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 Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, a Business Partner of Former Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hariri, Dies During Arrest By Adam Garrie, November 07, 2017
Israeli Defense Forces: Military Capabilities, Scenarios for the Third Lebanon War By South Front, November 07, 2017
Criminal War Propaganda  By Mark Taliano, November 07, 2017
Crisis in Saudi Arabia: Long Range Missile Launched by Houthi Rebels against Riyadh By David Hearst, November 06, 2017
Saudi Arabia – This ‘Night Of The Long Knives’ Is A Panic-Fueled Move By Moon of Alabama, November 06, 2017
The Baku Tblisi Kars (KTK) Railway Is Turkey’s Silk Road Corridor To Central Asia By Andrew Korybko, November 06, 2017
Saudi Arabia Blames Iran for Missile Launched from Yemen, Warns It Could Be Considered ‘Act of War’ By RT, November 06, 2017
Saudi Helicopter Carrying Eight High-Ranking Officials And Prince Bin-Muqrin Crashed Near Yemen Border – All Dead By Zero Hedge, November 06, 2017
“De-Dollarization” and the “Resistance Economy”? President Putin in Tehran, Negotiating A Multi-Billion “Petro-Ruble” Oil Deal. By Peter Koenig, November 06, 2017
BREAKING: Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hariri Resigns after Anti-Iranian Meltdown, CIA Accuses Tehran of Supporting Al Qaeda By Adam Garrie, November 06, 2017
Israeli-Saudi Tandem Adjusts to Syria Loss By Alastair Crooke, November 06, 2017
More Fake News? WMD in Syria Just Like Iraq in 2003? By Rick Sterling, November 06, 2017
Iran Accuses U.S. Government of Using Bin Laden’s Files to Distort Truth about 9/11 By South Front, November 06, 2017
Israel Begins “Largest-Ever Aerial Military Drill”, As Saudis Consider Missile Strike (Allegedly) by Iran as “Act Of War” By Zero Hedge, November 06, 2017
Palestine and the Balfour Declaration, Explained in Eight Memes
 By Rima Najjar, November 05, 2017
Moscow Outmaneuvers Washington’s Kurdistan Project By F. William Engdahl, November 05, 2017
Saudi Arabia’s March Towards Civil War? By William Craddick, November 05, 2017
Pentagon Think-Tank Praises Al Qaeda as ‘Moderate’ Islamists By Eric Zuesse, November 04, 2017
Saudi Arabia: Mirage of Reform in Wahhabism’s Absolute Monarchy By Gilbert Mercier, November 04, 2017
From Iran-Contra to Russia-Gate, Washington Scandals – I’ve Seen This Story Before By Bruce K. Gagnon, November 03, 2017
Hezbollah Is Not a Threat to America By Sharmine Narwani, November 03, 2017
President Bashar al-Assad: U.S. and Its Western Allies Are to Blame for Failure of Latest Ceasefire By Bashar al Assad and Politika, November 03, 2017
World Votes to Lift Blockade on Cuba as US, Israel Vote ‘No’ By Telesur, November 03, 2017
UN Panel: Sanctions Needed Against Israel to Stop Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine By Darius Shahtahmasebi, November 03, 2017
Is Trump Planning Escalated US Aggression in Syria? By Stephen Lendman, November 03, 2017
Absurdities of Syrian War Propaganda By Eva Bartlett, November 03, 2017
The Toxic Legacy of Balfour and British Colonialism in Israel-Palestine By Richard Silverstein, November 03, 2017
Irish Politician to ST: The West, EU, US Aggravate Syrian People’s Suffering by Sanctions By Clare Daly and The Syria Times, November 03, 2017
Video: Syrian SAA Forces Clearing Northern Deir Ezzor from ISIS By South Front, November 03, 2017
Who Must be Held Responsible for Ruined Syria? US-NATO Supported The Terrorists. U.S. Coalition Air Strikes Caused Most of the Destruction By Sophie Mangal, November 02, 2017
US Deliveries of Weapons and Military Equipment for Terrorists in Syria By Anna Jaunger, November 02, 2017
The Division of Syria? US to Build Additional “De-Escalation Zones”: Tillerson By Alex Gorka, November 02, 2017
Neocons Push Dubious Paper to Allege Iran – Al-Qaeda Connection By Moon of Alabama, November 02, 2017
US Has 150 Nuclear Weapons in Five NATO Countries: Turkish Parliament Report By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Hurriyet Daily News, November 02, 2017
Balfour Declaration: Britain Broke Its Feeble Promise to the Palestinians By Jonathan Cook, November 02, 2017
Video: ISIS Defense Collapsed in Deir Ezzor City By South Front, November 02, 2017
Iraq and Iran, Sharing a Neighborhood. U.S. 2003 Invasion of Iraq: A Boost to Iranian Influence By Paul R. Pillar, November 01, 2017
Madness on Horseback: Australia Commemorates The Light Horse Charge at Beersheba against the Ottoman Empire By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 01, 2017
Video: Syria’s SAA Tiger Forces Advance Deep Inside ISIS-held Part of Deir Ezzor City By South Front, November 01, 2017
New Israeli Police Unit Tasked with Tightening Grip on Aqsa Mosque By The Palestinian Information Center, November 01, 2017
Hamas: Balfour Declaration Crime of Century By The Palestinian Information Center, November 01, 2017
Trump Is Killing Record Numbers of Civilians By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, November 01, 2017
The Balfour Declaration: A Country in Denial over 100 Years of Betrayal By Chris Doyle, November 01, 2017
CFR’s Foreign Affairs Praises “Moderate” Al Qaeda By Whitney Webb, November 01, 2017
Iran: Next Target of US Military Aggression in the Wake of the Invasion of Iraq. The 2005 “Military Roadmap” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, November 01, 2017
Kurdish Peshmerga Helped ISIS Terrorists Flee Their Stronghold in Northern Iraq By Middle East Eye, October 31, 2017
The Rise of MEK/NCRI in Washington: Pay Off the Right People and You Are No Longer a Terrorist By Philip Giraldi, October 31, 2017
Neocons Hijack Trump’s Syria Policy By Rep. Ron Paul, October 31, 2017
Lebanon Next in US War on Middle East? By Ulson Gunnar, October 31, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Crashes ISIS and Al-Qaeda in Northern Hama By South Front, October 31, 2017
The Canada-Israel Nexus By Jim Miles, October 31, 2017
Many have begun to refer to the Islamic State group as Daesh. | Photo: andaluciainformacion.es
Has the US and Its Allies Used Covert Airdrops, Drones to Supply the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh)? By Ulson Gunnar, October 31, 2017
Iraqi Forces Deployed in Altun Kupri and North of Kurdish Capital Irbil By Nermeen Al-Mufti, October 30, 2017
UN Official Slammed for Urging Sanctions against Israel By Middle East Monitor, October 30, 2017
US Attempt to Fuel Iraq-Iran Rift Backfires By M. K. Bhadrakumar, October 30, 2017
In Shocking, Viral Interview, Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War. Weapons to Al Qaeda First Started in 2011 By Zero Hedge, October 30, 2017
Trump and Iran. “President Trump is Willing to Pursue a Path of Aggression” By Adeyinka Makinde, October 30, 2017
Video: How the BBC Fabricated Evidence in BBC Panorama “Saving Syria’s Children” Documentary By Robert Stuart, October 30, 2017
Britain’s 1917 Balfour Declaration By Stephen Lendman, October 30, 2017
Syria Chemical Weapons: UN on Khan Sheikhoun – Victims Hospitalized Before Claimed Incident Happened By Moon of Alabama, October 30, 2017
The War on Syria: Debunking “Progressive Left” Narratives By Michael Welch, Mark Taliano, and Sarah Abed, October 29, 2017
America’s War of Terror against Real Democracy: Assad Must Stay! By Mark Taliano, October 29, 2017
Assessing the US-Backed Iraqi-Saudi Rapprochement By Andrew Korybko, October 29, 2017
Washington’s “Kurdistan” Policy Not Adding Up By Ulson Gunnar, October 29, 2017
Syria, Iraq, Libya: The Staged-Massacre Routine and False Flag Operations For Regime Change By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, October 28, 2017
ISIS Jihadists Surrendering in Iraq and Syria By Sophie Mangal, October 28, 2017
Russia Rejects the False UN-OPCW Report on Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack By Breakingnews.sy, October 28, 2017
The Kurds Want a “Federal” Regime Change in Syria By Andrew Korybko, October 28, 2017
Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine By Ilan Pappe and Alejandra Ríos, October 28, 2017
“Reign of the Assad Family Is Coming to an End” – US Secretary of State Tillerson By Leith Fadel, October 27, 2017
The Gigantic City Project Called NEOM: Saudi Arabia Might Recognize Israel Because of NEOM Project By Andrew Korybko, October 27, 2017
Britain Drops 3,400 Bombs in Syria and Iraq – and Says No Civilians Killed By Jamie Merrill, October 27, 2017
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Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu Is Leading US President Trump to War with Iran By Prof. James Petras, October 27, 2017
East of Euphrates, The Capture of Oil Fields in Syria. US Support to SDF Kurdish Forces By Sophie Mangal, October 26, 2017
Bombshell NSA Memo: Saudi Arabia Ordered Attack on Damascus International Airport with US Knowledge By Zero Hedge, October 26, 2017
The Islamic State as “Place-Setter” for the American Empire. ISIS is the Product of the US Military-Intelligence Complex By Mark Taliano, October 26, 2017
Video: US-backed SDF Forces Won Oil Race on Eastern Bank of Euphrates By South Front, October 26, 2017
Syria’s Fifth Assault Corps Offensive against ISIS Terrorists in Deir Ezzor. U.S. Special Forces Facilitate Evacuation of ISIS Commanders By Anna Jaunger, October 26, 2017
US/Saudi Collusion Against Syria, Top Secret NSA Document By Stephen Lendman, October 26, 2017
Video: US-backed Forces Seize More Oil Fields in Syria’s Deir Ezzor Province By South Front, October 26, 2017