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.
Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli Capital Sparks Anger, Protests By Bill Van Auken, December 07, 2017
Western Backed Terrorists in Syria: “Accepted Truths” Are Black Lies By Mark Taliano, December 07, 2017
Christian Community Responds: Open Letter to President Trump from Jerusalem’s Thirteen Heads of Churches By Patriarchs and Heads of Local Churches in Jerusalem, December 07, 2017
Muslim World Outrage While Trump Gloats over Jerusalem Decision By Stephen Lendman, December 07, 2017
Confirmed: Trump to Declare Jerusalem Israel’s Capital By Stephen Lendman, December 07, 2017
Trump Expected to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital By Stephen Lendman, December 06, 2017
The Qatar Crisis in an Age of Alternative Facts By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, December 06, 2017
Trafficking In Desperate Black Africans: Israel, Rwanda, and Libya By Bénédicte Kumbi Ndjoko and Ann Garrison, December 06, 2017
Strained Turkish-US Relations. Will Ankara Cut Diplomatic Ties with Israel? By Stephen Lendman, December 06, 2017
Abbas Urges UN to Stop Trump from Recognizing Jerusalem as Israeli Capital By Maan News Agency, December 06, 2017
Here’s Why Russia Might Set Up a Red Sea Base in Sudan By Andrew Korybko, December 06, 2017
Russiagate Becomes Israelgate By Philip Giraldi, December 06, 2017
Trump Gives Away Jerusalem to Settle $100m Campaign Debt By Hans Stehling, December 06, 2017
Video: War in Yemen and Geopolitical Standoff in the Middle East By South Front, December 06, 2017
Havoc in Middle East Geopolitical Alliances over US Decision to Move US Embassy to Jerusalem: Trump calls Abbas over Jerusalem as Turkey Threatens Break with Israel By Middle East Eye, December 05, 2017
Israel Claims Airstrikes on Damascus
Escalated Israeli Aggression on Syria: Begging for War By Stephen Lendman, December 05, 2017
Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Islamphobic Travel Ban By Stephen Lendman, December 05, 2017
An Open Letter by Senior Middle East Scholars to the New York Times Regarding “Saudi Arabia’s Arab Spring, At Last.” By Senior Middle East Scholars, December 05, 2017
CIA Chief: Saudi, Israel May Set Up ‘Joint Military Headquarters’ By Press TV, December 05, 2017
Trump’s Biggest Donor Pushed For Jerusalem Embassy Move By Eli Clifton, December 05, 2017
Trump and Netanyahu Conspire to Make Jerusalem Israel’s Capital as They Make Preparations to Attack Iran By Hans Stehling, December 05, 2017
Former Yemeni President Killed: The Price of Betrayal By Stephen Lendman, December 05, 2017
Yemen without Saleh By Moon of Alabama, December 05, 2017
Israel and US Hide Names of Companies Supporting Israeli Settlements By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, December 05, 2017
CIA Director Pompeo Threatens Iran: Quds Force General Qasem Soleimani Refused to Read His Letter By South Front, December 04, 2017
Former Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh Killed by Houthis While Trying to Flee Yemen’s Sanaa By Middle East Eye, December 04, 2017
How a Dubious BBC Report Gave Israel the “Green Light” for Last Night’s Attack on Syria By Zero Hedge, December 04, 2017
China, Saudi Arabia and the US: Shake Up and Shake Down. By Prof. James Petras, December 04, 2017
Israeli Attacks Reported Near Damascus, Israeli Media Removes Story By Jason Ditz, December 04, 2017
Jordan, Palestinians Urge Emergency Meetings Ahead of Trump’s Expected Jerusalem Decision – Reports By RT News, December 04, 2017
No, the US Didn’t Abandon the Syrian Kurds. A Trump-Erdogan Agreement? By Andrew Korybko, December 03, 2017
Flynn’s Devastating Confessions: Trump Colluded with Israel, Tried to Fulfill Campaign Promises By Moon of Alabama, December 03, 2017
Anti-Netanyahu Protests against Corruption and Legislation Protecting Netanyahu From Policy Investigations By Stephen Lendman, December 03, 2017
Secret Documents Reveal Mubarak’s Plan to Resettle Palestinians in Egypt By Middle East Monitor, December 03, 2017
Prolonged US Military Presence in Syria? “We’re not Just Going to Walk Away Right Now”. James Mattis By Sophie Mangal, December 03, 2017
Trump May Recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital Next Week By Middle East Eye, December 03, 2017
“They Don’t Care About Us”. White Helmets True Agenda By Guy Mettan, Vanessa Beeley, Richard Labévière, and Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, December 03, 2017
Slave Markets in ‘Liberated’ Libya and the Silence of the Humanitarian Hawks By Neil Clark, December 03, 2017
Netanyahu and CIA Director Pompeo Threaten Iran By Stephen Lendman, December 03, 2017
White Helmets, ‘Local Councils’ – Is the UK FCO Financing Terrorism in Syria with Taxpayer Funds? By Vanessa Beeley, December 02, 2017
White House May Share Nuclear Power Technology with Saudi Arabia By Isaac Arnsdorf, December 02, 2017
Iran Playing Major Role in Defeating Terrorism in Middle East: Mark Taliano By Mark Taliano and Tasnim News Agency, December 02, 2017
Should the U.N. Consider the White Helmets as a Politically Neutral Organization, and Its Allegations as Credible Sources by U.N. Investigative Panels on Syria? By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, December 02, 2017
Opinion: The US-Israeli Gang of Trump, Netanyahu and Kushner By Hans Stehling, December 02, 2017
Provocation and the Danger of Military Escalation: Israel Bombs Syrian Military Target By Stephen Lendman, December 02, 2017
The Unknown History of the UN Plan to Partition Palestine By Jerome M. Segal, December 02, 2017
UN General Assembly Calls on Israel to Withdraw from Syrian Golan By Internationalist 360, December 02, 2017
Video: China Considers Deploying Special Forces in Syria By South Front, December 01, 2017
The US Congress Won’t Allow Palestinians To Complain to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Regarding Israel’s Land Theft and Settlements in the Occupied Territories. By James J. Zogby, December 01, 2017
Video: ISIS Plans to Move Its ‘Caliphate’ to Libya? Relocate Terrorists to Africa, Asia? By South Front, December 01, 2017
Saudi Prince Mutaib ‘Paid $10 Billion’ to be Released from Ritz-Carlton ‘Prison’ By The New Arab, December 01, 2017
Shakespeare in Riyadh 2017, “Princes in the Tower”: Osama’s Brother Bakr bin Laden among those Arrested By Crown Prince MBS By Claudio Resta, December 01, 2017
IDF-linked Think Tank Admits Israel, ISIS Are Allies in Confronting Iran in Syria By South Front, December 01, 2017
Video: US-backed SDF and ISIS Reached Ceasefire in Eastern Syria? By South Front, November 30, 2017
The Dog That Didn’t Bark By Israel Shamir, November 30, 2017
We Will Not be Complicit in Israel’s System of Apartheid By Sawsan Bastawy, November 30, 2017
Iran
Washington Urged by Israel to Bomb Iran. John Kerry By Stephen Lendman, November 30, 2017
Sudan Seeks Military Aid from Russia. President al-Bashir’s Meeting with Putin in Sochi By Peter Korzun, November 29, 2017
The Betraying Arab League at a Time of Crisis in the Arab World By Dr. Elias Akleh, November 29, 2017
Israel to Coordinate with Google, YouTube, to Censor Palestinian Videos of Conflict By IMEMC, November 29, 2017
Israel Plans to Block Arabs from Living in 1,000 Neighbourhoods By Middle East Monitor, November 29, 2017
Video: Israel Was Pushing Us to Bomb Iran before Nuclear Deal – John Kerry By South Front, November 29, 2017
Media Erase NATO Role in Bringing Slave Markets to Libya By Ben Norton, November 29, 2017
The Relentless Decline of US Imperialism: At the UN, America’s Inability to Admit Reality. Four Successive Vetoes on the Lies about Khan Shaykhun By Thierry Meyssan, November 29, 2017
Is the Israeli-Saudi Alliance Planning to Wage War On Iran? By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, November 29, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Eliminated ISIS-held Pocket in Euphrates Valley By South Front, November 29, 2017
Why Does the U.S. Support Saudi Arabia, A Country Which Hosts and Finances Islamic Terrorism? On Behalf of Washington? By Washington's Blog, November 29, 2017
Grand Renaissance Dam
For 70 Years, the New York Times Has Heralded Saudi Leaders as “Reformers” By Washington's Blog, November 28, 2017
Kurdish Intentions to Join SAA? Secret Deal Against the US? By Sophie Mangal, November 28, 2017
Kurdish YPG Fighters Willing to Join Syrian Army? What Prospects of Geneva Peace Talks By Stephen Lendman, November 28, 2017
“Dirty Geopolitics” and America’s “Triangulation Strategy” in Syria By Stephen Lendman, November 28, 2017
The End of the Syrian War Is the Beginning of a New Middle Eastern Order By Federico Pieraccini, November 28, 2017
How Far Will the ‘Friendship’ of Israel and Saudi Arabia Go? By Valeriy Kulikov, November 28, 2017
The Dark Inevitability of Zionism By Prof. Lawrence Davidson, November 27, 2017
Saudi Arabia’s Phony “War on Terror”, Leading State Sponsor of ISIS, al-Qaeda, et al By Stephen Lendman, November 27, 2017
Combating Terrorism and the Barbaric Egypt Rawda Mosque Attack By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, November 27, 2017
Israel Threatens War on Syria By Stephen Lendman, November 27, 2017
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Promise to Join the “Syrian Army” if Syria Becomes A Federal State By South Front, November 27, 2017
Syria: This U.S. Occupation – Or “Presence” – Is Unsustainable By Moon of Alabama, November 27, 2017
Libya Slave Trade Shows How Africans Are Treated as Subhuman By Fred Muvunyi, November 27, 2017