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.
Egypt 2018: An Ancient Nation is Moving Forward By Dr. Mohamed Elmasry, January 15, 2018
Iran
Trump Vows to Renew All-out Economic War on Iran By Keith Jones, January 15, 2018
Swiss Newspaper Reveals: Secret Military Cooperation Between Saudi Arabia and Israel By Middle East Monitor, January 14, 2018
Israel Keeps Bombing Syria and Nobody Is Doing Anything About It By Darius Shahtahmasebi, January 13, 2018
Horrific Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza By Stephen Lendman, January 13, 2018
Who or What Is Feeding the Unrest in Iran? By Philip Giraldi, January 13, 2018
The French Plan to Recognize “Rojava” By Thierry Meyssan, January 13, 2018
Iraq Historical Overview, Photographic Evidence: “I Never Thought Iraq Would Arrive at What It Is Today” By Angeria Rigamonti di Cuto and Latif Al Ani, January 12, 2018
The British Empire in Yemen By Jacob G. Hornberger, January 12, 2018
The Role of The Pro-Israel Lobby in US Politics By Hans Stehling, January 12, 2018
US Forces to Remain Indefinitely in Syria Illegally By Stephen Lendman, January 12, 2018
Sudan- Egypt Relations Further Strained over Territorial Dispute. The Hala’ib Triangle By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 11, 2018
Idlib De-Escalation Zone Collapses as Free Syrian Army’s (SFA) “Moderate Opposition” Comes to the Rescue of Its Al-Qaeda Counterparts By South Front, January 11, 2018
Uproar over Israeli Settler’s Killing By Stephen Lendman, January 11, 2018
History of US-Iran Relations: “Regime Change” and the Islamic State in 1979? Ayatollah Khomeini, an Instrument of the U.S.? By Sami Karimi, January 10, 2018
America Persistently Seeks to Destabilize Iran and Undermine Tehran’s Regional Influence in the Middle East By Farhad Shahabi, January 10, 2018
War in Syria Rages, Resurgence of ISIS-Daesh By Stephen Lendman, January 10, 2018
“A Strange Coincidence”: US Spy Plane Circled Near Russian Naval Base in Syria During Massive Drone Attack Launched by Terrorists By Zero Hedge, January 10, 2018
Israel Bans Members of 20 Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Groups from Entering Israel By 2018 Sail to Gaza, January 10, 2018
Turkey Begs Russia, Iran to Stop the Syrian Army from Smashing Their Proxy Jihadists in Idlib Province By Paul Antonopoulos, January 10, 2018
Demonizing Iran: Mainstream Media Madness and US-Israeli-Saudi ‘Behavior’ Problems By Robert Parry, January 10, 2018
A Paper Peace and Proxy War With Iran By Shamus Cooke, January 10, 2018
Operation Blue Flag 2017 Air War Games: Israel’s “Fighter-Jet Diplomacy”. Hooking Up Israeli Forces with NATO By Manlio Dinucci, January 09, 2018
Sixteen Year Old Ahed Tamimi Offers Israelis a Lesson Worthy of Gandhi By Jonathan Cook, January 09, 2018
Protecting China’s Belt and Road Initiative from US-Led Terrorism By Federico Pieraccini, January 09, 2018
Syrian Army Reports Israeli Missile Attack on Greater Damascus By Sputnik, January 09, 2018
Trump Would Do the Palestinians a Favour by Cutting Off Aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) By Abdel Bari Atwan, January 08, 2018
Trump Preparing to Diplomatically Recognize Kurdish Control over Huge Swathe of Syria – Report By Paul Antonopoulos, January 08, 2018
Free Syrian Army Commanders Visit Washington – Reports By South Front, January 08, 2018
Will Trump Use “Human Rights” to Kill the Iran Nukes Deal? By Mike Whitney, January 08, 2018
Video: Al Qaeda Rebels Retreat from Syria’s Southern Idlib By South Front, January 08, 2018
Trump’s Failed Coup in Iran By Eric Margolis, January 08, 2018
“Unprecedented Anti-Iran Tendencies Gain Momentum in White House” By Seyed Hossein Mousavian, January 07, 2018
Yes, Palestinians Teach Their Children to Hate the Jewish State By Rima Najjar, January 07, 2018
Iran and the Left: A Dissenting View By Reza Fiyouzat, January 07, 2018
US Military
Birth of an Insurgency: The US-Israeli “Secret Deal” to Manipulate Protests in Iran By Whitney Webb, January 06, 2018
Iran in 2018 By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 06, 2018
Don’t Get Too Excited About the Protests in Iran By Stephen Kinzer, January 06, 2018
Why There Won’t be a Revolution in Iran By Pepe Escobar, January 05, 2018
Iran at a Dangerous Crossroads By Peter Koenig, January 05, 2018
What Would Happen if Trump Were to Cut Funding to the U.N. Palestinian Refugee Programme? By Yara Hawari, January 05, 2018
Father Daniel in Syria: “There Never Was a Popular Uprising in Syria” By Fr Daniel Maes, January 05, 2018
Yemen Is Today’s Guernica By Dr. Cesar Chelala, January 04, 2018
Iranian Protests: U.S. Meddling and the Deep State’s Unfinished Business By Tony Cartalucci, January 04, 2018
Medical Evacuations in Syria, Deal between Syrian Government and the Terrorists By Steven Sahiounie, January 03, 2018
Jewish Identity Politics and the Struggle to Liberate Palestine By Rima Najjar, January 03, 2018
Syria Redux in Iran? By Mark Taliano, January 03, 2018
Trump Threatens to Cut US Funding for Palestinian Refugees By Stephen Lendman, January 03, 2018
Dispelling the Iranian Terrorism Myth By Dr. M. Reza Behnam, January 03, 2018
Trump to Move US Embassy in 2018 By IMEMC, January 03, 2018
Israel Seized 2,500 Acres of Palestinian Land in 2017 By Days of Palestine, January 03, 2018
Israeli Raids and Violence: Crowded West Bank Refugee Camp Is the Most Tear-gassed Place in the World By Sheren Khalel, January 03, 2018
political sanctions
Trump and Netanyahu Walk in Lockstep on Iran By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, January 03, 2018
The US and Israel’s New “Secret” Anti-Iran Plans By Abdel Bari Atwan, January 02, 2018
Foreign Intervention Behind Iran Protests. CIA Instigated Street Violence? By Stephen Lendman, January 02, 2018
President Trump’s Jerusalem Decision: The End of Hegemony? By Prof. James Petras, January 02, 2018
36,898 Killed in Iraq During 2017 By Margaret Griffis, January 02, 2018
Israel Ruling Party Votes for Push to Annex Parts of West Bank By Middle East Eye, January 01, 2018
Syria 2011 All Over Again? Watch as Kurdish, Islamist Groups Call for a Violent Uprising in Iran By Paul Antonopoulos, January 01, 2018
Israeli Ruling Party Votes to Annex West Bank and Seize Last Palestinian Lands By Telesur, January 01, 2018
political sanctions
Have Trump and Netanyahu Conspired to Topple Iran’s Government? By Stephen Lendman, December 31, 2017
All Is Not Quiet on the Syrian Front: US to Launch Another War By Alex Gorka, December 31, 2017
Israel, Guatemala and Apartheid By Voltaire, December 31, 2017
Facebook
Israeli Official Reports Increased Cooperation on Removing Content from Social Media By Shahar Ilan, December 31, 2017
U.S. and Israel Sign Secret Plan to Take on Iran. Report By Ali Nejad, December 31, 2017
UN Decries ‘Deepening Catastrophe’ in Yemen after Milestone 1,000 Days of Bloodshed By RT News, December 31, 2017
Records of British Mandate of Palestine: Shimon Peres’ Request to Become Mandatory Palestine Citizen Revealed By Becca Noy, December 30, 2017
Does Israel Have “A Patagonia Project” in Argentina? By Thierry Meyssan, December 30, 2017
Bassem Tamimi Honors His Courageous Young Daughter Ahed, Imprisoned by Israel’s Rubber Stamp Military Court By Stephen Lendman, December 30, 2017
2018 Outlook: Africa By Andrew Korybko, December 30, 2017
UN General Assembly Jerusalem Resolution: Vote Exposes 65 Sanctions-Deserving Pro-Apartheid States By Gideon Polya, December 29, 2017
Trump Sham “Peace Plan”: Abu Dis Village (Bordering Jerusalem), A Future Palestinian Capital? By Stephen Lendman, December 29, 2017
Geopolitical Shift in the Middle East: The War on ISIS Has Increased the Influence of Iran By Sami Karimi, December 29, 2017
Palestinian Christians and Muslims living in the Holy Land. A Christmas Message to Vice-President Mike Pence By James J. Zogby, December 29, 2017
Over 700 Yemeni Civilians Killed and Wounded by US-backed Saudi Airstrikes in December By Bill Van Auken, December 29, 2017
Africa in Review 2017: Reconstruction and the Impediments of Imperialism By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 29, 2017
Propaganda Aiming to Prove Iran Supplied Missiles Backfires By Scott Ritter, December 29, 2017
Who Are the Leading State Sponsors of Terrorism? By Philip Giraldi, December 29, 2017
Israel Should be Suspended from the UN Until It Complies with UNSCR 2334 By Hans Stehling, December 28, 2017
Under Trump, US Doubles Drone Strikes in Somalia By Telesur, December 28, 2017