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.
Israel Now Arming Seven Terrorist Groups in Syria, Report By Brandon Turbeville, March 08, 2018
Washington Is Intent on Destroying Iran By Brian Cloughley, March 08, 2018
US War Crimes against Women: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): Interview By RAWA and Edu Montesanti, March 08, 2018
Netanyahu the Political Zionist: A Disaster for Both Israel and the Jewish Diaspora By Hans Stehling, March 07, 2018
US Destabilization Plan for Iran and the Middle East, and the Need to Strengthen the Resistance By Farhad Shahabi, March 07, 2018
US Planning to Disintegrate Syria, Not Fighting ISIS: Russian FM Lavrov By Alwaght, March 07, 2018
The ‘Human Rights’ War on Syria By Jeremy Salt, March 07, 2018
The Starvation of Yemen and the Saudis’ ‘Cynical P.R. Exercise’ By Daniel Larison, March 07, 2018
The Caesar Photo Fraud That Undermined Syrian Negotiations. “A Pattern of Sensational But Untrue Reports That Lead to Public Acceptance of Western Military Intervention” By Rick Sterling, March 07, 2018
Facilitating Israel’s Widespread Practice of Targeting Journalists By Ramona Wadi, March 07, 2018
Warning: Nuclear Deal With Iran Prelude to War, Not “Breakthrough” By Tony Cartalucci, March 07, 2018
Not Sorry: Washington Will Not Apologize for Destroying Afghanistan By Richard Becker, March 07, 2018
Palestinians
Israel’s Deliberate and Carefully Planned Annexation of Palestine By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man, March 07, 2018
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Trump ‘May’ Attend US Embassy Opening in Jerusalem By Middle East Eye, March 06, 2018
We Should Listen to the Iraqi Parliament By Rep. Ron Paul, March 06, 2018
Trump-Netanyahu Meeting at White House to Discuss Multi-Front War in Middle East By Timothy Alexander Guzman, March 06, 2018
Proof of US-ISIS Cooperation? By South Front, March 06, 2018
In Syria, the Real Siege Is by Terrorists Supported by Western Powers By Strategic Culture Foundation, March 06, 2018
Israeli Army’s Lies Can No Longer Salvage Its Image By Jonathan Cook, March 06, 2018
Liberating East Ghouta, Syria’s Last US-Supported Terrorist Enclave By Stephen Lendman, March 05, 2018
US Seeks to Intentionally Prolong Syrian Bloodshed By Tony Cartalucci, March 05, 2018
Netanyahu and Trump, Both Under Investigation, Meet on Phony ‘Deal of the Century’ By Prof. Juan Cole, March 05, 2018
Tell Us Why We’re At War, President Trump By Peter Van Buren, March 05, 2018
Bashar al-Assad: The Democratically Elected President of Syria By Steven MacMillan, March 05, 2018
War Propaganda. U.S. Media Portrays Pyongyang as Assisting Damascus in Waging a Chemical Attack against Syrian Civilians By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 05, 2018
West Continues to Aggravate Situation in Eastern Ghouta By Inside Syria Media Center, March 04, 2018
Rebellion Against Captivity in East Ghouta? By Stephen Lendman, March 03, 2018
The Kleptocracy of the Middle East By Hans Stehling, March 03, 2018
Criminal Propaganda of Omission. The West and its Terrorist Proxies do not Seek Peace in Syria By Mark Taliano, March 03, 2018
Yemen: Peace on the Horizon? By Andrew Korybko, March 03, 2018
Israel Is Now Arming Seven Rebel Groups in Syria By Asa Winstanley, March 03, 2018
Syria’s New Srebrenica in the Making By Stephen Karganovic, March 03, 2018
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