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.
Saudi Prisoners to be Freed in Exchange for 70% of Their Wealth. Reports By Middle East Monitor, November 19, 2017
Israel’s Ploy: Selling a Syrian Nuke Strike By Gareth Porter, November 19, 2017
Secretary Mattis Is Off Base: US Military Presence in Syria Has No Legal Grounds By Peter Korzun, November 19, 2017
The US-led War Against ISIS Is Killing 31 Times More Civilians Than Claimed. Report By Alex Ward, November 19, 2017
Grenfell Tower: Criminal Negligence in Worst Fatal Residential Fire in London for Over 100 Years By Hans Stehling, November 19, 2017
NATO Adds to Turkey’s Chagrin. Turkish Good-Bye to NATO? By Moon of Alabama, November 19, 2017
Video: Syrian Government Forces Storm Al-Bukamal ISIS Stronghold By South Front, November 18, 2017
America’s Renegade Warfare. Is the U.S. Guilty of Genocide By Nicolas J. S. Davies, November 18, 2017
When Will the West Ever Learn from History? By Lord Lothian and Amir Nour, November 18, 2017
Washington-Moscow Duel: UN Security Council Resolutions on the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria By Stephen Lendman, November 18, 2017
Assessment of White House Intelligence Report About Nerve Agent Attack in Khan Shaykhun, Syria By Dr. Theodore Postol, November 18, 2017
Should Turkey Trust the US? By Anna Jaunger, November 17, 2017
Israel and Saudis: Best of Friends? By Stephen Lendman, November 17, 2017
Crimes of Saudi Arabia and Its Allies in Yemen: Casualties and Damages By Legal Center for Rights and Development, November 17, 2017
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The Impact of the Saudi Coup on the World Oil Market and China By Dr. Ali Kadri, November 17, 2017
War Crimes as Policy By Mark Taliano, November 17, 2017
Jordan Fears ‘Turmoil’ as Saudis Rush to Embrace Israel By David Hearst, November 17, 2017
Russia-gate Spreads to Europe By Robert Parry, November 17, 2017
How Pseudo-leftists Explain the Failure of the ‘Syrian Revolution’ By Prof. Tim Anderson, November 16, 2017
Joint Statement by the President of the United States and the President of the Russian Federation By Pres. Donald Trump and Pres. Vladimir Putin, November 16, 2017
US Received No Permission from the UN to Intervene in Syria Despite Their False Claim. Russian Foreign Ministry By Paul Antonopoulos, November 16, 2017
Libya’s Slave Auctions and African Genocide: What Hillary Knew By Zero Hedge, November 16, 2017
Video: Al Qaeda Launched its Advance against Syrian SAA Forces. Fierce Fighting Erupts in Eastern Ghouta By South Front, November 16, 2017
‘Inappropriate Behaviour’ – Michael Fallon, Yemen, and the ‘Mainstream’ That Is Anything But By Media Lens, November 16, 2017
The US Persistently Seeks to Destabilize Iran. Why is Washington So Deeply Concerned about Tehran’s Regional Influence in the Middle East? By Farhad Shahabi, November 16, 2017
Revealed – Saudis Plan to Give Up Palestine – For War on Iran By Moon of Alabama, November 16, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Turns Al Qaeda Militants Back in Northern Hama By South Front, November 16, 2017
Saudi Arabia Regional and Global Linkages By Prof. James Petras, November 16, 2017
Syria’s Eastern Ghouta: Catastrophic Situation or Heinous Disinformation Campaign? By Sophie Mangal, November 15, 2017
Video: Evolving Middle East Crisis, Israel, Saudi Arabia Setting Preconditions for War with Hezbollah By South Front, November 15, 2017
America’s “Killing Fields” in Yemen: Children are Dying, Engineered Starvation, US Enforced Blockade on Food and Medicine By William Boardman, November 15, 2017
Lebanon: The Next Battleground of Saudi Arabia? By Sami Karimi, November 15, 2017
Syria: Media Disinformation Campaign, Blaming Assad for Alleged Famine in Terrorist-Held East Ghouta, Fake Accounts, Photos By Sophie Mangal, November 14, 2017
Saudi-Israeli Collusion? Is Israel Seeking Role as Leader of the Sunni Bloc? By Jonathan Cook, November 14, 2017
Syria War Report: ISIS Conducts Suicide Attempt to Seize Back Al-Bukamal By South Front, November 14, 2017
Yemen – Having Lost the War Saudis Try Genocide – Media Complicit By Moon of Alabama, November 14, 2017
Yemen: End Blockade, Avert Famine By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, November 14, 2017
How Israel and Saudi Arabia Conspire to Seize Control of the Middle East? By Wayne Madsen, November 13, 2017
What Craziness Is Going on in Saudi Arabia? By Eric Margolis, November 13, 2017
Art of the Deal: Behind Saudi-Lebanon Crisis Is Trump’s Middle East ‘Peace Project’ By Patrick Henningsen, November 13, 2017
Arab States Spent 130 Billion Dollars to Destroy Syria, Libya, Yemen: Algerian PM By Press TV, November 13, 2017
Saudi Authorities Arrested Prince Bandar in Sultan, “The Engineer of the Syrian War” By South Front, November 13, 2017
Should British MPs Including the PM and Foreign Secretary be Lobbyists for Israel, An Undeclared Nuclear-armed State? By Hans Stehling, November 12, 2017
The ISIS-Daesh Killing Field: A Letter from Iraq – Grief, Forgiveness, and 20 Million Pilgrims By Pepe Escobar, November 12, 2017
Setting the Record Straight: The 1984 Beirut Barracks Bombing By Lawrence Korb, November 12, 2017
Trump’s CIA Is Laying the Groundwork for a Devastating War on Iran, with Help from Neocon Think Tank By Ben Norton, November 12, 2017
Secret Document: Saudis, Israel Working Together to Provoke War in Lebanon By Joyce Chediac, November 12, 2017
Don’t Let Misplaced Concerns over Missiles Jeopardize Iran Deal By Felicity Arbuthnot, Tytti Erästö, and Sina Azodi, November 11, 2017
“Never Again” or “Again and Again”? Syria has been Fighting, and Winning A Just War against Terrorism By Mark Taliano, November 11, 2017
Trump’s Pivot to Asia: An Arms Sales Bonanza, An Anti-Peace Trip By Peter Koenig, November 11, 2017
Mohammed Bin Salman Drains the Saudi Swamp By Andrew Korybko, November 11, 2017
Let’s Call Western Media Coverage of Syria by Its Real Name: Propaganda By Michael Howard, November 11, 2017
Muhammd Bin-Salman’s Purge in Saudi Arabia Is the Prelude to Something Bigger By Abdel Bari Atwan, November 11, 2017
FAKE NEWS: BBC criticised for using Iraq 2003 photo to illustrate Syrian massacre By Global Research, November 11, 2017
Real Motive Behind Saudi Purge Emerges: $800 Billion in Confiscated Assets By Zero Hedge, November 10, 2017
Did Al Qaeda Dupe Trump on Syrian Attack? By Robert Parry, November 10, 2017
Bombshell: Qatar’s Former Prime Minister Says US Funded ISIS By Free West Media, November 10, 2017
The Tragic Declaration: Colonial Legacies, Balfour and Israel By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 10, 2017
Underage Marriage in Iraq: Changes to Marriage Law Just Another Erosion of Iraqi Women’s Rights By Mustafa Habib, November 10, 2017
The US Military Bases Abroad Are Disrupting the World Order By Sami Karimi, November 10, 2017
Middle East Intrigue. Riyadh Accuses Iran and Hezbollah of Sowing Strife, War on Lebanon and Iran? By Stephen Lendman, November 09, 2017
Book Review: ‘Dear World’: A Syrian Girl’s Story of War and Plea for Peace’ by Bana Alabed By Susan Dirgham, November 09, 2017
Video: The Saudi Purge: The Middle East Is on the Verge of A New War By South Front, November 09, 2017
Syria Will Join Paris Climate Accord, US is the Only Country Which Refuses to Sign By Sophie Mangal, November 09, 2017
The Syria “Chemical Weapons Attacks”. UN ‘Joint Investigative Mechanism’ Report on Khan Shaykhun Proven Inaccurate, Politically Biased By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, November 09, 2017
Last Major ISIS Stronghold in Syria Liberated By Stephen Lendman, November 09, 2017
Saudi Arabia: Wellspring of Regional Instability By Paul R. Pillar, November 09, 2017
Afghanistan: Impunity is Another US Lethal Weapon that Kills Silently By Sami Karimi, November 09, 2017
The Network of Illicit Arms Shipments to Syrian Terrorists: US and Allies including Israel and Saudi Arabia Arming Terrorist Proxies By James ONeill, November 08, 2017
Bring in Legislation to Make Pro-Israel Lobbyists Register as ‘Foreign Agents’ By Hans Stehling, November 08, 2017
Russia’s Iranian Energy Deal Killed Four Birds with One Stone By Andrew Korybko, November 08, 2017
Western Media Calls Hugo Chavez a “Dictator”, While Endorsing a “Real Dictator” in Saudi Arabia By Joe Emersberger, November 08, 2017
Dubious Osama bin Laden Documents: A Pretext for a War on Iran By Kurt Nimmo, November 08, 2017
The Greek Occupation of Jerusalem and the Holy Land By Israel Shamir, November 08, 2017
Balfour at 100: A Legacy of Racism and Propaganda By Dan Freeman-Maloy, November 08, 2017
Perpetual War: UK’s Armed Drones to Stay Deployed Beyond Campaign Against ISIS By Chris Cole, November 08, 2017
The Truth About Radical Islam By Tony Cartalucci, November 08, 2017
“Explosive” Leaked Secret Israeli Cable Confirms Israeli-Saudi Coordination To Provoke War By Zero Hedge, November 07, 2017
The Inside Story of the Saudi Night of Long Knives By Pepe Escobar, November 07, 2017
Is Saudi Arabia Engaging Iran in a New Regional Conflict? By Salman Rafi Sheikh, November 07, 2017