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.
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
It Took Obama More Than Two Years to Kill This Many Civilians. It Took Trump Less Than Six Months. By Andrea Germanos, July 19, 2017
Canada’s Involvement in Supporting Terrorism and Aggressive Warfare By Mark Taliano, July 19, 2017
Emmanuel Macron’s Extraordinary Error in Joining the Israel Lobby By Anthony Bellchambers, July 19, 2017
Struggle for Power from the Ruins of Libya: Is Saif Gaddafi in the West’s Crosshairs? By Richard Galustian, July 19, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Advancing on ISIS-held Town of Sukhna By South Front, July 19, 2017
With New D.C. Policy Group, Dems Continue to Rehabilitate and Unify with Bush-Era Neocons By Glen Greenwald, July 18, 2017
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Can Washington Prevent the Death of the Gulf States? By Moon of Alabama, July 18, 2017
The Six Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East By Jim Miles, July 18, 2017
One Week After Mosul’s “Liberation,” Horror of US Siege Continues to Unfold By Bill Van Auken, July 18, 2017
Video: Israel Opposed to Syria Ceasefire Brokered by US and Russia By South Front, July 18, 2017
Qatar – Problem-Packed Peninsula By J. Michael Springmann, July 18, 2017
The Spoils of War: Afghanistan’s Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 17, 2017
The “Salaries” ISIS-Daesh Terrorists Get for Their Atrocities By Sputnik, July 17, 2017
ISIS, Al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda Get Their Money and Ideology From America’s Allies By RT News, July 17, 2017
Israel Against Peace in Syria. Netanyahu Supports the Jihadists? By Mehmet Ersoy, July 17, 2017
Who Should be Held Responsible for the Cruel Bloodshed in Syria By Martin Berger, July 17, 2017
US War in Syria Far From Over By Stephen Lendman, July 17, 2017
Israel in Palestine as “Dysfunctional Judaism” By Rima Najjar, July 17, 2017
The US Deep State: Sabotaging Putin-Trump Ceasefire Agreement in Syria By Federico Pieraccini, July 17, 2017
Iraq
US-Installed Iraqi Regime: Torture and Murder By Stephen Lendman, July 17, 2017
Photos of Aleppo Rising: Swimsuits, Concerts and Rebuilding in First Jihadi-Free Summer By Zero Hedge, July 17, 2017
“Liberation” and the False Flag Thesis. The West’s Collusion with Islamist Terrorism in Syria and Iraq By Daniel Margrain, July 17, 2017
Breaking: Israeli Arrests United Nations Official in Gaza…Again By Richard Silverstein, July 17, 2017
Israel’s Crimes against Humanity: ‘Gaza Will be Unlivable Next Year, Not 2020 as the UN Says’ By Edo Konrad, July 17, 2017
The Kurdish Connection: Israel, ISIS and U.S. Efforts to Destabilize Iran By Sarah Abed, July 16, 2017
CIA Director Pompeo Admits Convincing Trump Over Disproven Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria By Brandon Turbeville, July 16, 2017
Yemen: The War that Isn’t Happening Even as It’s Happening By Luciana Bohne, July 16, 2017
Iran’s Multibillion-dollar Gas Deals Could Lead to a “Gas OPEC” By Andrew Korybko, July 16, 2017
WHO Cancels Shipment of 500,000 Cholera Vaccines to Yemen By Telesur, July 15, 2017
The Suffering of Children in Mosul Revealed as Daesh Is Snuffed Out By Al Shahid, July 15, 2017
While Attacks in Israel Make Headlines, Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Ignored By Adam Johnson, July 15, 2017
Call of Duty: Israel’s New Tourist Attraction Allows Guests to ‘Shoot Palestinian Terrorists’ By Diana Alghoul, July 15, 2017
War Report from Syria: Race to Deir Ezzor against ISIS By South Front, July 15, 2017
Are Russian BMPT-72 “Terminator” Tank Support Combat Vehicles Slated to be Deployed in Syria? By J. Hawk, Daniel Deiss, and Edwin Watson, July 15, 2017
Trump’s Embrace of the Saudi Crown Prince, and a Qatar Nightmare Scenario By Gary Leupp, July 15, 2017
US Military Sent over $1 Billion Worth of Light Weapons To “Multiple Armed Groups” in Iraq, including ISIS and Al Qaeda By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 15, 2017
Canada Apologizes to Omar Khadr: The Rule of Law and the Politics of Fear By Michael Welch, July 15, 2017
Political Crisis in the “Republic of Cyprus”. Confrontation between Greek and Turkish Negotiators By Andreas C Chrysafis, July 15, 2017
The Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons by Assad Government: When Will the CIA Stop Misleading Trump and Disclose ‘Solid Evidence’ By Sophie Mangal, July 14, 2017
U.S. Bases Strategically Placed to Prevent Syrian Military From Advancing; Outlining Borders of Kurdistan By Brandon Turbeville, July 14, 2017
Syria – The Killing of Journalists Gave Birth to the Fake Activist Movement During the War By Sarah Abed, July 14, 2017
Syria Summary – Will the Trump-Putin Agreement Hold? By Moon of Alabama, July 14, 2017
US Relocating ISIS Terrorists By Stephen Lendman, July 14, 2017
Yemen – Court Battle Exposes UK – Saudi Arms Trade. A Marriage Made in Hell. By Felicity Arbuthnot, July 14, 2017
Saudi Arabia: What’s Really Behind Trump’s Hypocrisy? By Ulson Gunnar, July 14, 2017
Islamic Radicalism: A Product of Western Imperialism By Nauman Sadiq, July 14, 2017
Palestinian Resistance and the Israeli Terror State By Rima Najjar, July 13, 2017