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.
Video: Repealing and Defeating the Islamic State, The Role of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units By South Front, August 28, 2017
Putin and Netanyahu: The World’s Most Powerful President Meets the World’s Most Powerful Liar By Adam Garrie, August 28, 2017
Saudi Arabia and Israel Might ‘Directly Intervene’ in Syrian Conflict By Sputnik, August 28, 2017
Destabilization Plots Against Syria and Venezuela By Hugo Turner, August 27, 2017
The Existential Question of Whom to Trust: “The Looming Threat of World War III” By Robert Parry, August 27, 2017
Will Pakistan Still Remain in Riyadh’s Colony? The Removal of Nawaz Sharif By Brian H. Hayden, August 26, 2017
Video: Islamic State Counter-attack in Southern Raqqa, Negotiations for ISIS-Daesh Withdrawal By South Front, August 26, 2017
Netanyahu to Putin: Iran Must Withdraw From Syria or Israel Will ‘Defend Itself’ By RT News, August 25, 2017
Phony Pretext of Combating ISIS: US Terror-Bombing Turned Raqqa Into a Moonscape By Stephen Lendman, August 25, 2017
US Airstrikes Killing Hundreds of Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa By Jason Ditz, August 25, 2017
Video: Syrian Army with Support of Russia and Iran Defeating Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh) in Central Syria By South Front, August 24, 2017
Abrupt Middle East Geopolitical Turnabout: The Qatar, Saudi Arabia and GCC Crisis By Mouin Rabbani, August 24, 2017
Syria War Diary: What Life Is Like Under ‘Moderate’ Rebel Rule By Eva Bartlett, August 24, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Liberates Large Area From ISIS By South Front, August 24, 2017
US to Hand Raqqa Over to ISIS Affiliates After “Defeating” ISIS By Tony Cartalucci, August 24, 2017
Conflict in Syria Far From Resolved. US Bombings Targeting Raqqa Residential Areas. 78 Civilians Killed in Last 24 Hours. By Stephen Lendman, August 23, 2017
Video: ISIS Defense Rapidly Collapses in Central Syria By South Front, August 23, 2017
Covering Up the Massacre of Mosul By Nicolas J. S. Davies, August 23, 2017
Syria’s Victories Represent a Window of Opportunity By Mark Taliano, August 23, 2017
Moqtada Al-Sadr and Saudi Arabia— The New Allies By Yusur Al-Bahrani, August 23, 2017
It Would Be a Wise Move If Iraq Mediates Between Saudi Arabia and Iran By Andrew Korybko, August 23, 2017
Israel: The Ghetto of the Middle East. History of the Political Zionist Movement By Anthony Bellchambers, August 22, 2017
Exxon's own research in the 1980s indicated that without major reductions in fossil fuel combustion, "[t]here are some potentially catastrophic events that must be considered." (Photo: Luc B / Flickr)
ExxonMobil, Kochs, Israel Pushing Washington to Partition Iraq and Syria By Whitney Webb, August 22, 2017
“Narco-State Afghanistan” Leads to Heroin Addiction in the USA By Dr. Meryl Nass, August 22, 2017
Should Anyone Believe U.S. State Department Promises on Syria? By Sophie Mangal, August 22, 2017
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More than 600,000 Syrians Return Home. If Assad Is “Killing His Own People” Why Are They Returning? By Brandon Turbeville, August 22, 2017
Breaking: US Occupation of Syria Now Official By Fort Russ, August 22, 2017
America’s Wars of Aggression. Syria and the Illusion of US Invincibility By Stephen Lendman, August 21, 2017
The Saudi-Israeli Alliance By Eric Zuesse, August 21, 2017
A History of Violence: Towards a US Sponsored Kurdistan in Syria By Sarah Abed, August 21, 2017
Pro-Israel Lobby AIPAC’s Position on Charlottesville’s Neo-Nazi White Supremacist Rally By Ace Hoffman, August 21, 2017
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad © SANA / Reuters
President al-Assad: “The Battle is still Ongoing, and the Signs of Victory are There” By Bashar al Assad and SANA, August 21, 2017
Carla Del Ponte – A War Crimes Prosecutor or A Guided Missile Against Syria? By Sarah Abed, August 20, 2017
US-led Coalition Warplanes Bomb Syrian Army in Kadir Village in Central Syria. Followed by an ISIS Attack By South Front, August 20, 2017
Terrorist Attack directed against Damascus International Fair. At Least Four Killed By Sputnik, August 20, 2017
The World Remembers the 64th Anniversary of the West-sponsored Coup in Iran By Andre Vltchek, August 20, 2017
Damascus International Fair Signals Syria’s Revival By Adam Garrie, August 19, 2017
Syrian Conflict Nearing Its End: Adviser to President Assad By Press TV, August 19, 2017
Will Blackwater Replace the World’s Most Powerful Military to Win Afghan War? By Sami Karimi, August 19, 2017
US Forces to Occupy Syria for Decades to Come By Andrew Illingworth, August 19, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Delivers Devastating Blow to ISIS in Homs Province By South Front, August 19, 2017
Syria: As the War Continues, WMD Lies Linger. Chemical Weapons in the Hands of Al Qaeda By Tony Cartalucci, August 18, 2017
US and UK Supplied Chemical Weapons to Terrorists in Syria By Stephen Lendman, August 18, 2017
Air Force Chief: Israel Has Attacked Syrian Arms Convoys Nearly 100 Times in 5 Years By Jason Ditz, August 18, 2017
Mainstream Media Weeps for Dead White Helmets Terrorists, Cries for Nusra By Brandon Turbeville, August 18, 2017
The Israel Lobby and Its Disproportionate Influence over the US Congress. Israel, An Undeclared Nuclear Weapons State By Anthony Bellchambers, August 17, 2017
Video: Tiger Forces Clearing Central Syria From ISIS By South Front, August 16, 2017
Syrians Are Going Home: Western Backed Terrorists Brought Nothing but Weariness, Poverty, Death and Loneliness By Vanessa Beeley, August 16, 2017
Video: ISIS Retreat in Syria, Government-held Area Grown Significantly Over Two Months By South Front, August 15, 2017
International Law and Victor’s “Justice” By Mark Taliano, August 15, 2017
Major Geopolitical Shift: Turkey Ends Its Support of Syria Opposition Rebels as ‘Goodwill Towards Damascus’ By 21st Century Wire and Sputnik, August 15, 2017
Hezbollah and Syrian Army Units Finishing Off Al-Nusra Terrorists By Andre Vltchek, August 14, 2017
“Love for Israel” Senate Bill S720: Making It a Crime to Support Palestinian Human Rights By James J. Zogby, August 13, 2017
NATO and Western Militarism in a Multipolar World By Michael Welch, Prof. Radhika Desai, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, and Paul Kellogg, August 13, 2017
Khirbet Tana in the West Bank: A Silenced Struggle Against Israeli Occupation and Expulsion By Stop the Wall, August 12, 2017
Netanyahu and Family Investigated on Corruption Charges By Anthony Bellchambers, August 12, 2017
Back to a Peaceful Life? Restoration of Aleppo Is Well Under Way By Sophie Mangal, August 12, 2017
Video: Syrian Forces Liberate Large Area Held by US-Backed Militants Near Jordanian Border By South Front, August 12, 2017
Pentagon Confirms Its In-House Rebels Defected to the Syrian Army By Marko Marjanović, August 12, 2017
Crimes Committed by America’s Terrorists: UN War Crimes Prosecutor Quits Commission After Unable to Frame, Prosecute Assad – Blames Russia By Brandon Turbeville, August 12, 2017
Israel to Build Underground Wall Along Border with Gaza By Stephen Lendman, August 12, 2017
Israel Confiscates EU Aid From Palestinian Bedouin Community By Middle East Monitor, August 12, 2017
Facing Defeat in Syria, the “Islamic State” (ISIS) Inexplicably Expands Globally By Tony Cartalucci, August 11, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Repels ISIS Attack, Inflicts Large Casualties to Terrorists By South Front, August 11, 2017
Gaza Three Years After the War: Ten Critical Observations By Mohammed Samhouri, August 11, 2017
Why the Saudi War on Yemen Is Seen as US State Terrorism By Christina Lin, August 11, 2017
The Empire Strikes Back: With Destructive and Dishonest Neocolonialism By Neil Clark, August 10, 2017
Video: Tensions Grow as US-led Coalition Strikes the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in Iraq Border Area By South Front, August 10, 2017
Specter of Syrian Kurdistan: How US’ Covert Plan Is Taking Shape By Sputnik, August 09, 2017
Iran: Missile Program Does Not Breach UN Resolution By Alahednews, August 09, 2017
Is America Trying to Start a World War? This Is How It Would Happen By Darius Shahtahmasebi, August 09, 2017
The CIA and the Pentagon have not Ended Their Support to Islamist/ Wahhabi Terror Groups in Syria By Balkans Post, August 09, 2017
Video: Sukhna Liberated, ISIS Stronghold in Homs Province. Syrian Army Continues Advance By South Front, August 09, 2017
Condemning Israeli Occupation and Illegal Settlements Is Not, and Never Has Been, an Anti-Semitic Reference By Anthony Bellchambers, August 08, 2017
Syria Faces New Threat: Al Qaeda Affiliate Hayat Tahir al-Sham Seeks to Unite Radical Terrorist Formations By Anna Jaunger, August 08, 2017
Global Deception: “The War on Terror” is a Campaign for Permanent War and Terror By Mark Taliano, August 08, 2017
Mecca and Medina: Why Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Want International Control Over the Two Holy Mosques By Andrew Korybko, August 08, 2017
Condemnation of Israel’s Revocation of an Arab Citizen’s Citizenship By Stephen Lendman, August 08, 2017
Pentagon Escalates Military Presence in Yemen: Genocidal Cholera Epidemic, U.S. Seeks to Seize Control of Yemen’s Strategic Resources By Abayomi Azikiwe, August 08, 2017
Israel’s War on Palestinian Poetry By Stephen Lendman, August 08, 2017