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.
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Saudi-Iranian Spat: Another Skirmish in the Oil War By Pepe Escobar, January 08, 2016
Tehran Accuses Saudi Arabia of Airstrike on Iran’s Embassy in Yemen By Sputnik, January 07, 2016
U.S. State Department’s Deafening Silence After U.S. Citizens Engage In Israeli Settler Violence By Richard Silverstein, January 07, 2016
US State Department Confirms Planned “Timeline” for Syria “Regime Change” By RT, January 07, 2016
British MPs Tout NATO’s ‘Kosovo Success Story’ as Reason to Bomb Syria By Dan Glazebrook, January 07, 2016
Video: Saudi Airstrikes against Yemeni Capital, Houthi Confront Saudi-led Coalition Forces By South Front, January 07, 2016
Disseminating Fake Information: Conversations with State Department Propagandist Robert S. Ford, Former US Ambassador to Syria By Vanessa Beeley, January 07, 2016
Yemen: A US-Orchestrated Holocaust By Stephen Lendman, January 07, 2016
The Disingenuous Apologies for Israel’s Assault on Palestinian Education By Matt Peppe, January 07, 2016
Weapons Delivery from Turkey to ISIS Terrorists in Syria: “Behind Closed Doors” Discussion at UN Security Council, Russia’s Request By ITAR-TASS, January 06, 2016
1,000 Crack British Troops Deployed to Libyan Oil Fields to ‘Halt the Advance of ISIS’ By RT, January 06, 2016
Britain And Italy To Occupy Libya . . . Again By Brandon Turbeville, January 06, 2016
West Largely Silent About Erdogan’s War on Kurds By Stephen Lendman, January 05, 2016
Oil and the ISIS: Another US-NATO War on Libya is Imminent By Stephen Lendman, January 05, 2016
The Passing of Algerian Independence Leader Hocine Ait Ahmed By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 05, 2016
Middle East Tensions Escalate in Wake of Saudi Mass Beheadings By Bill Van Auken, January 05, 2016
Video: 2015, Year of Crisis and Military Escalation. What to Expect in 2016? By South Front, January 05, 2016
Middle East ‘Regime Change’ Madness. “Hillary Clinton’s Policies Has Turned the Middle East into a Killing Field” By Gareth Porter, January 05, 2016
Hillary’s Dirty War in Libya: New Emails Reveal Propaganda, Executions, Coveting Libyan Oil and Gold By Brad Hoff, January 05, 2016
The Middle East Energy War Heats Up: Israeli-Turkish Normalization, Turkey’s Military Base in Qatar By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, January 05, 2016
Week Thirteen of the Russian Intervention in Syria: Debunking the Lies. “This Will be a Long War” By The Saker, January 05, 2016
US Threatens New Sanctions on Iran By Peter Symonds, January 04, 2016
Ankara’s Dirty Game: ISIS Oil Trucks Cross into Turkey Every Day, Testimony of Captured Terrorist By RT, January 04, 2016
Syria Spent SYP 33.8 Billion ($148 Million) for Palestinian Refugees in 2015, Report By SANA, January 04, 2016
Iranians Don’t Trust US — Outrageous! US Destroyed Democracy in Iran… By Russ Baker, January 04, 2016
Executing Political Opponents: Saudi Arabia’s Growing Body Count By Tony Cartalucci, January 04, 2016
Captured ISIS Terrorist Admits Stolen Oil Arrives in Turkey Daily By Stephen Lendman, January 04, 2016
Political Executions and the Bombing of Yemen. Britain must Stop arming Saudi Arabia By Andrew Smith, January 04, 2016
Bribery over Human Rights Violations: Her Majesty’s Government, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UN Human Rights Council By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 04, 2016
Turkish-ISIL Oil Smuggling Operation: The US and NATO Are Also Involved By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, January 04, 2016
Israeli Extremist Leader Once Again Calls for Torching Jerusalem Churches By International Middle East Media Center, January 04, 2016
Greater Israel in the Making? Israeli Official Calls for the Occupation of Damascus By Middle East Monitor, January 04, 2016
“The Sunni-Shia Schism” and the Execution of Political Opponents in Saudi Arabia By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, January 04, 2016
Netanyahu Bribes Republican Congressmen to Change Their Iran Votes By Bill Palmer, January 04, 2016
America’s Vampire Aristocracy By Eric Zuesse, January 04, 2016
International organisations have issued warned that life in Gaza on brink of collapse due to effects of the oppressive Israeli siege, which is regarded a collective punishment and illegal in international law.
2016 Marks Ten Years of Israeli Siege, Illegal Blockade of Gaza By Days of Palestine, January 04, 2016
Political Coverup of Iraq Atrocities: Britain’s “Independent” Inquiry into “Allegations of Torture and Unlawful Killings” By Felicity Arbuthnot, January 03, 2016
Coming to the Rescue of “Our Terrorists”: US Evacuated Islamic State (ISIS/Daesh) Fighters from Ramadi By Stephen Lendman, January 03, 2016
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U.S. Accused Of Smuggling 2000 Islamic State (ISIS/Daesh) Fighters Out Of Ramadi By Fort Russ, January 03, 2016
Saudi Arabia’s Sectarian Move: Executes Sheik Nimr al-Nimr and Leading Members of the Shiite Community By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 03, 2016
Surreal: West Mourns Death of Al Qaeda Commander in Syrian Airstrike By Tony Cartalucci, January 03, 2016
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Turkey Drags NATO into Quagmire as Iraq Threatens Military Retaliation By Sputnik, January 02, 2016
Syria is the Middle East’s Stalingrad By Andre Vltchek, January 02, 2016
Video: Strategic Advance of SAA Forces against ISIS Rebels in Southern Syria, Supported by Russian Air Strikes By South Front, December 31, 2015
US preparing New Sanctions over Iran’s Missile Program By Press TV, December 31, 2015
Creating an “Independent Sunni State”: Washington Calls for the Partition and Fracturing of Syria and Iraq By Steven MacMillan, December 31, 2015
Syria: It’s Not a Civil War and it Never Was By Ulson Gunnar, December 31, 2015
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Saudi “Anti-Terror Coalition”: A Facade to Hide Yet More Terrorism By Tony Cartalucci, December 30, 2015
Syria Rebel “Opposition” Commander’s Assassination, a Major Blow to US-NATO-Saudi Agenda By Eric Draitser, December 30, 2015
The Dirty War on Syria: Washington Supports the Islamic State (ISIS) By Prof. Tim Anderson, December 29, 2015
The Power Politics behind the Islamic State (ISIS/Daesh), the Refugee Crisis and the “Trade” Agreements By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar and Hassanal Noor Rashid, December 29, 2015
The Refugee Crisis: Israeli Organ Trafficking Suspect Arrested In Istanbul By Doğan News Agency, December 29, 2015
Video: Syrian Military Operations against ISIS Terrorist Positions Near Turkish Border By South Front, December 29, 2015
2016 Trends and Geopolitical Forecast: Mega Analysis of Europe, Eurasia and the Middle East By Andrew Korybko, December 29, 2015
Who are the State Sponsors of Terrorism? “Terrorism Is the Outcome of Generous Support by Countries Like Turkey and Saudi Arabia to Terrorist Organizations. Syrian Foreign Ministry By SANA, December 29, 2015
Visas for Al Qaeda: CIA Handouts That Rocked The World – An Insider’s View. By J. Michael Springmann and Bonnie Faulkner, December 28, 2015
War Crimes: Israeli Planes Spray Crop-killing Chemicals on Gaza Farms By Days of Palestine, December 27, 2015
UN Resolution on Palestinian Sovereignty over its Natural Resources, Opposed by Israel, US and Canada By Maan Independent News Agency, December 27, 2015
A Baby is Born but “Bombs R Us”: David Cameron’s Christmas is “Mercy Mild” By Dr. David Halpin, December 27, 2015
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Russia Counts 12,000 Turkey-Bound ISIS Oil Trucks from Iraq and Syria… By Eric Zuesse, December 26, 2015
De-Dollarization Accelerates: Iran-Russia “New Trade Agreements” to Drop US Dollar By Timothy Alexander Guzman, December 26, 2015
Russia Asks Erdogan to Keep Promise of Resignation By Fars News Agency, December 26, 2015
Syrian Air Strike Kills Commander Behind 2013 Chemical Weapons Terror Attack in Ghouta By Dr. Christof Lehmann, December 26, 2015
Video: Turkey Seeks to Become New Ottoman Empire By South Front, December 26, 2015
“Thanks for Destroying our Country”: Angry Libyans Lash Out at Obama’s Independence Congratulations By RT, December 26, 2015
Riyadh’s Geopolitical Designs. Expanding Saudi Arabia’s Sphere of Influence? By Andrew Korybko, December 26, 2015
Video: Syrian SAA Forces Capture Strategic Terrorist Supply Lines By South Front, December 25, 2015
Turkey: A Criminal State, a NATO State By Eric Draitser, December 25, 2015
Palestinians Resist Zionist Terror, Plus U.S., European, Arab Royal, Turkish and Nigerian Terror By Glen Ford, December 25, 2015
Turkish Labs turn Afghan Opium into Heroin for Shipping to Europe. Russian Anti-drug Agency By RT, December 25, 2015
Violence and Dispossession in the Holy Land at Christmas By Anthony Bellchambers, December 25, 2015
The Global Ambitions Of Saudi Arabia’s New “Anti-Terror” Coalition By Andrew Korybko, December 25, 2015
The Washington-Moscow “Peace Plan” for Syria: From the Geneva Communiqué to UN Security Council Resolution 2254 By Thierry Meyssan, December 25, 2015
Video: Russian Warplanes Hit One Thousand Terrorist Targets in Syria, Massive ISIS Ground Offensive against SAA Forces By South Front, December 24, 2015
Fall of the Arab Spring: From Revolution to Destruction By Christopher L. Brennan, December 24, 2015
Post Gaddafi Libya Splits Up into Five Regional Factions By Chris Tomson, December 24, 2015
Ankara’s Great Belligerent Gamble. Turkey’s Broader Middle East Agenda By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 24, 2015
ISIL Ringleader’s Mobile Phone Confirms Turkey’s Support for Terrorism By Fars News Agency, December 24, 2015
Why Israel Desperately Needs Palestine: Economic-Political-Psychological Analysis By Parul Verma, December 23, 2015
Iraqi Troops Campaign to Wrestle Ramadi from ISIL By nsnbc international, December 23, 2015