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.
Anti-Semitism Is Not the Issue; Palestine Is By Rima Najjar, August 01, 2017
Trump Intel Chief: North Korea Learned From Libya War to “Never” Give Up Nukes By Jon Schwarz, August 01, 2017
U.S. Stealing Syria’s Ancient Artifacts By Shafaqna, August 01, 2017
Turkey, Russia and Interesting New Balkan Geopolitics By F. William Engdahl, August 01, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Repels Large ISIS Counter-attack in Southern Raqqah By South Front, August 01, 2017
War Propaganda, Media Censorship and the “Conspiracy Theory” Meme. Project Censored 2016 By Michael Welch, Abby Martin, Mnar Muhawesh, David Talbot, and Prof Mark Crispin Miller, August 01, 2017
Al Qaeda “Mysteriously” Spreads in Northwest Syria By Tony Cartalucci, July 31, 2017
Syria Calls for Ending US-Led Terror-Bombing, on the Phony Pretext of Combating ISIS By Stephen Lendman, July 31, 2017
North Korea or Iran…Where Will President Trump Attack First? By Rep. Ron Paul, July 31, 2017
Israel-Jordan Crisis Deepens as Jordan Exposes Identity of Shin Bet Killer, Ziv Moyal By Richard Silverstein, July 31, 2017
Libya
NATO’s War and Libya’s Migrant Crisis By True Publica, July 31, 2017
US-Led Bombings, Burning Raqqa… America’s War against Civilians By Laura Gottesdiener, July 30, 2017
Should AIPAC Register as a Foreign Agent? By Philip Giraldi, July 30, 2017
The Middle East Oil Producing Countries, Collapse of Crude Oil Price, Selling the Family Heirlooms? By Marwan Salamah, July 30, 2017
How CIA and Allies Trapped Obama in the Syrian Arms Debacle By Gareth Porter, July 30, 2017
Spreading the Truth and Countering the Lies By Mark Taliano, July 30, 2017
Post-Maidan Ukrainian Anti-Semitism: Tragic “Blowback” Resulting from U.S. Interventionist Foreign Policy? By Adeyinka Makinde, July 29, 2017
Trump Faces Down the CIA and Co-Opts the Pentagon on Syria (for the Time Being) By Glen Ford, July 29, 2017
Video: Islamic State Still Has 20,000 Fighters in Syria and Iraq By South Front, July 29, 2017
Becoming a Refugee By Saad Abdllah, July 29, 2017
US Drones “Kill Women, Children, They Kill Everybody” By Peter Kuznick and Edu Montesanti, July 29, 2017
Syria’s Armed Forces Cut Off ISIS Escape Routes. Large Scale Offensive By Sophie Mangal, July 29, 2017
Say Goodbye to Regime Change in Syria. Phasing Out of CIA “Train and Equip” in Support of “Moderate” Rebels? By Scott Ritter, July 28, 2017
Colonialism and Greed: Trump Considers Afghan War Expansion to Exploit Minerals By Jake Johnson, July 28, 2017
Video: SAA, SDF Divide Spheres of Influence in Eastern Syria By South Front, July 27, 2017
Is the US Trying to Start a Hot War with Russia? By Steven MacMillan, July 27, 2017
The Battle of Raqqa: Washington Bets on The Kurds… By Anna Jaunger, July 27, 2017
The Root Cause of Today’s Antisemitism Is Western Support for the Occupation of Palestine By Anthony Bellchambers, July 27, 2017
NATO’s New Libya Still Burning By Ulson Gunnar, July 27, 2017
Mosul’s Bloodbath: ‘We Killed Everyone – Daesh, Men, Women, Children’ By Middle East Eye, July 27, 2017
Suspension of Military Aid to Al Qaeda? Syria’s Al Nusra, renamed Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Left Without Support By Firas Samuri, July 26, 2017
America’s Militarized Police. Made in Israel? By Philip Giraldi, July 26, 2017
Haunted by the Spectre of a Nazi Past, the German People Cannot Ignore the Crimes Committed by Israel? By William Hanna, July 26, 2017
State Department Lawyers Removing References to ISIS ‘Genocide’ Against Christians, Other Religious Minorities By Susan Crabtree, July 26, 2017
The World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis Is Basically Being Blacked Out by Western Media By Prof. Vijay Prashad, July 26, 2017
Israel’s Deliberate Trajectory Towards an Escalating Conflict By Anthony Bellchambers, July 26, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Liberated 55 Towns From ISIS-Daesh By South Front, July 26, 2017
U.S. Expands Military Budget – How Will This Affect Syria By Mehmet Ersoy, July 26, 2017
America’s “Train and Equip” Program in Syria: When Was Financing Actually Stopped? By Ollie Richardson, July 26, 2017
Will the CIA Obey a Trump Order to Stop Funding Terrorists? By Rick Sterling and Ann Garrison, July 25, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Made Large Gains against ISIS Terrorists in Raqqah Province By South Front, July 25, 2017
IDF Chief Says Israel Is Becoming Like Nazi Germany, Refuses to Back Down By Matt Agorist, July 24, 2017
Syria Summary – Consolidating the West – Marching East By Moon of Alabama, July 24, 2017
Sanitizing the Killing Fields of Mosul By Stephen Lendman, July 24, 2017
Turkey Has Agreed to Buy Russia’s S-400 Advanced Missile-defense System, Leaving NATO Wondering What’s Next By Defend Democracy Press, July 24, 2017
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres: An Instrument of Neocons By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, July 24, 2017
The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, July 24, 2017
CARE: Yemen Situation ‘Absolute Shame on Humanity’ By Press TV, July 24, 2017
Corporate Media Largely Silent on Trump’s Civilian Death Toll in Iraq By Adam Johnson, July 23, 2017
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: Through the Eyes of an Activist for Palestine By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, July 23, 2017
The Extremist Zionist Media Campaign Has Gone Too Far By Prof. Richard Falk, July 23, 2017
Empire of Destruction By Tom Engelhardt, July 23, 2017
Iraqi Sources Place Real Death Toll in US-led Siege of Mosul at 40,000 By Bill Van Auken, July 23, 2017
Ten Myths About Israel By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, July 23, 2017
John McCain and the Cancer of Conflict By Patrick Henningsen, July 23, 2017
Syria Propaganda Ploy. More Stories Within Stories By Mark Taliano, July 23, 2017
Murder, Spies and Weapons – Three Fascinating ‘Deep State’ Stories By Moon of Alabama, July 23, 2017
Worst on Record Cholera Epidemic in Yemen By Stephen Lendman, July 23, 2017
Anti-Assad Propagandists Use 7-Year-Old Girl as Propaganda Tool – Narrative Proven False By Brandon Turbeville, July 23, 2017
Yemen Cholera Worst on Record and Numbers Still Rising By Oxfam International, July 22, 2017
“If Israel Placed Roses Instead of Metal Detectors in al-Aqsa Mosque, We Would Still Reject Them” By Rima Najjar, July 22, 2017
Curbing Participation: The US Congress and Yemen By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 22, 2017
The U.S. Military Bases in Syria: Their Precise Location Revealed by Turkish Government? By Sophie Mangal, July 22, 2017
The Neoliberal Mindset. How the Mainstream Media Constructs False Narratives? By Nauman Sadiq, July 21, 2017
“Greater Israel” in the Making? Israel to Control Mediterranean From Beirut to Gaza? By Anthony Bellchambers, July 21, 2017
Trump’s Halt to CIA Backing For Syrian Rebels Appeases Pentagon, Not Russia By Marko Marjanović, July 21, 2017
Pentagon Establishes Ten Illegal US Military Bases in Northern Syria By Russia Insider, July 21, 2017
Video: Fierce Clashes Between Syrian Army and ISIS, America Supports the ISIS By South Front and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 21, 2017
Saudi Arabia – Bin Salman’s Coup Is a Model For His Own Ouster By Moon of Alabama, July 21, 2017
The Ending of the CIA’s Covert Operation in Syria Will Not Bring the Syrian Tragedy to an End By Adeyinka Makinde, July 21, 2017
Damascus: Life Returns Five Years After NATO Destabilization Efforts By Eva Bartlett, July 21, 2017
America’s Invasion of Syria. US Government Has Supported “Rebels” Allied or Led by Al Qaeda By Eric Zuesse, July 21, 2017
The Reign of Propaganda. Unfettered Lies Turned into Self-evident Truths By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, July 21, 2017
Political Insanity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Crisis in Qatar, The Plight of the Camels By Felicity Arbuthnot, July 21, 2017
Video: Syrian Government Forces Regain More Oil Wells in Raqqah Countryside By South Front, July 21, 2017
Dramatic Increase in Israel’s Arrest of Palestinian Children, Abused, Deprived of Food, Beatings, Denied Legal Council By Middle East Monitor, July 20, 2017
Billions of Dollars’ Worth of Weapons Brought into Syria, “Arms Traffic Organized by CIA and Pentagon” By Thierry Meyssan, July 20, 2017
The Crossed Wires of the “Syrian Revolution” By Ollie Richardson, July 20, 2017
Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Israeli Occupation of Palestine By Jim Miles, July 20, 2017
Pentagon Furious After Turkey Leaks U.S. Base Locations in Syria: “Hard Not to See This as a F-You” By Zero Hedge, July 20, 2017