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.
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US Blocks Yemen-Saudi Peace Deal By Dave DeCamp, February 07, 2024
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“Gazacaust”: Placing the Blame Where It Belongs. Mike Whitney Interview with Ron Unz By Ron Unz and Mike Whitney, February 06, 2024
250 U.S. Cargo Planes and At Least 20 Ships Have Delivered More Than 10,000 Tons of Armaments and Military Equipment to Israel Since War on Gaza Started By Jeremy Kuzmarov, February 06, 2024
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Campaign Against Arms Trade Releases Map Detailing British Sites Producing Weapons for Israel By Peter Lazenby, February 05, 2024
US Coalition Has Attacked Nearly 40 Houthi Sites in Yemen This Weekend By Zero Hedge, February 05, 2024
Is the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan Compromised? By Tom Coburg, February 05, 2024
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Palestine: Not All of the Genocide Is Happening Before Our Eyes. Paul Larudee By Dr. Paul Larudee, February 05, 2024
“Controlled Demolition” of the State of Palestine. Manlio Dinucci By Manlio Dinucci, February 05, 2024
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The Gulf Arab Dilemma: Countering Geostrategic Encirclement. Geographic Pivots of Global Trade By Dr. Mathew Maavak, February 03, 2024
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The Urgent Need to Attack Iran Has Been Falsely Advertised for 20 Years By David Swanson, February 02, 2024
Israel Will Directly Occupy Gaza After War: Defense Minister By The Cradle, February 02, 2024
Famine: In Global Appeal, UNRWA Says Gazans Likely Won’t Survive If Agency Abandoned By Jessica Corbett, February 02, 2024
The War on Gaza: Towards Palestine’s Independence Despite the Doom and Gloom By Amir Nour, February 02, 2024
How Sad It Is to Watch America’s Abandonment of Morality and Degeneration Into Evil By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, February 02, 2024
End of Netanyahu? Not Yet. The West Wants Genocide By Karsten Riise and Tom Bateman, February 02, 2024
Unless Israel Changes Course, It Could be Legally Culpable for Mass Starvation By Alex de Waal, February 02, 2024
Israel’s Starvation Strategy By Mike Whitney, February 02, 2024
ICJ on Gaza: Acting Against Israel By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, February 02, 2024
Israel Keeps Killing Civilians and Rejects Any Sovereignty for Palestinians By Philip Giraldi, February 02, 2024
Tory Lobby Group Secretly Funded by Israeli State-affiliated Institute By Phil Miller, February 01, 2024
Mustaribeen: The Israeli Undercover Agents with a History of Dressing Like Palestinians By Rayhan Uddin, February 01, 2024
US Judge Admits Horror of Gaza Genocide, But Will He Dismiss Case Against Biden? By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, February 01, 2024
UN Chief Says UNRWA Is ‘Backbone’ of Gaza Aid Response By Al-Jazeera, February 01, 2024
Destroying UNRWA Disastrous, Destabilising for the Entire Region By Michael Jansen, February 01, 2024
War on Gaza: Israeli Board Game Calls on Players to ‘Come Build Your House in Gaza!’ By Middle East Eye, February 01, 2024
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, CIJA, Is Trying to Persuade Canadians to Embrace Genocidal Israel and Condemn the ICJ and International Law By Prof. Anthony J. Hall, January 31, 2024
War on Gaza: Here’s What Israeli Officials Say Should Happen to the Palestinian Enclave By Middle East Eye, January 31, 2024
For Western Media, Israel’s Bombing of Gaza Is Not ‘Deadly’ By Prof. Des Freedman, January 31, 2024
War on Gaza: Dozens of Palestinians Found Dead at Elementary School in Zip-tied Body Bags By Middle East Eye, January 31, 2024
Defunding UNRWA: With This Act, Western Powers Are Likely Complicit in Genocide By Hasan Basri Bulbul, January 31, 2024
Biden Gives Green Light for Retaliation Against Iran By Peter Symonds, January 31, 2024
China Ignores US Entreaties of Mediation By M. K. Bhadrakumar, January 31, 2024
Five Peace Activists Arrested for Disrupting UNRWA Hearing, Demand Humanitarian Aid for Gaza By CODEPINK, January 31, 2024
U.S. Military School at West Point Supports Genocide By Karsten Riise, January 31, 2024
US-Israel Implement Plan to Cut Food, Water and Medicine to Gaza By Mike Whitney, January 31, 2024
Amnesty Says Cutting Off Aid to UNRWA While Arming Israel Is ‘Stark’ Hypocrisy By Jake Johnson, January 31, 2024
Nuremberg for Israel: Criminals in Charge of the State of Israel By Karsten Riise, January 30, 2024
Pentagon Admits It Has No Evidence Iran Was Behind Drone Attack That Killed 3 US Troops in Jordan By Dave DeCamp, January 30, 2024
UNRWA Funding Cuts Threaten Palestinian Lives in Gaza and Region, Say NGOs By Norwegian Refugee Council, January 30, 2024
International Court of Justice Rules South African Claims of Genocide Against Palestinians by Israel Are Plausible By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 29, 2024
Gaza Versus The Hague: The ICJ Failed Again – A Case of “Political Correctness”? By Peter Koenig, January 29, 2024
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Destroy a Nation: Israel Is Deliberately Bombing Palestine’s Educational Institutions By Timothy Alexander Guzman, January 29, 2024
The Decision of the International Tribunal of the Hague Is a Triumph for Netanyahu? By Germán Gorraiz López, January 29, 2024
“I Have Lost Everything”: In Federal Court, Palestinians Accuse Biden of Complicity in Genocide By Alice Speri, January 29, 2024
Israeli Ministers Attend ‘Return to Gaza Conference’, Speak in Support of Resettlement By Middle East Eye, January 29, 2024
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