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.
The Military Strategy of the New Turkey By Thierry Meyssan, October 20, 2017
Israeli Forces Ransack, Shut Down Palestinian Media Companies By KhamakarPress, October 20, 2017
Kirkuk, a Counterfeit Prize By Barbara Nimri Aziz, October 20, 2017
Should US Policy Against Iran be Taken Seriously? By Thierry Meyssan, October 20, 2017
When the Nuclear Violator Becomes the Accuser By Farhad Shahabi, October 20, 2017
Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis and the United Nations By Canadian Boat to Gaza, October 19, 2017
‘Israel Violates International Law With EU Complicity’ By Badriya Khan, October 19, 2017
President Trump Moves Towards War on Iran By Jan Oberg, October 19, 2017
Syria’s SAA Forces Discover ISIS “Chemical Workshop” in Eastern Homs By Arabi Souri, October 19, 2017
Raqqa Raped and Destroyed, Not Liberated By Stephen Lendman, October 19, 2017
Video: Moscow Rejects “Syria Role” in Chemical Raids By Mark Taliano and Press TV, October 19, 2017
Video: Syrian Government Forces Cross Euphrates, Push Toward Omar Oil Fields By South Front, October 19, 2017
America’s Predictable Betrayal of the Iran Deal By Tony Cartalucci, October 19, 2017
Is America Now Fighting on the Side of the Terrorists in Syria? By Dmitriy Sudakov, October 18, 2017
Israel Is Hiding the Fact that Its State of the Art F-35 Warplane Was Hit by Syrian S-200 Missile – Reports By South Front, October 18, 2017
Will the Kirkuk Campaign Lead to Regime Change in Kurdistan? By Andrew Korybko, October 18, 2017
Iraqi Seizure of Oil-rich Kirkuk from Kurds Risks Broader War By Jordan Shilton, October 18, 2017
War in Iraqi Kurdistan By Stephen Lendman, October 18, 2017
Kurdish Nationalist Group PJAK Utilized to Weaken and Divide Iran By Sarah Abed, October 18, 2017
The Iran Dilemma – The Tyrant Has Spoken By Peter Koenig, October 18, 2017
Video: Israel Wants War with Iran. Penetrating Historical Analysis of Israeli-CIA Meddling By Steve Pieczenik, October 18, 2017
Video: Syria Government Forces Liberate City of Mayadin from ISIS By South Front, October 18, 2017
Israel Supplies Weapons to ISIS-Daesh: Report By SANA, October 18, 2017
US Betrays Iran Deal as Predicted – Edges Closer to War By Tony Cartalucci, October 17, 2017
Here’s How the Russian-Saudi Rapprochement Might Affect Yemen By Andrew Korybko, October 17, 2017
Wrongful Rhetoric and Trump’s Strategy on Iran By Kathy Kelly, October 16, 2017
The Real Reasons Trump Is Quitting Unesco By Jonathan Cook, October 16, 2017
Kurdish SDF Terror Proxies Re-Occupy (What’s Left of) Raqqa, Syria By Mark Taliano, October 16, 2017
Europe Should Stop Trump from Starting Another War in the Middle East By Farhang Jahanpour, October 16, 2017
US to Stay in Iran Nuclear Deal: UN Ambassador Haley By Press TV, October 16, 2017
Video: Iraqi Army Pushes to Retake Kirkuk from Kurdistan Peshmerga By South Front, October 16, 2017
Iran – Trump Has No Strategy, Only Aims and No Way to Achieve Them By Moon of Alabama, October 16, 2017
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Trump’s Iran Deal By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 16, 2017
The US-Turkish “Visa War” Is a Hybrid War Harbinger By Andrew Korybko, October 15, 2017
Iran’s Foreign Minister Warned that Trump Threats Would Backfire By Dania Akkad, October 15, 2017
The Middle East Pivot: Erdoğan’s Turkey Seven “Deadly Sins” By Prof. James Petras, October 14, 2017
Video: Turkish Military Intervention in Northwestern Syria. Troops and Vehicles Enter Idlib By South Front, October 14, 2017
War Crimes and the Rights of Children in Syria and Iraq: On the Importance of Media Literacy in Times of Universal Deceit By Mark Taliano, October 14, 2017
Separatist Kurdish Factions: Human Rights Violations and Racism By Sarah Abed, October 14, 2017
Abandoned buildings used by ISIS militants in northern Syria. / RT
Washington Pretends to be Combating ISIS in Syria By Stephen Lendman, October 13, 2017
More than 1,000 Foreign ISIS Terrorists Enter Syria via Iraq: Report By Leith Fadel, October 13, 2017
Five Reasons Why Trump Is Moving Towards War with Iran By Dr. Trita Parsi, October 13, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Pressures ISIS Units in Deir Ezzor City. US Backed Militants Surrender By South Front, October 13, 2017
After Ten Years, Time to Ground Britain’s Reaper Drones By Chris Cole, October 13, 2017
“Clash of Civilisations” 2.0 By Thierry Meyssan, October 13, 2017
Israel’s Role in the Cataclysm to Come By Phil Butler, October 13, 2017
On ‘Independence’: Catalonia, Kurdistan, North Korea and Latin America By Andre Vltchek and Alessandro Bianchi, October 13, 2017
In Iran and North Korea, Trump Is Playing with Nuclear Fire By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, October 12, 2017
Video: US-backed Forces Negotiate with ISIS Over Raqqah City By South Front, October 12, 2017
Video: Syria: ISIS Clashing with Al Nusra in Northern Hama By South Front, October 11, 2017
“US Coalition Out of Syria Now!” Syria Solidarity Movement Statement By Syria Solidarity Movement, October 11, 2017
Despite Syrian Government’s Attempts to Unify Country US-backed Kurdish SDF Persist with Land Theft By Sarah Abed, October 10, 2017
US_Turkey Relations: Ankara Issues Arrest Warrant for 2nd US Consulate Worker By South Front, October 10, 2017
Syria – Turkey Violates Astana Agreement – Renews Alliance with Al-Qaeda By Moon of Alabama, October 10, 2017
Kremlin Issues Stern Warning to Washington Over US Help for Terrorists in Syria By Dr. Gilbert Doctorow, October 10, 2017
Video: ISIS-Daesh Repealed. Syrian Army Restores Control Over Palmyra-Deir Ezzor Highway By South Front, October 10, 2017
Afghanistan: US Sponsored Al Qaeda “Freedom Fighters” Were Used to Railroad the Formation of a Secular Socialist Government By Gaither Stewart, October 09, 2017
Syria: Disappeared Voices by Western Corporate Media By Mark Taliano, October 09, 2017
The Arab-Israel War of 1973 and Its Legacy By Adeyinka Makinde, October 09, 2017
Spanish Police in Israel: Repression Courses #TestedInCombat By 15Mbcn, October 09, 2017
The Referendum Dimensions in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq By Brian H. Hayden, October 09, 2017
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory By IMEMC, October 09, 2017
Syria – Erdogan Is Afraid of Entering Idleb By Moon of Alabama, October 08, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Repels Large ISIS Attack on Sukhna By South Front, October 07, 2017
Exposing a Shoddy Sarin Attack Narrative and Responding to NATO-Backed Critics By Gareth Porter, October 07, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Strikes ISIS Near Mayadin City. Russia Accuses US of Supporting ISIS Terrorists By South Front, October 07, 2017
Has the Israel Lobby Destroyed Americans’ First Amendment Rights? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, October 06, 2017
Trump Expected to Decertify Iran Nuclear Deal By Stephen Lendman, October 06, 2017
ISIS Mobile Groups Use US At-tanf Base for Raids Against Syrian Army – Russian Ministry of Defense By South Front, October 06, 2017
Trump and ‘His Generals’ on Collision Course over Iran By Daniel McAdams, October 06, 2017
Tel Aviv Is Only Interested in Weakening Iraq: The Kurdish Referendum By Edu Montesanti, October 06, 2017
Video: Israel Complains Assad Is Winning in Syria By South Front, October 05, 2017
Political Suicide: Masoud Barzani’s Miscalculation Will Push Kurdistan into the Abyss By Martin Jay, October 05, 2017
The Big ISIS and SDF Lies of the US: ‘Kurdistan’ and New Gas Wars By F. William Engdahl, October 05, 2017
Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Bedouin Village for 119th Time By Ma’an news, October 04, 2017
Syria: Kurdish SDF and ISIS-Daesh, An Unholy Alliance Consecrated by the U.S. By Sarah Abed, October 04, 2017
Video: US Air Strikes in Support of ISIS-Daesh? Syria Forces Counter-attack against Terrorists By South Front, October 04, 2017
Vote by Iraqi Kurds Adds to Tensions By Joe Lauria, October 04, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Repels Major ISIS Advance, Launches Counter-attack By South Front, October 03, 2017
Palestinians React to Opening of First US Military Base in Israel By Mohammed Othman, October 03, 2017