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.
The State of Israel, Zionism and the Jewish Worldwide Diaspora By Anthony Bellchambers, July 09, 2017
The “War on Terror” As a Tool for Power Projection: “The Global Economic Entropy” By Nauman Sadiq, July 09, 2017
Pentagon Threatens Wider War on Syria By Sara Flounders, July 09, 2017
Tillerson: Russia Must Ensure Syria Does Not ‘Illegitimately’ Retake Its Territory By Russia Insider, July 08, 2017
The Road to Tehran Goes Through Damascus: Military Escalation. Towards a Broader Middle East-Central Asian War? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 08, 2017
Video: Iraqi Forces Purging Remaining (US Supported) ISIS Terrorists in Old Mosul By South Front, July 07, 2017
Syrians Return Home As the Terrorists Are Pushed Out By Steven MacMillan, July 07, 2017
Video: Libyan War, Syrian War and Qatar Crisis By J. Hawk, Daniel Deiss, and Edwin Watson, July 07, 2017
No to the New Crime! Mikis Theodorakis on Cyprus, Russia and the Upcoming War Against Iran By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, July 07, 2017
Climate Change Threatens Uninhabitable Conditions for the Middle East and North Africa By Lina Yassin, July 07, 2017
Breaking: Syria Chemical Weapons Fake News. How the U.S. and Al Qaeda Attempted to Undermine the Astana Peace Talks By Sophie Mangal, July 07, 2017
Breaking: Video. Russian TU-95MS Strategic Bombers Purge ISIS-Daesh Targets in Syria By South Front, July 07, 2017
The Saudi-Qatar Spat – Qatar and Iran Are Winning – MbZ, MbS Lose Face By Moon of Alabama, July 06, 2017
Why Israel Has a Law that Gives Police the Power to Block Certain Websites From Israelis By Rima Najjar, July 06, 2017
US Expands Military Footprint in Syria to Eight Bases, ‘Modifies’ Kobani Air Base By Vanessa Beeley, July 06, 2017
American Aggression Against Syria: A Casual Admission of Guilt By Christopher Black, July 06, 2017
The Fraud of the White Helmets. An Impressive Piece of Propaganda By Philip Giraldi, July 05, 2017
The Kurds Under Erdogan’s Tyrannical Governance By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, July 05, 2017
Don’t Historicize the Balfour Declaration: The Past Is Still the Palestinians’ Present By Yara Hawari, July 05, 2017
Video: Russian Military Police to Deploy in Syria Buffer Zones? Major Set Back for Washington-led Coalition? By South Front, July 05, 2017
Fallout From OPCW Report on Syria Chemical Weapons. Fabricating Evidence, Contrived Narrative, Trump Playing With Fire By Stephen Lendman, July 05, 2017
Fake News? US-backed Forces Blast Through 8th Century Syrian Wall to Fight ISIS By Karin Brothers, July 05, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Reportedly Receives Russian-made BMPT Terminator Combat Vehicles By South Front, July 04, 2017
Putin: We Protect Syria’s “Statehood” to Prevent It Becoming Like Libya By Steven MacMillan, July 04, 2017
U.S. Intends to Use Confrontation Between Turkey and Kurds in Northern Syria By Firas Samuri, July 04, 2017
Tel Aviv Pays Al Qaeda Fighters’ Salaries: The Syrian War’s Worst Kept Secret That Could Become Israel’s Nightmare By Richard Silverstein, July 04, 2017
Israeli Rabbi Asks West Bank Settlers to Poison Palestinian Water By Days of Palestine, July 04, 2017
Does Trump Want to Redo the 1953 CIA Coup in Iran? By Ervand Abrahamian and The Real News Network, July 04, 2017
Qatar May Be Turning Its Back on the US Dollar — and We All Know What That Means By Darius Shahtahmasebi, July 04, 2017
Video: ISIS Collapsed in Eastern Aleppo By South Front, July 04, 2017
NYT, WaPo Send Top Reporters to Stenograph Five O’Clock Follies By Moon of Alabama, July 03, 2017
“Color Revolution” Comes Home? Are Americans Also the Victims of “Regime Change”? By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, July 03, 2017
The Qatar Crisis, Shockwaves Throughout The Middle East By Adam Hanieh, July 03, 2017
The “Destroy Greeks” Operation. After Greece: The Republic of Cyprus By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, July 03, 2017
Did Putin Allow Erdogan to Attack US-Backed Kurds in Northern Syria? By Tom Luongo, July 03, 2017
US Won’t Leave Syria After The Islamic State (ISIS) Is Defeated, Says Commander of US Forces in Syria, Iraq By Russia Insider, July 03, 2017
When Will Russia Challenge US and Israeli Aggression in Syria? By Stephen Lendman, July 03, 2017
Big Lies Incorporated By Mark Taliano, July 03, 2017
US Media Sells Disorder in Eastern Syria By Tony Cartalucci, July 03, 2017
Syria War: Three Blasts After Suicide Car Bomb Chase in Damascus By Middle East Eye, July 03, 2017
Dubious OPCW Report on Syria’s Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons against its Own People By Stephen Lendman, July 02, 2017
Media’s Propaganda War on Syria in Full Flow By Jonathan Cook, July 02, 2017
The Economic Motive for America’s Current Wars By Eric Zuesse, July 02, 2017
Make No Mistake, We Are Already at War in Syria By Philip Giraldi, July 02, 2017
Washington’s New Threat Against Syria, Russia and Iran: Invitation to False Flag Operation By Farhang Jahanpour, July 02, 2017
OPCW’s Syrian Sarin Gas Report Based on Doubtful Data – Russian Foreign Ministry By Sputnik, July 02, 2017
Gaza: Israel’s Experiment on Humans in Situations of Extreme Stress and Deprivation By Gideon Levy, July 02, 2017
Syria – These Maps Show a Year of Progress in the Government’s Campaign against Al Qaeda and ISIS By Moon of Alabama, July 02, 2017
Canada 150: The Media’s Obscene “Heroization” of Special Ops and the ‘Longest Kill Shot’ By El Jones, July 02, 2017
Balfour’s Shadow – A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel By Jim Miles, July 01, 2017
Trump Competes with Hillary in U.S. War of Lies and Terror Against Syria By Glen Ford, July 01, 2017
Deception Inside Deception: The Alleged Sarin Gas Attack.”A False Flag Attack is on the Way” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, July 01, 2017
Mosul Raped and Destroyed, Not Liberated By Stephen Lendman, July 01, 2017
India-Pakistan Proxy War in Afghanistan Is a Media Fabrication By Sami Karimi, July 01, 2017
Planned False Flag CW Attack by Terrorists in Syria? By Stephen Lendman, July 01, 2017
Kurds May Face Turkish Army in Syria One-to-One By Sophie Mangal, July 01, 2017
Video: Syria’s Desert Hawks Brigade Deploys Large Reinforcements for Battle Against ISIS By South Front, July 01, 2017
Dispatch From the Middle East: U.S. Buildup All About Iran By Sharmine Narwani, July 01, 2017
US and Israeli Collusion for Escalated War on Syria? By Stephen Lendman, July 01, 2017
Saudi Arabia Has Handed the Emir of Qatar an Opportunity to Redirect History By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, June 30, 2017
White House Encouraged After Elephants Abstain From Climbing Trees By Moon of Alabama, June 30, 2017
Ex-Weapons Inspector: Trump’s Sarin Claims Built on ‘Lie’ By Scott Ritter, June 30, 2017
U.S. Retreats From Al-Tanf – Gives Up on Occupying South East Syria By Moon of Alabama, June 30, 2017
Washington Has Been at War for 16 Years: Why? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, June 30, 2017
Divisions Among Gulf Arab States Increases Instability in the Horn of Africa By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 30, 2017
After US-Backed Bombing Sparks Famine in Yemen, US Media Insists ‘US Not the Problem’ By Adam Johnson, June 30, 2017
Why the West Will Not and Cannot Let Syria Live in Peace By Marcus Godwyn, June 29, 2017
Israel’s Illegitimate Tactics Against Palestinian Armed Resistance vs. Legitimate Global Security Concerns By Rima Najjar, June 29, 2017
UAE Crown Prince Asked US to Bomb Al Jazeera, Says 2003 Cable By Alex McDonald, June 29, 2017
Saudi Arabia Is Weakening US Influence in the Middle East By Federico Pieraccini, June 29, 2017
What Will U.S. Ambitions in Syria Lead to? By Anna Jaunger, June 29, 2017
Video: US Launches Hideous Propaganda Campaign to Justify Military Action Against Syria By South Front, June 29, 2017
People in Aleppo Fight with Booby Traps and Deadly Bombs of Militants By Sophie Mangal, June 29, 2017
Rule of Law
Supreme Court Weighs in on Trump’s Travel Ban By Stephen Lendman, June 28, 2017
Video: Qalamoun Shield Forces (QSF): Military Capabilities and Role in Syrian War By South Front, June 28, 2017
Trump’s Syrian Chemical Weapons Claims: A House of Cards By Andre Damon, June 28, 2017
President El-Sisi: Egypt’s Antihero and the Broader Regional Implications By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, June 28, 2017
Hersh: Trump Ignored Intel Before Bombing Syria By Seymour M. Hersh and The Real News Network, June 28, 2017
Trump Plays Nuclear ‘Chicken’ with Putin Over Syria By Eric Zuesse, June 28, 2017
Hersh’s New Syria Revelations Buried From View By Jonathan Cook, June 28, 2017