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.
‘Bomb the Sh*t Out Of Them!’ – Trump Drones Yemen More in One Week Than Obama in a Year By Daniel McAdams, March 11, 2017
Syria: Towards a Clash of US and Turkish Forces? By Anna Jaunger, March 11, 2017
President Al-Assad: “Foreign Troops Coming to Syria without Permission Are Invaders” By Bashar al Assad, March 11, 2017
Protecting the Terrorists: US Forces Come to the Rescue of ISIS Commanders in Iraq By Fars News Agency, March 11, 2017
“Afghanistan – As Only Love Could Hurt” By Andre Vltchek, March 10, 2017
Syria: Dangerous Fracture in US, Turkey and Russian Interests, as Operation to Oust ISIS from Raqqa Begins By Patrick Henningsen, March 10, 2017
Yemenis
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Made in Britain, Tested on Yemenis: The Reality of Working for the “Bomb-makers” By Areeb Ullah, March 10, 2017
Video: Syrian Government Forces Crash ISIS In Aleppo, Aim Raqqah By South Front, March 09, 2017
Syrian War Report: ISIS Defenses Collapsing in Aleppo Province By South Front, March 09, 2017
Erdogan: The Sultan Of An Illusionary Ottoman Empire By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, March 09, 2017
Moscow Diplomacy and the Geopolitical Balance of Power in the Middle East By South Front, March 09, 2017
Civilians in Iraq “Die by Mistake” as a Result of US Air Raids, Humanitarian Catastrophe in Mosul By Firas Samuri, March 09, 2017
Protests Erupt in Idlib as Turkey Steals Syrian Land with New Border Wall By Paul Antonopoulos, March 09, 2017
Swedish Doctors for Human Rights: White Helmets Video, Macabre Manipulation of Dead Children and Staged Chemical Weapons Attack to Justify a “No-Fly Zone” in Syria By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, March 08, 2017
Discussion of the Syrian Constitution: Preliminary Results By Sophie Mangal, March 08, 2017
Trump’s New Travel Ban, Demonization of Muslims By Stephen Lendman, March 08, 2017
Palestinian Women – One for All, All for One By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, March 08, 2017
Syrian War Report: Military Escalation In Northern Syria, Turkey’s Fights US Supported YPG By South Front, March 08, 2017
Syrian War Report: Government Forces Rapidly Advancing In Aleppo Province By South Front, March 08, 2017
Israel’s Biggest Crime against Palestine Is Occupation Itself By Daoud Kuttab and Edu Montesanti, March 08, 2017
Israel’s Welcome now Reserved only for Jews who Back Netanyahu By Jonathan Cook, March 07, 2017
No Such Thing as Humanitarian Terrorists, Analyst Says of the White Helmets By Prof. Tim Anderson, March 06, 2017
Syria’s Water Cut off by Turkey Following McCain, Erdogan Meeting By Whitney Webb, March 06, 2017
Empire Uses Kurds as Pawns in its Imperial Pursuits in Syria By Sarah Abed and Mark Taliano, March 05, 2017
Chinese Diplomat Unmasks “Hypocritical” Slams against China’s Veto on Syria Sanctions By Huan Xiang, March 05, 2017
New US Strategy against ISIS and War in Syria. What to Expect? By South Front, March 05, 2017
Syrian War Report: US-Backed Forces Surrender Wide Areas Near Manbij to Syrian Army By South Front, March 05, 2017
Yemen Hit with Unprecedented Number of US Drone, Air Strikes By Jack Serle and Jessica Purkiss, March 05, 2017
Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration Barring Muslims: Interview with Civil Rights Leader Hatem Abudayyeh By Hatem Abudayyeh and Edu Montesanti, March 04, 2017
Forget Oscar: Give The White Helmets the Leni Riefenstahl Award for Best War Propaganda Film By Patrick Henningsen, March 04, 2017
Turkey’s Euphrates Shield Military Intervention. Towards the Division of Northern Syria? By South Front, March 04, 2017
1983 CIA Document Reveals Plan To Destroy Syria, Foreshadows Current Crisis By Brandon Turbeville, March 04, 2017
Nikki Haley Watch: Trump’s Disaster UN Ambassador Loses it Over Syria Sanctions Vote By Daniel McAdams, March 03, 2017
Video: Syria War Report, Tensions In Northern Syria By South Front, March 03, 2017
Erdogan Exploits Islam for Personal and Political Gain By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, March 03, 2017
Syria – Erdogan’s Lost Bet – Trump Likely To Follow A Cautious Strategy By Moon of Alabama, March 03, 2017
Syrian War Report: Syrian Army Is On Verge Of Liberation Of Palmyra By South Front, March 03, 2017
Iraqi War Report: Storm Over Western Mosul. US Forces Actively Involved against ISIS By South Front, March 03, 2017
UN Committee Bogus Syria “Human Rights” Report: Endorses Al Qaeda, Questions the Liberation of Aleppo By Prof. Tim Anderson, March 03, 2017
Syria: The Criminal Empire’s Strategy Of Divide, Conquer, and Destroy By Mark Taliano and Sarah Abed, March 02, 2017
Pentagon’s “Devastating” Plan for Crushing ISIS Fails to Live up to Its Name By Sophie Mangal, March 02, 2017
The Deception Technology. Hollywood Oscar for Fake Movie By Firas Samuri, March 02, 2017
Issues at Stake in Syria’s “Peace Talks” By Eric Zuesse, March 01, 2017
Trump’s “New Adventurism” in the Middle East, Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program By Dr. Amir A. Amirshekari, March 01, 2017
Trump Administration, Neocon or Isolationist? The Future Is All About Russia, Iran and China By Federico Pieraccini, March 01, 2017
Downplaying US Contribution to Potential Yemen Famine. Unreported War Crimes By Adam Johnson, March 01, 2017
‘White Helmets’ — Pawns for U.S. Militarism and War Propaganda By Sara Flounders, February 28, 2017
Al-Qaeda Gets An Oscar By Moon of Alabama, February 28, 2017
Fake News and the “Resurrection of Armageddon” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, February 28, 2017
Syrian War Report: Intense Clashes between Syrian Forces and Turkish Proxies By South Front, February 28, 2017
“The Poisoning of American Soldiers” in Iraq — They’re Dying — And the Media is Silent By Justin Gardner, February 27, 2017
RAND Corporation’s Plan for Dicing up Syria By Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten, February 27, 2017
War at Any Cost: Israeli Special Forces Enter Syrian Territory to ‘Monitor’ Extremist Groups Fighting Assad By Russia Insider, February 27, 2017
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War Crimes against Syria’s Children, “Human Devastation Syndrome”: Syrian Doctor Coins New Term for Children’s Extreme War-Trauma By The New Arab, February 27, 2017
And the Oscar for Best Documentary Short goes to…”ISIS – Al Qaeda” By Alex Christoforou, Vanessa Beeley, Eva Bartlett, and Patrick Henningsen, February 27, 2017
Trump’s Ambassador to UN: We Must Sanction Assad Over Chemical Weapons! By Daniel McAdams, February 27, 2017
Fabricated and Politically Motivated Reports on Syria Chlorine Bomb Attacks By Tony Cartalucci, February 27, 2017
Syria “Peace Talks”: Many “Moderate” (Terrorist) Opposition “Delegations” in Geneva By Miri Wood, February 27, 2017
Turkey Cutting Euphrates River Flow to Syria: Crime against Humanity, Violation of UN Water Convention By Alwaght, February 26, 2017
Invasion of Yemen in Blatant Derogation of International Law: Extensive War Crimes Committed By Dr. Amir A. Amirshekari, February 26, 2017
Israeli Soldiers Destroy an Internationally-Funded Drinking Water Pipeline By IMEMC, February 26, 2017
Is Israel Preparing for a New Middle East War? By Germán Gorraiz López, February 26, 2017
White Helmets Are Denied Entry into US, Hollywood Dreams Over By Vanessa Beeley, February 26, 2017
The U.S. Carried out Regime Change in Syria in 1949 … and Tried Again in 1957, 1986, 1991 and 2011-Today By Washington's Blog, February 26, 2017
U.S., Israel, Arab Allies Discuss Forming NATO-style Military Alliance Directed against Iran By Maria Abi-Habib, February 26, 2017
Radioactive Weapons Are Killing Innocent Civilians in Iraq—and the US Military is Behind It By Prof. Vijay Prashad, February 26, 2017
Palestinians Face Intense Online Hate and Racism from Israelis. “Green Light to Police Violence” By Jonathan Cook, February 26, 2017
Earl of Balfour Calls for Palestinian State to Honour Ancestor’s Declaration By Sarum Concern For Israel/Palestine, February 26, 2017
The Red Line and the Rat Line. Seymour Hersh on Obama, Erdoğan and the Syrian Rebels By Seymour M. Hersh, February 25, 2017
McMaster Takes Charge: Trump Relinquishes Control of Foreign Policy By Mike Whitney, February 25, 2017
Syria’s Draft Constitution, “No Military Solution”. Russia Now Runs the Peace Process to End Syria’s War By Eric Zuesse, February 25, 2017
Turkey Poses a Bigger Threat to Syria than ISIS By Adam Garrie, February 24, 2017
About 4,000 Russians Among Islamic Insurgents in Syria: Putin By nsnbc international, February 24, 2017
US War on the Islamic State (ISIS) Designed to Fail By Ulson Gunnar, February 24, 2017
Iraq: US Forces Trying to Evacuate ISIS Commanders from Tal Afar By Fars News Agency, February 24, 2017
John McCain Illegally Travels To Syria, Meets With Leaders And Fighting Groups; No Criticism From MSM By Brandon Turbeville, February 24, 2017
Syria – A Confused Trump Strategy Lets Erdogan U-Turn Again By Moon of Alabama, February 24, 2017
Iraqi War Report: ISIS Combat Drones in Battle for Mosul By South Front and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, February 24, 2017
Graphic Video: Raqqa City Reduced to Rubble by US Airstrikes, Scores of Residents Killed By Chris Tomson and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, February 24, 2017
Israel Denies EU Parliamentary Delegation Entry into Gaza By Middle East Monitor, February 24, 2017