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.
Western Media Disinformation on Mosul. Raped and Destroyed, not Liberated as falsely Claimed By Stephen Lendman, July 13, 2017
U.S. Bombs with White Phosphorous While Blaming Assad for Using ‘Sarin’ By Eric Zuesse, July 13, 2017
Israel and Rwanda: Paul Kagame and Benjamin Netanyahu, Partners in Persecution By Ann Garrison, July 13, 2017
Yemen’s Calamity Is of Damning Proportions. Mass Starvation, Cholera Epidemic, Torture By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, July 13, 2017
The Thin Red Line By Dr. T. P. Wilkinson, July 13, 2017
ISIS is a State Sponsored Proxy: The Insignificance of Supposed “Islamic State”(ISIS) leader al-Baghdadi Being “Dead” By Tony Cartalucci, July 13, 2017
Exaggerated Victories: The Mosul Effect By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 13, 2017
The Spread of the Mers-CoV Virus: The Black Death of the XXI Century Waiting to Pounce By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, July 12, 2017
US Looks to Dramatically Escalate Involvement in Libya, Setting Up a Permanent Military Base By Jason Ditz, July 12, 2017
Impeachment of President Trump Now Much More Likely By Eric Zuesse, July 12, 2017
De-escalation in Syria: Why Does the US-Sponsored Al Qaeda “Opposition” Need A Comprehensive Truce By Mehmet Ersoy, July 12, 2017
Video: Syria Government Forces Rapidly Advancing in Southeastern Desert By South Front, July 12, 2017
Israeli Persecution of Mordechai Vanunu. Israel’s Unspoken Nuclear Weapons Program By Stephen Lendman, July 12, 2017
Syria, A “Civil War” Supported by Washington and Its Allies. US Wants to Partition and Reconfigure the Middle East By Ollie Richardson, July 12, 2017
The Media Refutes its Own Lies: After 1,379 Days, NYT Corrects Bogus Claim that Iran ‘Sponsored’ 9/11 By Adam Johnson, July 12, 2017
Destroying Mosul to Save It: Possible US-Backed War Crimes in Iraq Exposed By Julia Conley, July 12, 2017
US-NATO Holocaust in Iraq: The Depopulation and Destruction of Mosul By Mark Taliano, July 12, 2017
The Situation in Syria Just Became More Dangerous By James ONeill, July 12, 2017
Jared Kushner Tried and Failed to Get a Half-billion-dollar Bailout From Qatar By Ben Walsh, Ryan Grim, and Clayton Swisher, July 12, 2017
Who Is the Real Enemy? By Philip Giraldi, July 12, 2017
Israel’s Ever-more Sadistic Reprisals Help Shore Up a Sense of Victimhood By Jonathan Cook, July 12, 2017
Qatar Has the Strength to Resist Saudi Hostility By Jason Unruhe, July 11, 2017
Why Is Nikki Haley Still Trump’s UN Ambassador? By Philip Giraldi, July 11, 2017
Ever More Official Lies and “False Reality” Emanating from the US Government By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, July 11, 2017
Asma Al-Assad: How Western Media Turned “A Rose in the Desert” into “A Cheerleader for Evil” By Sarah Abed, July 11, 2017
BBC Panorama Team Embedded with Islamic State Partner Group By Fabrication in BBC Panorama 'Saving Syria’s Children', July 11, 2017
Video: ISIS’ Territory in Syria, Iraq is Shrinking. Detailed Report from the War Theater By South Front, July 11, 2017
Documents of Saudi Crown Prince’s Support for ISIS, Al-Qaeda By Fars News Agency, July 10, 2017
Why Palestine Is Still the Issue By John Pilger, July 10, 2017
Gaza: A Place Closer to Hell Than to Heaven By Jerome Irwin, July 10, 2017
The Syrian Test of Trump-Putin Accord By Ray McGovern, July 10, 2017
Israel Turns UNESCO Meeting into ‘Politicized Circus’. Resolution Naming Israel an “Occupying Power” By Richard Edmondson, July 10, 2017
Canada’s Fake Veneer Conceals Its Direct Involvement in Illegal and Aggressive Warfare against Non-belligerent Nations By Mark Taliano, July 10, 2017
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
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