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.
A Sad Day for Turkey By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, April 21, 2017
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Trump’s Art of Confusion in Syria By Dr. Anthony F. Shaker, April 20, 2017
UK Drone Killings: PM must Publish Intelligence Committee Report By Chris Cole, April 20, 2017
Syria: Media Cover Up of Crimes Committed by US Backed Al Qaeda “Rebels” By Whitney Webb, April 20, 2017
Cyprus and the Death of Democracy in Turkey By Andreas C Chrysafis, April 20, 2017
Video: Has The Leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Been Captured and Detained in Syria? By South Front, April 20, 2017
The Mad Dog is Unleashed on Yemen: Mattis Aims to Assist Saudi Arabia in its War on Yemen By Timothy Alexander Guzman, April 20, 2017
The Illegal Occupation of Palestine: Israel’s Festivities will Highlight 50 Years of Shame By Jonathan Cook, April 20, 2017
In Afghanistan: America’s Longest War will Never be Won By William Boardman, April 20, 2017
End Game: The War Machine Goes On By Arthur D. Robbins, April 20, 2017
Referendum Result Sets Up Authoritarian Rule in Turkey By Asad Ismi, April 20, 2017
Israel and Islamist Militias: A Strange and Recurring Alliance By Adeyinka Makinde, April 20, 2017
NYT Mocks Skepticism on Syria-Sarin Claims By Robert Parry, April 19, 2017
Trump Enthrones Erdogan – Destroys Trust In U.S. Diplomacy By Moon of Alabama, April 19, 2017
Afghanistan: Why Did the US Deploy its Largest Non-Nuclear Ordnance? By Ulson Gunnar, April 19, 2017
Foreign Policy and “False Flags”: Trump’s “War and Chocolate” Reality Show By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, April 19, 2017
Khan Sheikhoun, Syria: The Nerve Agent Attack that Did Not Occur By Dr. Theodore Postol, April 19, 2017
Video: Turkish-Kurdish Tensions Increase in Northern Aleppo By South Front, April 19, 2017
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Trump Has Killed Beautiful Babies in Four Countries By Chris Ernesto, April 19, 2017
How the U.S. Government Spins the Story By Philip Giraldi, April 19, 2017
Video: British Journalist Destroys Mainstream Media Lies on Syria By Tom Duggan and Hanin Elias, April 19, 2017
“Reichstag Fire” Style Chemical Attack in Khan Sheikhoun: Set-Up to Revive Syria Regime Change Agenda By Carla Stea, April 19, 2017
Video: Syria SAA Forces Reverse Al Qaeda Gains in Northern Hama By South Front, April 18, 2017
Lawsuit Warns $234 Billion In Aid To Israel Violates US Law Against Supporting Secret Nuclear States By Kit O'Connell, April 18, 2017
Attack Against Syria: The Middle East Region Is Speaking Out By Andre Vltchek, April 18, 2017
Washington Tries to Hide Its “Failure” in Mosul By Anna Jaunger, April 18, 2017
Video: White House Intelligence Report on Idlib Chemical Attack “Misinterprets Evidence”, “Politically Motivated” By Dr. Theodore Postol, April 18, 2017
Destroying Palestinian Agriculture? Israeli Planes Spray Herbicides Inside Gaza for the Fourth Time This Year By Natasha Roth, April 17, 2017
Turkey’s Constitutional Referendum Divides Country, Opposition Cries Foul By Stephen Lendman, April 17, 2017
The West Supports Terrorism: Washington’s “Dark State” Agendas By Mark Taliano, April 17, 2017
Al-Qaeda Suicide Attack Kills 100+ Children, Women – Who’s Behind It? By Moon of Alabama, April 17, 2017
Did Al Qaeda Fool the White House Again? By Robert Parry, April 17, 2017
Threats to World Peace and America’s Imperial Wars: Syria, Afghanistan, North Korea By Abayomi Azikiwe, April 17, 2017
Syrian “Rebels” Massacre at Least 126 Civilians in Suicide Bomb Blast By Jordan Shilton, April 17, 2017
Ambassador Nikki Haley
Trump’s Political Suicide Pushes China, Iran and Russia Closer By Federico Pieraccini, April 16, 2017
Syria: Horrific Onslaught on Aramaic Christian Community of Ma’aloula at Hands of Western Backed “Moderate” Terrorists By Janice Kortkamp, April 16, 2017
The Mother of Bombs Goes to Afghanistan By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, April 16, 2017
Military Escalation? Trump Undecided Whether to Go Light or Heavy in Syria By Stephen Lendman, April 16, 2017
Video: The Syria Strikes, A Conspiracy Theory By James Corbett, April 16, 2017
Fake News, Propaganda and “False Flags”: Syria’s Gas Attacks and Washington’s Fake Intelligence Narrative By Gregor Flock, April 16, 2017
Video: Did US-Led Coalition Air Power Strike ISIS Chemical Weapons Depot Near Deir Ezzor? By South Front, April 16, 2017
Chemical Weapons in Syria and the UN Security Council: No Resolution Adopted By Prof Nicolas Boeglin, April 16, 2017
Damascus: Easter Week in a City Under Fire By Patrick Henningsen, April 16, 2017
Top Ten Reasons To Doubt Official Story On Assad Poison-Gas Attack By Jon Rappoport, April 15, 2017
Trump Undecided Whether to Go Light or Heavy in Syria? Divisions within Trump “War Cabinet” By Stephen Lendman, April 15, 2017
Trump May Send Up To 50,000 Troops To Syria By Zero Hedge, April 15, 2017
Syria: Watching the Jordanian Border. America’s Military Buildup By Tony Cartalucci, April 15, 2017
Video: White House ‘Declassified Report’ on Chemical Weapons Attack in Idlib: Propaganda or Incompetence? By South Front, April 15, 2017
China and Russia Veto UN Security Council Resolution on Syria – No Carte Blanche for Chapter VII By Dr. Christof Lehmann, April 14, 2017
The White House “Intelligence Assessment” Is No-Such-Thing: It Shows Support for Al-Qaeda By Moon of Alabama, April 14, 2017
The Money-Quote From the Postol Report on the Recent Gas Attack in Syria By Eric Zuesse, April 14, 2017
Trump Withholds Syria-Sarin Evidence By Robert Parry, April 14, 2017
Video: President Al-Assad: Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Weapons Incident Totally Fabricated.. the US is Not Serious in Achieving Any Political Solution By AFP and Bashar al Assad, April 14, 2017
BREAKING: Assad Speaks to BBC. Chemical Attack “100% Fabrication.” US Working “Hand in Glove” with ISIS By Alex Christoforou, April 14, 2017
Breaking: US- Led Coalition Airstrikes against ISIS Held Chemical Weapons Depot, Hundreds Killed By Global Research News, April 13, 2017
Was Chemical Attack in Syria a “False Flag” to Trigger U.S. War? By Alex Newman, April 13, 2017
Those Condemning Syria Have Themselves Recently Used Chemical Weapons By Washington's Blog, April 13, 2017
Historical Origins of the State: Barbarians at the Gate By Arthur D. Robbins, April 12, 2017
Trump’s Syria Attack Trampled Many Laws By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, April 12, 2017
No “Problems” with Export of Iraqi – Kurdish Oil via Turkey and Drawing New Borders in the Middle East By Dr. Christof Lehmann, April 12, 2017
Intelligence and Military Sources Who Warned About Weapons Lies Before Iraq War Now Say that Assad Did Not Launch Chemical Weapon Attack By Washington's Blog, April 12, 2017
Is There A New U.S. Syria Policy? Is There One At All? By Moon of Alabama, April 12, 2017
Out of 46 Major Editorials on Trump’s Syria Strikes, Only One Opposed By Adam Johnson, April 12, 2017
Idlib ‘Chemical Attack’ was False Flag to Set Assad Up, More May Come – Putin By RT News, April 12, 2017
Canada’s Support for Terrorism in Syria By Mark Taliano, April 12, 2017
@realDonald Trump: ‘Be Prepared, There is a Small Chance That Our Horrendous Leadership Could Lead Us Into World War III’ By Citizens Electoral Council of Australia, April 12, 2017
The Trump /Syria Conundrum: Will Trump Deliver Deep State’s World War? By Larry Chin, April 12, 2017
The Syrian Chemical Weapons Nexus: Verdict First, Evidence Later By James ONeill, April 12, 2017
Trump Should Rethink Syria Escalation. The Risk of Nuclear War. Former Intelligence Officials Urge Trump to Rethink Blaming Syrian Government By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, April 12, 2017
Video: U.S. Ready for More Syria Missile Strikes By South Front, April 12, 2017
Video: All Out War, Confrontation with Russia? The U.S. is Pushing Towards a “Non-Peaceful Solution” of the Syrian Conflict By South Front, April 11, 2017
A scene of destruction after an aerial bombing in Azaz, Syria, Aug. 16, 2012. (U.S. government photo)
Inventing Enemies, Manipulating Public Opinion, Selling Escalated War on Syria By Stephen Lendman, April 11, 2017
Analysis of Evidence Contradicts Allegations on Syrian Gas Attacks By Adam Larson, April 11, 2017
Reflecting on Syria By Andre Vltchek, April 11, 2017
Why the Latest Claims Against Assad are a Pack of Lies By Daniel Margrain, April 11, 2017
The Gassing Game in Syria: Regime Change and Beyond By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, April 11, 2017
The Cruel Farce of “Humanitarian Intervention” By Civilisation 3000, April 11, 2017
Afghanistan: A Russian Peace For An American War By Christopher Black, April 11, 2017
BREAKING Video: US Military Deployment at Syrian-Jordanian Border, Military Escalation By South Front, April 11, 2017
Trump’s “Beautiful” Airstrike By Steven Chovanec, April 11, 2017