gaza Border to Face “Right of Return” Protests By Middle East Eye, March 30, 2018
The Washington Based “Arabia Foundation”: U.S. Media Boosts Obvious Saudi Front Group as Neutral “Think Tank” By Adam Johnson, March 29, 2018
Donald Trump’s Appointment of John Bolton Means “Regime Change is Coming to Iran”? By Derrick Broze, March 29, 2018
US-EU Economic Sanctions Inflict Suffering on War Battered Syrian Children By Sarah Abed, March 29, 2018
Teachers’ Rebellion Spreads on Four Continents By Eric London, March 28, 2018
Bolton’s Past Advocacy for Israel at US Expense Heralds Dangerous New Era in Geopolitics By Whitney Webb, March 28, 2018
The Liberation of Eastern Ghouta. Statement of Syria Solidarity Movement By Syria Solidarity Movement, March 28, 2018
Largest Military Aid in Israel’s History: $705 Million for Missile “Defence” Programmes By Middle East Monitor, March 28, 2018
40 Tons of Chemical Weapons Found in Areas Liberated from Militants in Syria By South Front, March 28, 2018
Caught on Camera: Israel Targets Civilians with a Chemical Weapon Drone By Zero Hedge, March 28, 2018
What Does Pompeo’s Rise Mean for the Middle East? By Salman Rafi Sheikh, March 28, 2018
Syrian women
Syrians Defy Fabricated War Propaganda Narratives By Mark Taliano, March 28, 2018
What Russia Needs to Learn From Gaddafi’s Mistakes By Lyuba Lulko, March 27, 2018
Trump and Tehran: This Is Not 2003 and Iran Is Not Iraq By Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, March 27, 2018
Video: Syrian Army Is About to Get Full Control Over Eastern Ghouta By South Front, March 27, 2018
What Has Become of the “400 000 Moderate Rebels in the Ghouta”? By Voltaire Network, March 27, 2018
Israeli Ex-defense Minister Says Trump’s New NSC Adviser Bolton Was Pushing Him to Strike Iran By RT News, March 27, 2018
Antisemitism: The Questions that Require Urgent Answers By Hans Stehling, March 27, 2018
Why 55 U.S. Senators Voted for Genocide in Yemen By David Swanson, March 27, 2018
Renaming the 1948 War against Palestine: Partition, Dispossession, and Fragmentation By Prof. Richard Falk, March 26, 2018
Three Years of Saudi Bombings: Let’s Call An End to War Profiteering in Yemen By Catherine Shakdam, March 26, 2018
UK Complicit in the Destruction of Yemen. £4.6 billion of UK Weapons to Saudi Arabia Since Beginning of Bombing Campaign By Andrew Smith, March 26, 2018
Video: Thousands of US-Supported “Rebels” and Family Members Leave Eastern Ghouta By South Front, March 26, 2018
6,700 More U.S. Missiles for Saudi Arabia to Shoot at Yemeni Kids By Colonel Ann Wright, March 26, 2018
Israel Sentences Palestinian Teenager Ahed Tamimi to Eight Months in Prison, For “Assaulting” Heavily Armed Israeli Soldiers By Tamara Nassar, March 26, 2018
Trump’s New War Cabinet By Shahed Ghoreishi, March 26, 2018
The Dirty War on Syria: Professor Anderson Reveals the “Unspoken Truth” By Prof. Tim Anderson, March 26, 2018
International Criminal Court
The Iran Based Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK) Terrorist Organization: Why Bolton’s MEK Connection Matters By Daniel Larison, March 25, 2018
Competition in the Weapons Industry. Russia’s S-400s Sold to America’s Allies By Andrew Korybko, March 25, 2018
Video: Turkey’s Victories and Diplomacy. What to Expect Next By South Front, March 25, 2018
Reflections on 9/11, Imperialism and U.S War Crimes: Folks Out There Have a “Distaste of Western Civilization and Cultural Values” By Edward S. Herman, March 25, 2018
End of the Independent Palestinian State Project By Hossam Shaker, March 25, 2018
Ascendancy of The Lie. US-NATO War on Syria Presented as a “Humanitarian Undertaking” By Mark Taliano, March 25, 2018
Towards the Liberation Eastern Ghouta, Opening of the “Humanitarian Corridors”, Withdrawal of Terrorists By Inside Syria Media Center, March 25, 2018
Iraq, The Path of Martyrs. En Route from Baghdad to Kerbala By Barbara Nimri Aziz, March 25, 2018
Breaking: The Russian Military Warns: A Major U.S. Led War in Syria Is Imminent By Arkady Savitsky, March 24, 2018
Israel Praised John Bolton’s Appointment By Stephen Lendman, March 24, 2018
Trump Cuts Off U.S. Humanitarian Aid to Palestine By Press TV, March 24, 2018
The Untold Story of John Bolton’s Campaign for War with Iran By Gareth Porter, March 24, 2018
Palestine Sovereignty and the “Peace Process”. What is the End Game? “A Nation is not Defeated Until its Will to Resist is Completely Snuffed” By Rima Najjar, March 23, 2018
Iraq’s US-led “Illegal” Invasion Brought Nothing But Disaster By Tallha Abdulrazaq, March 23, 2018
Death and Destruction: Fifteen Years in Iraq By Black Alliance for Peace, March 23, 2018
The United Nations and Its Conduct During the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq By Denis Halliday, March 23, 2018
Death and Impunity: Iraq Fifteen Years After By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 23, 2018