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.
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
How Will Iran, Russia and Turkey React to US Decision to Stay in Syria after Defeat of ISIS? By South Front, November 27, 2017
America and Britain Arm and Train Saudi Arabia’s Military, UK-US Involved in “Dirty War” in Yemen By Stephen Lendman, November 27, 2017
A Less than Modest Proposal to End the War in Yemen. “I am Writing This on Thanksgiving Eve” By George Capaccio, November 26, 2017
James Mattis Allowed the ISIS Terrorists to Escape from Raqqa, Smuggled Out of Syria By Eric Zuesse, November 26, 2017
ISIS Last Stand; End Times for the Caliphate By Mike Whitney, November 26, 2017
Israel Responds to Defeat of Islamist Rebels in Syria with Threat of Wider Regional War By Jean Shaoul, November 26, 2017
Terror Attack on Egyptian Mosque Kills at Least 235 Worshippers By Niles Niemuth, November 26, 2017
Syria War, Sochi Peace By Pepe Escobar, November 26, 2017
PLO Office in Washington to Remain Open if Palestinians Engage in ‘Meaningful Negotiations with Israel,’ US Sources By Ahram Online, November 26, 2017
Egypt Has Enemies. Massacre at Bir al-Abed Mosque By Steven Sahiounie, November 26, 2017
Pentagon to Admit to 2,000 Troops in Syria, Number Likely Far Higher By Jason Ditz, November 26, 2017
CNN Breaks Story on Slave Trade in Libya; French Government Voices Concern for African Migrants By Gerald A. Perreira, November 26, 2017
Libya: A New False Dawn By Richard Galustian, November 26, 2017
Trump and Erdogan Spoke by Phone: US to Stop Arming Syria YPG Kurds? By Stephen Lendman, November 26, 2017
Video: ISIS Defeated? US Forces Remain “Illegally” in Syria to Oppose Iran By South Front, November 25, 2017
White House Support for Aggression and Blockade of Yemen. Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis. The International Community Remains Silent By Stephen Lendman, November 25, 2017
Sudan Is Indispensable to China’s Silk Road Vision for Africa By Andrew Korybko, November 25, 2017
Winning the Peace in Syria: The Nation’s Greatest Challenge By Stephen Lendman, November 24, 2017
Translated Doc Debunks Narrative of Al Qaeda-Iran ‘Alliance’ By Gareth Porter, November 24, 2017
A “Peace Train” is Rolling Through Syria… By Mark Taliano, November 24, 2017
Misleading Map of Israel Raises Questions About BBC Impartiality, Erases Palestine Completely By Amena Saleem, November 24, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Liberates Dozen Villages in Euphrates Valley By South Front, November 24, 2017
The Objective of the US Is to Weaken and Destroy Syria: Prof. Tim Anderson By Prof. Tim Anderson and Sputnik, November 24, 2017
BBC Backs Report that Omitted Killings of Palestinians During Gaza Truce By Amena Saleem, November 23, 2017
Israel’s Military Detention of Palestinian Children. Motion against Israel in Britain’s Parliament By Middle East Monitor, November 23, 2017
Translated Doc Debunks Narrative of Al Qaeda-Iran ‘Alliance’ By Gareth Porter, November 23, 2017
Petroyuan and Saudi Arabia: From the Temptation of US “Military QE” to the Creation of a Middle East 3.0 By Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin (GEAB), November 23, 2017
The US-led Coalition’s Air War in Iraq: Undercounting the Civilian Dead By Paul R. Pillar, November 22, 2017
Crimes against Humanity: US-backed Saudi Blockade Deprives 2.5 Million Yemenis of Clean Water By Bill Van Auken, November 22, 2017
Peace in Syria? When and Under What Circumstances. Will Washington Admit Defeat? By Stephen Lendman, November 22, 2017
Russia in Syria – Military ‘Failure’ Sets Off Intense Diplomacy By Moon of Alabama, November 22, 2017
Boy, Is This Stupid or What? Shambles of US Foreign Policy in the Middle East By Philip Giraldi, November 22, 2017
How Saudi Efforts to Provoke War Were Stopped and Lebanon United. The Role of Hezbollah By Joyce Chediac, November 22, 2017
Canada: Is Trudeau Ready for a Middle East War? By Murray Dobbin, November 22, 2017
The Syria Sarin Gas Attack: ‘Experts’ and the Left’s Witchfinder General. George Monbiot By Jonathan Cook, November 22, 2017
Video: Hezbollah Forces Are on High Combat Readiness to Confront Possible Israeli Attacks By South Front, November 22, 2017
How Syrian-Nuke Evidence Was Faked By Gareth Porter, November 21, 2017
Why Are We Helping Saudi Arabia Destroy Yemen? By Rep. Ron Paul, November 21, 2017
The Middle East: the Decline of American Might By Victor Mikhin, November 21, 2017
Video: Syrian Government Troops Liberated Al-Bukamal from ISIS By South Front, November 21, 2017
The Faces of Yemen – Where Is American “Outrage?” By Brandon Turbeville, November 20, 2017
US/Saudi/Israeli Alliance for Greater Regional Turbulence? By Stephen Lendman, November 20, 2017
Saudi-Israeli Friendship Is Driving the Rest of the Middle East Together By Federico Pieraccini, November 20, 2017
Guardian, NYT Paint Power-Grabbing Saudi Dictator as Roguish, Visionary ‘Reformer’ By Adam Johnson, November 20, 2017
The Saudi-US War on Yemen Is Killing 130 Children a Day & Other Bleak Statistics By Prof. Juan Cole, November 20, 2017
US Wants to Divide Pakistan and Iran By News Desk, November 20, 2017
Trump Administration Threatens Palestinians By Stephen Lendman, November 19, 2017