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.
Breaking: Situation Escalates at Syrian-Iraqi Border. Towards a Dangerous Standoff between U.S Special Forces and Syria’s Arab Army? By South Front, May 30, 2017
Easternization – Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline – From Obama to Trump and Beyond By Jim Miles, May 29, 2017
Trump’s Foreign SDF Mercenaries Deal with ISIS Thwarted by Russian Air Force By Miri Wood, May 29, 2017
“Creative Chaos” and the War Against Humanity. US-NATO Supports ISIS By Mark Taliano, May 29, 2017
U.S. to Lure ISIS Terrorists Out of Raqqa and Eliminate Them By Anna Jaunger, May 29, 2017
Manchester’s Dead: Victims of British “Regime Change” Operations in the Middle East By Robert Stevens, May 29, 2017
Manchester Bomber, Salman Abedi, Linked to Libyan ISIS – “Libyan Dawn”, Hillary’s “Libyan Rebels” By Sundance, May 29, 2017
Manchester’s Known Wolf: Watched by MI5 with Ties to NATO-Backed Terror in Libya – What Does It All Mean? By Shawn Helton, May 29, 2017
Syria: The West Only Hates Assad Because Their TV Told Them To By Caitlin Johnstone, May 29, 2017
“Exporting Revolution” and Regime Change: Zbigniew Brzezinski on Trial at the UN General Assembly By Caleb T. Maupin, May 29, 2017
Video: Hassan Nasrallah on Donald Trump’s Visit to Saudi Arabia and the Riyadh Declaration. “It Wasn’t a Summit” By Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, May 29, 2017
Tracing the History of The Partitioning of Iraq By Rayyan Dabbous, May 29, 2017
Sergev Lavrov
Syria’s Assad Just Explained How America Really Works By Brandon Turbeville, Bashar al Assad, and Telesur, May 28, 2017
Raqqa
Syria War: U.S. Dooms ISIS Fighters Leaving Raqqa to Death By Sophie Mangal, May 27, 2017
Ramadan: Fasting for Palestinian Justice and Dignity By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, May 27, 2017
Manchester Bombing: The Uncomfortable Truth. Abedi is Not an “Unprotected Lone Wolf”… By Robert Stevens, May 27, 2017
The Manchester-Libya Connection and the Question That Needs to Be Asked By Neil Clark, May 27, 2017
Trump’s Visit to Israel: Prospects for Peace and Justice in the Middle East By Michael Welch, Richard Silverstein, and Prof. Richard Falk, May 27, 2017
Breaking: ISIS Defense Lines Destroyed by Syrian Army and Russian Air Force By South Front, May 27, 2017
Contradictory Statements of NATO on Joining the International Coalition against the Islamic State By Sophie Mangal, May 27, 2017
US-Led “Counter-Terrorism” Operation in Mosul. Weapons for ISIS, Indiscriminate Air Strikes Directed against Civilians By Anna Jaunger, May 27, 2017
Video: In Front of Trump, Egypt’s President Al-Sisi Exposes the State Supporters of Terrorism By Syriana Analysis, May 27, 2017
Civilians Killed by US Largely Ignored as Endless “Global War on Terrorism” Continues By Jon Queally, May 26, 2017
Manchester Attack as MI6 Blowback? By Evan Jones, May 26, 2017
Video: ISIS Terrorists on the Run in East Aleppo By South Front, May 26, 2017
US and Israeli-Made Weapons in Hands of ISIS Terrorists. Discovered by Syrian Government Forces By Samer Hussein, May 26, 2017
Fascism, Neoliberalism, Endless Wars: Where in Fact Is Fascism? By Milos Kovic, May 26, 2017
America’s “Unspoken War” against Africa: US Special Forces Now Carry Out 100 Missions ‘At Any Given Time In Africa’ By Joseph Fitsanakis, May 26, 2017
The British Establishment Is Putting Our Lives at Risk: Our State’s Key Ally Is a Major Public Threat By Mark Curtis, May 26, 2017
Trump’s ‘Historic’ Visit to the Middle East: Much Ado About Nothing By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, May 26, 2017
Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0, “Dripping with Intolerance,” Ruled Unconstitutional By Deirdre Fulton, May 26, 2017
Manchester Terror Attack Proves that the War on Terror Is Failing: Ten Ways to Reduce Terrorism By Washington's Blog, May 25, 2017
Video: Syrian Government Forces Advance on Multiple Fronts against the Islamic State (ISIS) By South Front, May 25, 2017
African Union Must Advance Program to Reverse the Political and Economic Crises By Abayomi Azikiwe, May 25, 2017
Manchester Alleged Suicide Bomber Linked to Libya Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), Known to British Security & Intelligence. LIFG was Supported by NATO against Gadaffi By Tony Cartalucci, May 24, 2017
Qatar’s Approach to Refugees and Security in the Middle East, Supplying Weapons to Jihadists in Syria By Sophie Mangal, May 24, 2017
Africa at the Crossroads: Crisis of the Post-colonial State, from Egypt and Nigeria to Somalia and South Africa By Abayomi Azikiwe, May 24, 2017
Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Raytheon are the Big Winners in Saudi Arabia’s Massive Military Buildup By Dave Majumdar, May 24, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Expels US-Backed Militants From Syrian Desert By South Front, May 24, 2017
Independent Journalists Reveal America’s Sinister War in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, May 24, 2017
Twenty-Seven Hours: Donald Trump in Israel By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 24, 2017
Trump Bows Deeply to Globalists, Surrenders to Puppet Masters By Larry Chin, May 23, 2017
Video: ISIS Terrorists Rapidly Losing Ground in Eastern Aleppo By South Front, May 23, 2017
The Riyadh Declaration of Escalated Regional Wars, A Statement of Mass Deception By Stephen Lendman, May 23, 2017
Hypocritical Speech: Trump’s Saudi Soliloquy By Richard Silverstein, May 23, 2017
Donald of Arabia: A Disgusting Spectacle By Justin Raimondo, May 23, 2017
Palestine: 50 Years of Occupation By PNN, May 23, 2017
What’s in a Name? U.S. Takes Syria’s Al-Qaeda Off Terror Watchlists By Whitney Webb, May 23, 2017
Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike as Trump Visits Israel By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, May 23, 2017
Trump’s Love Affair with Saudi Arabia, The Fountainhead of Terrorism By Mark Taliano, May 23, 2017
US ‘Deep State’ Sold Out Counter-Terrorism to Keep Itself in Business By Gareth Porter, May 23, 2017
Trumped Up Diplomacy in the Middle East By Prof. Richard Falk, May 23, 2017
Report Accuses Pentagon of Running Multi-Billion Dollar Slush Fund for Military Operations By Jordan Shilton, May 23, 2017
Trump in Israel: Not Remembering the USS Liberty By Ray McGovern, May 23, 2017
US Strike on Syrian Forces: The Scramble for Post-Islamic State Syria By Ulson Gunnar, May 23, 2017
The Atlantic Alliance’s “Holy War” against the Islamic State (ISIS): NATO’s Role in the Recruitment of Islamic Terrorists By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 22, 2017
Mohammad bin Salman
War and Oil Reserves: Trump’s US-Saudi Partnership By Stephen Lendman, May 22, 2017
US Coalition Attacks Syrian Forces, To the Rescue of ISIS By Patrick Henningsen, May 22, 2017
Israel’s Genocide Towards Palestinian Arabs By Jerome Irwin, May 22, 2017
The (Fake) Race to Defeat ISIS: Can Trump Salvage His Presidency in Syria’s War? By Shamus Cooke, May 22, 2017
Trump’s Speech in Riyadh Signals US Escalation Against Iran By Bill Van Auken, May 22, 2017
U.S. $350 Billion Arms-Sale to Sauds Cements U.S.-Jihadist Alliance By Eric Zuesse, May 22, 2017
Breaking: Iraqi Units Open Fire on Hostile US Jets Operating Inside Syrian Desert By Chris Tomson, May 22, 2017
Murder in the Mediterranean, Illegal Blockade – The Perils of Fishing in Gaza By Ian Berman, May 22, 2017
Norwegian Army Enters Southern Syria to Aid “Endangered Rebels” at Border Crossing By Chris Tomson, May 22, 2017
Will the Afghan ‘Graveyard of Empires’ Be Donald Trump’s Last Stand? By Martin Jay, May 22, 2017
Trump Accuses Iran of Supporting Terrorists and Spreading Instability By South Front, May 22, 2017
Trump Signs “Single Largest Arms Deal in US History” with Saudi Arabia Worth $350 Billion By Zero Hedge, May 22, 2017
Trump in Riyadh – A Gulf NATO to Gang Up Against Iran and Syria By Jan Oberg, May 22, 2017
When the Trump Coup-Makers Cometh By Robert Parry, May 22, 2017
The War on Syria: Exposing Media Distortions By Gregory Elich, May 21, 2017
Ten Myths About Israel: Genocide and Racism Unmasked By Jerome Irwin, May 21, 2017
If NATO Wants Peace and Stability It Should Stay Home By Ulson Gunnar, May 21, 2017
Syrian Army Within 20 km of Al-Tanaf Controlled by US-led Forces on Syria-Iraq Border By South Front, May 21, 2017
Video Shows Syrian “White Helmets” Accepting Award from Al-Qaeda By Brandon Turbeville, May 21, 2017
Trump Approves New Pentagon Strategy to “Annihilate” ISIS By Niles Niemuth, May 21, 2017
US Aggression against Syria and the Principles of a “Just War”. “Make America a Global Empire, Again!” By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović, May 20, 2017
International Campaign Is Criminalizing Criticism of Israel As ‘Anti-Semitism’ By Alison Weir, May 20, 2017
Video: The Battle for Raqqah, The Islamic State’s Stronghold By South Front, May 20, 2017
US Attack on Syrian Forces, A Criminal Act of War: Asserting the “Safe Zones”, Perpetuating the War By Tony Cartalucci, May 20, 2017