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.
What Do We Know About the Dirty War on Syria? By Mark Taliano, October 26, 2017
Syrian Government Urges UN Security Council to Put an End to US Coalition Crimes against Civilians By News Desk, October 25, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Advances East of Deir Ezzor City, Heavy Blow to ISIS Terrorists By South Front, October 25, 2017
By Sabotaging the Iran Deal, Donald Trump Certifies US Irrelevance By Federico Pieraccini, October 25, 2017
Setting the Stage to Commit a Massacre in Gaza By Ilan Pappe, October 24, 2017
Remembering Muammar Qaddafi and the Great Libyan Jamahiriya By Gerald A. Perreira, October 24, 2017
On Returning from Syria: More Convinced than Ever Western Media Narrative Is Bulls**t By Brandon Turbeville, October 24, 2017
Turkey to Establish Eight Military Bases in Syria’s Idlib Province By South Front, October 24, 2017
In a Dramatic Pivot, Shia Militia Leader Tells US: “Get Ready to Leave Iraq” By Zero Hedge, October 24, 2017
US-backed SDF Allegedly Seized Omar Oil Fields. But What Is Really Going On? By South Front, October 24, 2017
Netanyahu Very Upset with Iraqi Forces Capturing Kirkuk, Takes Action to Reclaim Oil By Andrew Illingworth, October 24, 2017
Video: ISIS May Surrender Eastern Bank of Euphrates to US-backed Forces By South Front, October 24, 2017
US Coalition Bombing of Raqqa Comparable to the World War II Destruction of Dresden: Russian Defense Ministry By TASS, October 24, 2017
“Imaginary Syria”: Black Is White, White Is Black, in the Washington Post By Eric Zuesse, October 23, 2017
US Mercenaries, Iraqi Highways and the Mystery of the Never-Ending ISIS Hordes By Ulson Gunnar, October 23, 2017
Raqqa Destroyed to “Liberate It”. “ISIS was a Bogeyman Encouraged by Western Powers” By Eric Margolis, October 23, 2017
Desecration of Church Property to Silence Syrian Voices By Vanessa Beeley, October 23, 2017
Washington Forbids Serbia from De-Mining Syria By Daniel McAdams, October 23, 2017
Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS): Russia Blasts US Rape of Raqqa By Stephen Lendman, October 23, 2017
Breaking: France’s Minister of Defense: French Citizens Who Joined Jihad Should Die on the Battlefield – “We Don’t Want Them Back” By Peter Koenig, October 23, 2017
Washington’s Design is to Fracture Syria: US-backed Militia Says Raqqa to be Part of ‘Federal Syria’ By RT News, October 22, 2017
Strengthening the Russia-Israeli “Strategic Partnership”, Russia’s Defense Minister Shoigu Visits Israel By Andrew Korybko, October 22, 2017
Poland’s “Pivot Towards Turkey” Is All About the “Intermarium” By Andrew Korybko, October 22, 2017
Draft GOP Bill in US Senate Breaches Iran Nuclear Deal By Stephen Lendman, October 22, 2017
The Balfour Declaration at 100, Palestine’s Forcible Incorporation into the British Empire, A Legacy of Racism and Propaganda By Dan Freeman-Maloy, October 22, 2017
Shattered Glass Houses of Zionist Pawns. Belgium and Norway Turn a Blind Eye to Israeli Atrocities By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, October 21, 2017
Shifting Narratives and War Crimes: NATO Terrorists Used Chemical Weapons against Syrian Civilians By Mark Taliano, October 21, 2017
Video: Army and US-backed Forces Race for Syrian Oil By South Front, October 21, 2017
Saudi Arabia Finances Most of Israel’s Weapons Build-Up Against Iran By Richard Silverstein, October 20, 2017
Donald Trump’s Likudist Campaign Against Iran By Gareth Porter, October 20, 2017
Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen Scandalously Allowed by UN, West: Ex-UN Official By Prof. Richard Falk and Tasnim News Agency, October 20, 2017
Syrian Army Captured Large Number of ISIS Weapons and Military Equipment “Made in USA” By South Front, October 20, 2017
Syrian Forces Recover Israeli, NATO-made Arms from Daesh Hideouts By Press TV, October 20, 2017
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