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.
US Imposes Sanctions on Iran for Ballistic Missile Program By Press TV, January 18, 2016
Turkish Government Assault on the Academic Community and Freedom of Expression By Kansu Yildirim, January 18, 2016
New US Sanctions on Iran By Stephen Lendman, January 18, 2016
Latest ISIS Atrocity in Syria. “Moderate Terrorists” Trained by the CIA By Stephen Lendman, January 18, 2016
Is the West Bombing ISIS? Russian Data on Alleged US-Led Anti-ISIS Coalition Actions in Syria By ITAR-TASS, January 18, 2016
Israel Must Now Open Its Nuclear Program to IAEA Inspection, or Face Sanctions By Anthony Bellchambers, January 18, 2016
European Parliament, Plenar hall by CherryX per Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Israeli Mother Addresses European Parliament By jfjfp, January 17, 2016
Twenty-five Years Ago: Remembering the Night “Operation Desert Storm” Was Launched on Iraq By Blue Woman, January 17, 2016
Israeli and AIPAC Big Lies About Iran’s Intended Use of “Unfrozen Financial Assets” By Stephen Lendman, January 17, 2016
ISIS Commits Massacre in Village in Deir Ezzor, Claiming the Lives of 300 Civilians By Hazem Sabbagh, January 17, 2016
France: Charlie Hebdo’s Aylan Cartoon Causes Uproar By Anadolu Agency, January 16, 2016
Israel Tortures Palestinian Children; Keeps Them in Outdoor Cages in Winter By Mint Press, January 16, 2016
France Accuses Russia of Killing Civilians in Syria By Stephen Lendman, January 16, 2016
Not-Tweetworthy: UN Selectively Tweeting Syrian Villages, Ignores Foua, Kafarya, Nubl, Zahara Besieged by US Sponsored Terrorists By Eva Bartlett, January 16, 2016
Caught With Our Pants Down in the Persian Gulf. US Navy Personnel Arrested by Iran By Justin Raimondo, January 16, 2016
What Accounts for the Saudi Regime’s Hysterical Belligerence? The Agony of Death By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, January 16, 2016
Fury at Israeli Plan to Build Town on Historic Muslim Village By Jonathan Cook, January 16, 2016
“Sunnistan”: US and Allied “Safe Zone” Plan to Grab Territorial Booty in Northern Syria By Patrick Henningsen, January 16, 2016
Did Iran “Mistreat” US Navy Personnel Briefly Held Captive? US Media in High Gear By Stephen Lendman, January 15, 2016
Palestinian “Child Prisoners” and the BDS Campaign. Israel’s International Image Continues to Deteriorate By Ben White, January 15, 2016
MPs debate Palestinian Child Prisoners as “Renewed Lethal Violence” Plagues the New Year By Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, January 15, 2016
America’s War against the Islamic State (ISIS): A Complete Hoax. ISIS, Al Qaeda, Al-Nusra, Et Al are US Creations By Stephen Lendman, January 15, 2016
The U.S. Starves Syria: Corporate Media Covers Up American Foreign Policy Atrocities By Margaret Kimberley, January 15, 2016
Netanyahu Calls for Banning Islamic Call to Prayer (Adhan), Causes “Unbearable Noise “ By The Palestinian Information Center, January 15, 2016
Cameron’s “Transparency” Mandate Provides “Green Light” to Britain’s Extra-Judicial Killings and Drone Strikes By Felicity Arbuthnot, January 15, 2016
Pentagon Chief Outlines Plan for Escalation of Iraq-Syria War By Patrick Martin, January 15, 2016
Destruction of ISIS Infrastructure: Russian Aerospace Forces in Joint Combat Mission with Syrian Arab Air Force By South Front, January 15, 2016
Israel Sued in US over Flotilla Attacks. Civil Law Suit against the State of Israel By IMEMC, January 15, 2016
Military Escalation: Egyptian Soldiers Arrive in Yemen to Join Saudi-led Coalition By South Front, January 15, 2016
“Sanctions” Against Russia-Iran: Economic Aggression Revisited By Christopher Black, January 15, 2016
US Desperately Paints Russia as Villain in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, January 15, 2016
Swiss Court Orders Israel to Pay Iran $1.1 Billion in Oil Pipeline Dispute By Aluf Benn, January 15, 2016
Egypt Sends 800 Ground Troops to Engage in Saudi-US War on Yemen By Almasdar News, January 15, 2016
Manipulating Video Images: Sloppy Journalism or War Propaganda? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 14, 2016
Does Washington Plan Greater Middle East War? Is War on Iran Still on the Pentagon’s Drawing Board? By Stephen Lendman, January 14, 2016
Coordinated Operations against ISIS Terrorists in Syria. SAA Infantry, Artillery and Russian Air Force By South Front, January 14, 2016
Madaya: “The Kitten Campaign”. Times of London Lights Match to Propaganda Fire? By thewallwillfall.wordpress.com, January 14, 2016
Syria: Humanitarian Crisis and Media Propaganda: Madaya, Terrorists Besieging Kafarya and Foua By Vanessa Beeley, January 14, 2016
U.S. Media Condemns Iran’s “Aggression” in Intercepting U.S. Naval Ships — In Iranian Waters By Glenn Greenwald, January 14, 2016
Syrian Air Force Targets ISIS Tanker Convoy Smuggling Oil en Route to Turkey. Top Al Qaeda Commander Killed By South Front, January 13, 2016
Syrians Besieged by US Supported Terrorists Risk Death, Fake Media Reports Blame Bashar Al-Assad By Stephen Lendman, January 13, 2016
Why Israel has Silenced the 1948 Story of Nazareth’s Survival. The Only Palestinian City that was not Ethnically Cleansed By Jonathan Cook, January 13, 2016
The Madaya Food Crisis Propaganda Saga: Questions the Mainstream Media Should have Asked but Didn’t. By Vanessa Beeley, January 13, 2016
Spying in Iran’s Territorial Waters? Iranian Military Seizes Two US Naval Vessels, Detains US Naval Personnel By Stephen Lendman, January 13, 2016
VIDEO: Besieged Syrian Town Has Food, But US-NATO Supported “Moderate Terrorists” Won’t Distribute It By Russia Insider, January 13, 2016
What Hillary Knew about Libya. To Justify “Regime Change”, U.S. Routinely Spreads Rumors. By Robert Parry, January 13, 2016
Justifying a “Humanitarian War” against Syria? The Sinister Role of the NGOs By Julien Teil, January 13, 2016
Statement by UNICEF Representative By Julien Harneis, January 13, 2016
Video: Al Qaeda (AQAP) Supported by Saudi Arabia, Militant Groups Challenge Saudi-Backed South Yemen Hadi Government By South Front, January 12, 2016
Behind Netanyahu’s Ban on the “Islamic Movement” in Israel By Jonathan Cook, January 12, 2016
The Madaya Fake Images Media Smear against Syrian Government: CBC Report on the “Starvation Situation” By Vanessa Beeley, January 12, 2016
Video: An Array of ISIS Strongholds Destroyed by Syrian Forces and Russian Warplanes By South Front, January 12, 2016
Madaya: West Engineer Another ‘Humanitarian’ Media Hoax in Syria By 21st Century Wire and RT, January 12, 2016
More Evidence of Turkey’s Support of the Islamic State (ISIS), in Liaison with US and NATO By Stephen Lendman, January 12, 2016
The Truth About Madaya, Syria: Population Held Hostage by US-NATO Supported Terrorists By Vanessa Beeley and UK Column News, January 12, 2016
Locked Up Refugees from North Africa on Samos Island: “We’d Rather Die Eaten by Fish than Eaten by Worms.” By Sofiane Ait Chalalet and Chris Jones, January 11, 2016
Madaya Fake Media Images: BBC Caught Recycling 2014 Footage from Yarmouk By thewallwillfall.wordpress.com, January 11, 2016
Britain and Saudi Arabia: Collusion in Barbarism By Felicity Arbuthnot, January 11, 2016
Media Fabrications in Support of US-NATO War on Syria By David Macilwain, January 11, 2016
Palestine: Amid Right-wing Attacks, Suspected Arson at B’Tselem Offices By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man, January 11, 2016
Iraq in 2015: the Deadliest Country for Journalists and Media-Professionals By Dirk Adriaensens, January 11, 2016
US Drones Attack Headquarters of Iraqi Popular Forces in Tikrit, Kill 9 People By Fars News Agency, January 11, 2016
Syria: BBC Fabricates Again, Uses Recycled Photos. Madaya Residents used as Human Shields by US-NATO Backed Terrorists By Prof. Tim Anderson, January 11, 2016
Syria. Analyzing Madaya’s Starvation Falsification. Western Media Propaganda in Support of US-NATO War Crimes By Paul Antonopoulos, January 11, 2016
Big Lies About Russia’s Syrian Campaign Persist. Pentagon Awestruck by Moscow’s Formidable Military Power By Stephen Lendman, January 10, 2016
Russia’s Caspian Sea Fleet and the Cruise Missile Strikes against ISIS Targets By South Front and J. Hawk, January 10, 2016
America’s Subservience to the Saud Family By Eric Zuesse, January 10, 2016
© AP Photo/ JOHN MOORE
Fear And Loathing in the House of Saud By Pepe Escobar, January 10, 2016
The US Has Been Giving Afghan Children Violent Books to Indoctrinate them to Jihad – It Worked By John Vibes, January 10, 2016
US-Saudi “Dirty Schemes”: Riyadh Escalates “Pre-Planned” Tensions against Iran, on Behalf of Washington By Stephen Lendman, January 09, 2016
Gaddafi Accused Blair of ‘Supporting Al-Qaeda,’ Unseen Phone Transcripts Reveal By RT, January 09, 2016
The US Helped Destroy Libya In 2011. Here’s What’s Happening There Now, With the Help of ISIS… By NeedfulTruth, January 09, 2016
The Occupied Golan Heights: How Israel Thrives from Syria’s Natural Resources By Lulu Mikhail, January 09, 2016
Syria
International Criminal Court (ICC) Biased Report on Gaza, Overlooks Israeli Crimes against Humanity By The Palestinian Information Center, January 09, 2016
A Review of America’s War Theaters: Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan. Will the Middle East Crisis Worsen in the New Year? By Jack A. Smith, January 09, 2016
Britain Aiding Saudi Terror War on Yemenis By Stephen Lendman, January 09, 2016
Christmas Celebrated in Terror-Ravaged Syria By Eva Bartlett, January 09, 2016
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad © SANA / Reuters
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Confirms: Rebels Used Chemical Weapons – not Assad By Chris Tomson, January 08, 2016
America Supports the Islamic State, Provides Advanced Weapons to ISIS Terrorists: Iraqi MP By Stephen Lendman, January 08, 2016
Washington Turns Its Back on Saudi Brutality, Blames Everything on Iran By 21st Century Wire, January 08, 2016