Middle East & North Africa

Syria “Liberated” by its own Destroyers By Manlio Dinucci, December 14, 2024

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 …

When Terrorism becomes Counter-terrorism: The State Sponsors of Terrorism are “Going After the Terrorists” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 15, 2022
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.
Ten Years Ago: “Operation Libya” and the Battle for Oil: Redrawing the Map of Africa By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, February 20, 2021
Libya is among the World's largest oil economies with approximately 3.5% of global oil reserves, more than twice those of the US.
America, An Empire on its Last Leg: To be Kicked Out from the Middle East? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 07, 2020
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.
Israel: “There Is No Palestine”, It Cannot be Allowed to Join the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) By Juergen T Steinmetz, September 12, 2017
Iraq: “US-led Coalition Jets Deliberately Bombed Our Positions to Halt Our Progress Against ISIS” By Al Mayadeen, September 12, 2017
Struggles Challenging Neo-Colonial Regime Prompts Postponement of Israel-Africa Summit in Togo By Abayomi Azikiwe, September 12, 2017
Syria Summary – A New Clash Looms in Syria’s East By Moon of Alabama, September 12, 2017
Echoes of Iraq-WMD Fraud in Syria By Robert Parry, September 12, 2017
Israel to Remove Palestinian Village’s Sole Water Pipe By Middle East Monitor, September 11, 2017
Systematic Misinformation on Syria. The United Nations AbuZayd-Pinheiro Committee By Prof. Tim Anderson, September 11, 2017
The New Middle East: Kurds in Iraq and Syria Used as a Trojan Horse. Washington’s Intent is to “Divide the Middle East” By Elijah J. Magnier, September 11, 2017
Israel Campaigns Against Palestine Joining UN Tourism Body By Middle East Monitor, September 10, 2017
Damascus’ Victory in the “Dash for Deir Ez-Zor” Might Dash the Kurds’ “Federalization” Plans By Andrew Korybko, September 10, 2017
Inside the Surreal Western-Created ISIS-Daesh Propaganda Machine By Sarah Abed, September 10, 2017
As Russia Liberates Syria From ISIS, America Saves ISIS From Russia, and Western Media Ignores It All By Joe Quinn, September 10, 2017
Israel Launches Air Strikes on Syria and Assad’s “Waiting Game” By Zero Hedge, September 10, 2017
U.N. Enablers of ‘Aggressive War’ By Robert Parry, September 10, 2017
Online Media Censorship: South Front’s Work Is Fully Blocked on Youtube By South Front, September 09, 2017
United Nations as Agency for Imperialism. Flawed Report Relies on Al Qaeda as Witnesses By Mark Taliano, September 09, 2017
How Israel Weaponizes Archaeology By Kathryn Shihadah, September 08, 2017
The Liberation of the Historic Iraqi City of Tal Afar, Occupied by the Islamic State Group By Nermeen Al-Mufti, September 08, 2017
The Limelight Defeat of America’s “Assad Must Go” Policy By Salman Rafi Sheikh, September 08, 2017
Video: Syria Government Forces Take Upper Hand in Battle for Deir Ezzor By South Front, September 07, 2017
Towards Syria’s Full Liberation: Breaking the ISIS Siege of Deir Ezzor, Smashing US Supported Terrorists By Stephen Lendman, September 07, 2017
The Conflict in Syria Was Always Israel’s War By Whitney Webb, September 07, 2017
Yemen: Catastrophic Humanitarian Disaster, A Forgotten Man-made Tragedy By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, September 07, 2017
British Air and Drone Strikes in Iraq and Syria. UK Reaper Drone Ops By Chris Cole, September 07, 2017
Tipperary’s White Helmets Peace Prize: A Judas Kiss to the Antiwar Movement and Syria By Patrick Henningsen, September 07, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Repels ISIS Counterattack, Liberation of Hamas Countryside, Support of Russian Airforce By South Front, September 07, 2017
Who is Behind “Human Rights Abuses” in Syria? Blaming Assad for Crimes Committed by US Sponsored Terrorists By Stephen Lendman, September 07, 2017
Unending War in Syria? Hezbollah Won, But Israel Won’t Stop Supporting ISIS-Daesh By Andrew Korybko, September 07, 2017
The Liberation of Deir Ezzor. Remorseless in Defeat. The West Evacuate ISIS Commanders By Mark Taliano, September 06, 2017
When Will Raqqa be Totally Liberated From ISIS? Washington Is Not Interested in Eliminating the ISIS-Daesh Terrorists By Anna Jaunger, September 06, 2017
Role of the New York Times By Eric Zuesse, September 06, 2017
Israeli-syllabus School Set Up in Syrian Area Controlled by Terrorist Armed Groups By Middle East Monitor, September 05, 2017
Unwinding the Iran Nuclear Deal By Jonathan Power, September 05, 2017
Iran, Israel and the Big Mess in Washington By Giulietto Chiesa, September 05, 2017
U.S. Rescues ISIS Field Commanders in Syria. “The Terrorists R Us” By Sophie Mangal, September 05, 2017
Breaking: Syrian Army “Officially” Breaks the ISIS-Daesh Siege on Deir Ezzor with Support of Russian Air Force By South Front, September 05, 2017
Zionism Contradicts Human Rights and Universal Justice: Israel’s Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked Speaks the Truth By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, September 05, 2017
Raqqa: A Hellhole Created by US-NATO By Neil Clark, September 04, 2017
The ISIS Retreat and the Stranded ISIS Bus Convoy By Zero Hedge, September 04, 2017
Leaked Documents Reveal How U.S., Gulf Countries Ship Weapons to Terrorists Using Diplomatic Flight Cover By Brandon Turbeville, September 04, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Reaches Deir Ezzor City. Large Scale anti-ISIS Operation By South Front, September 04, 2017
British Troops Withdraw From South Syria, End Training to Militants By Andrew Illingworth, September 04, 2017
Did Defense Secretary James Mattis Commit War Crimes in Iraq? By Aaron Glantz, September 04, 2017
“Voices From Syria” that the West Has Refused to Listen to By Michel Raimbaud, September 03, 2017
U.S. Secretly Backing ISIS in Syria By Eric Zuesse, September 03, 2017
US Military Battles Syrian Rebels Armed by CIA By Jason Ditz, September 03, 2017
Syria’s White Helmets and Terrorists: The Jib-Al-Qubeh War Crime in Aleppo, Denied by Channel 4 By Vanessa Beeley, September 02, 2017
Tal Afar Liberation Signals the End of ISIS-Daesh Presence in Northern Iraq By Al Shahid, September 02, 2017
The Reasons for Netanyahu’s Panic By Alastair Crooke, September 02, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Advances Deep Inside Deir Ezzor Province Besieged by ISIS By South Front, September 02, 2017
Anti-Syrian Sanctions Relief Would be the Right Move for All the Wrong Reasons By Andrew Korybko, September 02, 2017
IAEA Certifies Iran’s Compliance with Nuclear Deal By Stephen Lendman, September 01, 2017
Mossad Agent Who Infiltrated ISIS-Daesh Arrested in Libya: Israeli Website By Middle East Monitor, September 01, 2017
Israel Seeks ‘Jewish’ Non-Jews in Numbers Battle with Palestinians By Jonathan Cook, September 01, 2017
UN Says 27 Dying Each Day in US-led Siege of Raqqa By Bill Van Auken, September 01, 2017
The US Plan for “Rojava”. US Strategy for Military, Economic and Political Influence in Northern Syria By Andrew Korybko, September 01, 2017
Journalist Interrogated, Fired for Story Linking CIA and Syria Weapons Flights By Zero Hedge, September 01, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Advances against ISIS Northeast of Sukhna By South Front, August 31, 2017
Flagship Resort in Damascus Backs to Peaceful Life By Sophie Mangal, August 31, 2017
UN Secretary-General’s Hollow Call to Lift Gaza Blockade By Stephen Lendman, August 31, 2017
Video: ISIS Goes All-in in Southern Raqqah By South Front, August 31, 2017
Israel’s Policy is Demolition and Destruction: Four Schools Demolished in West Bank, Palestinians’ Only Option By Michael Jansen, August 31, 2017
U.S. Airstrikes Are Wiping Out Entire Families in Yemen and Syria By Counter Current News, August 31, 2017
Video: Syrian Forces Counterterrorism Operation, ISIS Defense Collapses in Uqayribat Pocket By South Front, August 30, 2017
Syria and Lebanon Are Defeating the ISIS Terrorists. Lebanese Forces Pounding ISIS-Daesh Positions in Border Region By Andre Vltchek, August 30, 2017
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Implicated in Murder By Jeremy Scahill, August 30, 2017
Netanyahu Now Intends to Assassinate Assad; Will the U.S. Allow It? By Eric Zuesse, August 30, 2017
Bashar al-Assad on the Future of Syria, “Failure of the West” and America’s “Deep State”. “Several Parallel Wars on Syrian Soil” By Bashar al Assad, August 30, 2017
Syria: The Axis of Resistance Reduces Netanyahu Government to a Quivering Wreck By 21st Century Wire, August 30, 2017
Iran
Trump Seeks Rigged Intelligence to Renege on Iran Nuclear Deal By Stephen Lendman, August 29, 2017
Iran, Again. Will Israel Start a New War? By Philip Giraldi, August 29, 2017
Video: ISIS Suffers Large Casualties in Clashes with Syrian Army in Southern Raqqah By South Front, August 29, 2017
US Airlifts ISIS-Daesh Terrorists in Syria for 2nd Time in a Week: Monitor By Press TV, August 29, 2017
The Saudi-Led Coalition’s ‘Weaponization of Disease’. Yemen’s Cholera Epidemic By Daniel Larison, August 29, 2017
Israeli Defense Minister: Tel Aviv Will Not Allow Iran to Build Military Bases in Syria By South Front, August 28, 2017
Northern Army Terrorist Gangs in Syria Supported by Washington By Stephen Lendman, August 28, 2017
The Bogus ‘Humanitarian’ War on Serbia By John Pilger, August 28, 2017
Netanyahu Faces Arrest Charges If He Sets Foot in Spain By PNN, August 28, 2017
Syria: The Mark of a Great Nation Is Its Ability to Thwart America’s Scheme to Destroy It By Barbara Nimri Aziz, August 28, 2017
Syria Summary – Towards the End of the Caliphate By Moon of Alabama, August 28, 2017