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.
On Hanukkah 2017, Light a Candle for Palestine! By Rima Najjar, December 20, 2017
UN General Assembly to Vote on Rescinding Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration By Stephen Lendman, December 20, 2017
What Did Washington Achieve in Its Six Year War on Syria? By Rep. Ron Paul, December 20, 2017
How Washington Found Itself in Bed with ISIS By Alexander Orlov, December 20, 2017
Team Trump Add Insult to Injury for the Palestinians By Jonathan Cook, December 19, 2017
Deaths in Raqqa as a Result of Mines Left Behind by ISIS By Al Shahid, December 19, 2017
UN Security Council Passes Resolution Challenging Jerusalem Declaration; US Vetoes By Celine Hagbard, December 19, 2017
UK & US Continue to Honour and Supply Saudi Arabia Despite Slaughter at Weddings, Funerals & in Everyday Life By Drone Warfare, December 19, 2017
Why Netanyahu Is Upset About UN Security Council Resolution 2334: The Total Illegality of Israel’s Settlements By Karin Brothers, December 19, 2017
Why the Istanbul Declaration Must Succeed: “The Whole World to Recognize East Jerusalem as the Occupied Capital of Palestine” By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, December 18, 2017
Wheelchair-bound Man with No Legs Killed by Israel’s IDF in Gaza During Jerusalem Protest By RT News, December 18, 2017
Turkey Opens Embassy in East Jerusalem: Erdogan’s Grandstanding East Jerusalem Vow By Stephen Lendman, December 18, 2017
US Plans “Slash and Burn” of Middle East to “Minimize” Iranian Influence By Tony Cartalucci, December 18, 2017
Syria Has Taught the World a Lesson We Should Handle with Care By Stefan Heuer, December 18, 2017
Jerusalem – The Straw that Breaks the Empire’s Back? By Peter Koenig, December 17, 2017
The Draft UN Security Council Resolution on Jerusalem By Stephen Lendman, December 17, 2017
Implausible Denials: The Crime at Jabal al Tharda. US-led Air Raid on Behalf of ISIS-Daesh Against Syrian Forces By Prof. Tim Anderson, December 17, 2017
According to Russian Defense Sources By South Front, December 16, 2017
Weapons Went from the CIA to ISIS in Less Than Two Months By Zero Hedge, December 16, 2017
Turkey’s ‘NATO Ex-communication’, Excluded From the Atlantic Alliance? Will Ankara Align With Moscow? By Salman Rafi Sheikh, December 16, 2017
What Is Israel’s Project in Argentina? By Thierry Meyssan, December 16, 2017
US-Palestinian Relations: The Strange Issue of the PLO’s Washington Office By Prof. As’ad Abdul Rahman, December 16, 2017
Syrian Realities Defy Imperial Projections: The Military Industrial Media Complex sold Us these Wars By Mark Taliano, December 16, 2017
Istanbul Summit: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Declares East Jerusalem Capital of Palestine, Urges US to Withdraw From Peace Process By Daily Sabah, December 15, 2017
New Trends of A Resurgent Syrian Economy By Sophie Mangal, December 15, 2017
It’s Personal: How Trump Betrayed Both Palestine’s Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah of Jordan By David Hearst, December 15, 2017
Trump’s Illegal Syrian Mission Creep By Paul R. Pillar, December 15, 2017
Aleppo’s Liberation One Year Ago – Anybody Ashamed Today? By Jan Oberg, December 15, 2017
Zambia Must Clarify Whether it Will Host an Israel-Africa Summit By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 14, 2017
Israel Invites Saudis to Broker Peace While Terror-Bombing Gaza By Stephen Lendman, December 14, 2017
Iran to Join Eurasian Economic Union – Diplomatic Sources By Adam Garrie, December 14, 2017
Middle East In Turmoil: Trump, Netanyahu and Mohammad Bin Salman, Destroyers of the Neoliberal World Order By Federico Pieraccini, December 14, 2017
The Inner Management Structure of the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh): Fatally Wounded ISIS Attempts to Redeploy Resources and Killer Personnel By Sophie Mangal, December 14, 2017
Haider_al-Abadi, Photo by Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Will Iraq’s PM Embrace a Trump-Inspired Saudi-Sponsored Drive to Curb Iranian Influence? By Zayd Alisa, December 14, 2017
Israel Amps Up Ethnic Cleansing in Order to Further Judaize Jerusalem By Jonathan Cook, December 13, 2017
German Politicians Condemn Anti-Israel Protest as “Anti-Semitism” By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, December 13, 2017
Trump Declaration on Jerusalem Unleashes Palestine Solidarity Demonstrations Worldwide By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 13, 2017
Poll: By 2-to-1, Americans Oppose Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem By Eric Zuesse, December 13, 2017
Records of Jerusalem Deeds Found in Ottoman Archives: The Deeds Prove that Palestine Belongs to Palestinians. By Yeni Safak, December 12, 2017
It’s Not Simply Jerusalem, It’s All of Palestine By Rima Najjar, December 12, 2017
Russia’s Military Withdrawal Will Prompt President Assad to “Compromise”? By Andrew Korybko, December 12, 2017
Trump’s Doomsday Jerusalem Speech By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, December 12, 2017
A Christian Christmas? The West Supported Al Qaeda Terrorists Who Killed Christians in Syria By Mark Taliano, December 12, 2017
Putin Orders Russian Forces Home from Syria. ISIS is Down and Defeated, But It’s Not Out (Still Supported by America?) By Stephen Lendman, December 12, 2017
Why Do They Hate Us? America’s Super-rich Have Taken Nearly 70% of the World’s Wealth Gains Since 2012 By Paul Buchheit, December 12, 2017
Middle East Peacemaking Is No Longer “Made in America”. Defeat of ISIS-Daesh By Sharmine Narwani, December 12, 2017
Video: Washington in a Dead End, Trump Administration Bows to Reality, Accepts Bashar Al Assad’s Government Until 2021 Presidential elections: Media By South Front, December 12, 2017
How America Armed Terrorists in Syria By Gareth Porter, December 12, 2017
United States Coordinated War in Yemen Intensifies After Saleh Assassination By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 12, 2017
What Israel Fears Most: An Encroachment to “Greater Israel”? By Stephen Lendman, December 12, 2017
The CIA, Fetullah Gülen and Turkey’s Failed July 2016 Coup By F. William Engdahl, December 11, 2017
Europe, Wake up and Smell the Coffee: Palestine and “Netanyahu’s Breakfast in Brussels” By Hagai El-Ad, December 11, 2017
State and Labour During Erdoğan’s AKP Rule in Turkey By Dr. Mehmet Erman Erol, December 11, 2017
Conflating Zionism and Judaism Leaves Jewish Students Exposed By Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin, December 11, 2017
US-Russia Confrontation in Syria’s Air Space: US F-22 Tried to Prevent Russian Warplanes from Bombing ISIS in Euphrates Valley By South Front, December 11, 2017
Video: Yemeni War Report: Houthi-Saleh Conflict Leads to New Round of Escalation By South Front, December 10, 2017
Jerusalem: The Red Line for Muslims By Gulam Asgar Mitha, December 10, 2017
Syria – ISIS Is Defeated – The U.S. Is Next in Line By Moon of Alabama, December 10, 2017
UN General Assembly Votes for Palestinians By J. B. Gerald, December 10, 2017
Fight in the Skies of Deir-Ezzor. Danger of US-Russia Confrontation in Syria’s Airspace By Sophie Mangal, December 10, 2017
After Trump’s Jerusalem Move, Media Worry About ‘Violence’–Not Violation of International Law By Adam Johnson and Nima Shirazi, December 10, 2017
Dangerous Crossroads: US and Russian Air Forces Engaged in Syria? US Acts as ISIS’ Air Force By Joaquin Flores, December 10, 2017
Terrorism versus Counter-terrorism: US vs. Russian Military Intervention in Syria By Stephen Lendman, December 10, 2017
How Many Palestinians Will the Trump-armed IDF Kill or Injure Today: 20, 200, 2,000? By Hans Stehling, December 10, 2017
South Yemen Will Regain Independence If It Follows These Six Steps By Andrew Korybko, December 09, 2017
Palestinians Paying the Price for US-Israeli Imperial Arrogance By Stephen Lendman, December 09, 2017
Trump and the Plight of East Jerusalem By B'Tselem, December 09, 2017
When Washington Cheered the Jihadists By Daniel Lazare, December 09, 2017
124 Jewish Studies Scholars on Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration By Stephen Lendman, December 09, 2017
Trump Speech on Jerusalem: “Irresponsible and Reckless” By James M. Wall, December 09, 2017
Christian Zionists in America By Hans Stehling, December 09, 2017
political sanctions
Recognising Jerusalem: Unilateralism, International Law, and the Trump White House By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 08, 2017
Israel Uses Live Fire Against Palestinian Protesters By Stephen Lendman, December 08, 2017
Site Considered for US Embassy in Jerusalem Is Stolen Palestinian Private Property By Institute for Palestine Studies, December 08, 2017
Rage in Occupied Palestine By Stephen Lendman, December 08, 2017
Trump’s “Jerusalem Promise” to AIPAC: Tillerson, Mattis Warned Trump Against Embassy Move By Mark Perry, December 08, 2017
US Military
Trump’s Scheme to Carve Up Palestine By Paul R. Pillar, December 08, 2017
Michael Flynn’s Indictment Exposes Trump Team’s Collusion with Israel, Not Russia By Max Blumenthal, December 08, 2017
Video: Slavery and NATO’s Libya Legacy By Robin Philpot and RT News, December 08, 2017
Rigging The Oil Market: ‘Perhaps 60% of Today’s Oil Price is Pure Speculation’ By F. William Engdahl, December 08, 2017