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.
Has the US and Its Allies Used Covert Airdrops, Drones to Supply the Islamic State? By Ulson Gunnar, December 11, 2016
4,000 ISIS Fighters Regroup, Make New Attempt to Capture Palmyra By RT, December 11, 2016
US Sends 200 More Troops to Syria Days after Obama Lifts Ban on Arms Supplies to Rebels By Zero Hedge, December 11, 2016
Neocons Urge War on Iran By Stephen Lendman, December 11, 2016
Sergey Lavrov: “Terrorists Should Be Fought Until Their Full Elimination” in Syria By Alexander Mercouris, December 11, 2016
‘US Arming Syrian Al Qaeda Militants Could Escalate into Direct Conflict with Russia’ By RT, December 11, 2016
VIDEO: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Legislation to Stop Arming Terrorists By Rep Tulsi Gabbard, December 11, 2016
Syria’s Ambassador Jaafari Slams UN Resolution on Syria: ‘Bloody Game Is Over’ By Paul Antonopoulos, December 10, 2016
Washington Attempts to Rescue Spies from Eastern Aleppo City By Fars News Agency, December 10, 2016
Breaking: ISIS Terrorists Advancing on Palmyra amid Ceasefire in Aleppo By South Front, December 10, 2016
British Government Funded Outlet Offered Journalist $17,000 a Month to Produce Propaganda for Syrian Rebels By Rania Khalek, December 10, 2016
Rolling Back the Empire: Washington’s Proxy-Army Faces Decisive Defeat in Aleppo By Mike Whitney, December 09, 2016
Official Fake News Numbers Regarding ISIS and Al Qaeda in Syria Could Have Serious Consequences By Moon of Alabama, December 09, 2016
Impressions of Damascus, a Beautiful City, Amazing, Kind People By Jan Oberg, December 09, 2016
ISIS-Daesh “Accidentally” Launches Large-Scale Offensive in Palmyra Amid US-Russian Talks on Aleppo By South Front, December 09, 2016
Obama Formally Approves Arming Terrorists in Syria By Stephen Lendman, December 09, 2016
Video: Washington Attempts to Save Al Qaeda in Syria By South Front, December 08, 2016
US to Establish A Military Base in Israel By Middle East Monitor, December 08, 2016
Israeli Jets Strike Targets Near Damascus Airport By Palestine News Network, December 07, 2016
US Attempts to Rescue Spies from Eastern Aleppo City By Fars News Agency, December 07, 2016
Trump’s Promised ‘New Foreign Policy’ Must Abandon Regime Change for Iran By Rep. Ron Paul, December 07, 2016
US Strikes on Syrian Troops: Report Data Contradicts ‘Mistake’ Claims By Gareth Porter, December 07, 2016
The West’s Silence About the Bombing of Russia’s Hospital in Aleppo is Shameful By Alexander Mercouris, December 07, 2016
New York State Governor Cuomo’s Blacklist of Organizations involved in the BDS Campaign in Support of Palestinian Human Rights By Palestine Legal, December 07, 2016
The Retreat of Al Qaeda in Syria. The Liberation of Aleppo. Russian Air Strikes Contemplated against Remaining Terrorist Pockets By South Front, December 07, 2016
BREAKING: Aleppo’s Old City Now Fully Liberated by SAA, Remaining Terrorists in Retreat By 21st Century Wire, December 07, 2016
UN General Assembly Recognises Health Risks from Depleted Uranium By International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons, December 06, 2016
Terrorists Used Precision Fire on Hospital in Aleppo, They Had Exact Coordinates By Sputnik, December 06, 2016
Russia, China Block UN Security Council Resolution on Aleppo Truce By Press TV, December 06, 2016
The Bribe of the Century: EU will Give Assad Money if he Allows Al Qaeda to Rule Over Parts of Syria By Alex Christoforou, December 06, 2016
Al Qaeda’s Retreat: East-Aleppo Siege Nears Its End By Moon of Alabama, December 06, 2016
Washington’s Imperial Project in Syria Faces Defeat. Obama’s Criminal Legacy By Stephen Lendman, December 06, 2016
ISIS-Daesh and the Battle for Mosul: Concept Versus Reality By South Front, December 05, 2016
World Cup Soccer: Qatari and FIFA Pledges on Worker Rights Have Little Impact on Construction Companies By James M. Dorsey, December 05, 2016
US Furious at UN Over Differing Afghan War Reports By Jason Ditz, December 05, 2016
The UN Will Cease to Publish Iraq Military Casualty Figures By Rudaw, December 04, 2016
Fake News in Overdrive: President Assad “Created ISIS” By Moon of Alabama, December 04, 2016
Aleppo Has Sent the West into Panic Overdrive By Martin Berger, December 04, 2016
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov Calls John Kerry’s Bluff, Demands Concrete Proposals on Syria By Alexander Mercouris, December 04, 2016
Erdogan’s Hard Times in Syria, Pressured to Backtrack by Putin By South Front, December 04, 2016
Three Reasons Why Trump will be Good for Israel and Bad for the Palestinians By Timothy Alexander Guzman, December 04, 2016
Russia-US Agreement on Aleppo or Another American Deception? By Stephen Lendman, December 04, 2016
Trump’s Secretary of Defense General Mattis Presided over Slaughter of Civilians in Fallujah By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, December 04, 2016
Denmark Withdraws from Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, allegedly against ISIS-Daesh By Prof Nicolas Boeglin, December 03, 2016
Politicized Humanitarian Aid to Aleppo By Stephen Lendman, December 03, 2016
Video: Syrian Government Forces Liberate Western Ghouta By South Front, December 02, 2016
Russia Again Disciplines The Wannabe Sultan Erdogan By Moon of Alabama, December 02, 2016
Mosul and Imperialist “Human Rights” By James Cogan, December 02, 2016
Breaking Video Report from Syria: Liberation of Aleppo to be Followed by Operation in Idlib By South Front, December 01, 2016
Syrian Government Forces Operation to Be Launched in Idlib after Liberation of Aleppo By South Front, December 01, 2016
Human Rights Watch Purposefully Mistranslates a Leaflet to Aleppo Rebels from Syrian Government By Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil, December 01, 2016
After Mahmoud Abbas: Who Does Israel Want to Lead the Palestinians? By Jonathan Cook, December 01, 2016
Selected Articles: Syria: The Liberation of Aleppo and the Turkish Invasion By Global Research News, November 30, 2016
New U.S. Troops Arrive in Yemen while Saudis Kill 13 more Civilians By American Herald Tribune, November 30, 2016
Syrian Government Forces Are Close to Full Liberation of Aleppo City By South Front, November 30, 2016
Erdogan: Turkish Forces are in Syria to End Assad’s Rule By RT News, November 30, 2016
Video: Syrian Army and Kurdish YPG Attack Turkey-led Forces East of Aleppo By South Front, November 30, 2016
Fidel Castro: More Than a Friend of Palestine, Much More By Telesur, November 30, 2016
The Liberation of Aleppo: Tears, Hugs and Smiles, the Relief of Escaping Imprisonment in East Aleppo By Vanessa Beeley, November 30, 2016
Turkey Invades Syria to “Remove Bashar al-Assad” By Adam Garrie, November 30, 2016
CIA Continues to Supply TOW Guided Missiles to Al Qaeda Affiliated ‘Syrian Rebels’ Involved in Child Beheading By South Front, November 30, 2016
Aleppo: How US-Saudi Backed “Rebels” Target “Every Syrian” By Eva Bartlett, November 30, 2016
US-backed “Rebels” Face Defeat in Aleppo By Bill Van Auken, November 29, 2016
Obama Extends Global Reach of US Special Operations Death Squads By Patrick Martin, November 29, 2016
The Fantasy at the Centre of Israel’s “Muezzin Bill”. Legislation to “Stop the Dawn Call to Prayer” By Jonathan Cook, November 29, 2016
Who Are Syria’s White Helmets? Dubious Front Organization, Recipients of the “Alternative Nobel Prize” By Jan Oberg, November 29, 2016
Jimmy Carter: America Must Recognize Palestine By Jimmy Carter, November 29, 2016
How a Syrian White Helmets’ Leader Played Western Media. “Funded Heavily by U.S. State Department and British Foreign Office” By Gareth Porter, November 29, 2016
Frightening: General Michael Flynn’s “Field Of Flight” By Farhang Jahanpour, November 29, 2016
Video: Syrian Forces Liberate Parts of East Aleppo. Devastating Blow to US-NATO Supported Terrorists By South Front, November 28, 2016
Syria: Jihadi Fronts Fall Apart, Egypt Enters The Fight By Moon of Alabama, November 28, 2016
De Facto NATO “Invasion” of Syria? US, Turkey Military Operations in Syria Are Intervention By Sputnik, November 28, 2016
Syrian Army Liberates Northern Part of Aleppo City, Delivers Devastating Blow to Al Qaeda Militants By South Front, November 28, 2016
Why Is Sweden Giving the “Alternative Nobel Prize” to Syria’s ‘White Helmets’? By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, November 27, 2016
Crimes against Humanity: Ninety Percent of Gaza Has No Clean Drinking Water By Sputnik, November 25, 2016
Syrian War Threatens to Escalate as Turkey Accuses Damascus of Attacking its Troops By Jordan Shilton, November 25, 2016
Israeli Army Transports Jihadist Rebels to a Local Field Hospital in the Occupied Golan Heights By Leith Fadel, November 24, 2016
The West Casually Ignores the Crimes Committed by “Moderate Terrorists” in Aleppo By Anna Jaunger, November 24, 2016
Turkey’s “Unofficial” Invasion: Syrian Airforce Responds by Targeting Turkish Ground Forces in Northern Aleppo By South Front, November 24, 2016
Israeli Closure of the Gaza Strip: A Crime against Humanity By Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, November 24, 2016