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.
How Israel Wiped Out a Generation of Gaza’s Poets, Writers and Artists By TRT World, December 28, 2023
Israel’s War Spending: The Ballooning Costs of Israel’s Genocidal War against Palestine By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 27, 2023
The Sky Is Raining Iron: “If Christ were Born Today, he would be Born under the Rubble” By Abby Zimet, December 27, 2023
Christ in the Rubble. The Billionaires in Davos: “The Hypocrisy and Racism of the Western World is Transparent…” Rev. Munther Isaac By Rick Thomas, December 27, 2023
To President Joe Biden: Learn the Names of Children Murdered in Gaza by Israel By Norman Solomon, December 27, 2023
Palestine: The Cost of Bearing Witness. Chris Hedges By Chris Hedges, December 27, 2023
Jordan’s 7th Airdrop Aids Besieged Christians in Gaza’s Oldest Church By The Jordan Times, December 27, 2023
Palestinian Resistance Cannot be Killed By Steven Sahiounie, December 27, 2023
A History of War Crimes: Israel’s Mass Murder of Palestinians in Gaza Began Seven Decades Ago By Joseph Massad, December 27, 2023
War on Gaza: Palestinian Doctor Asks Biden How ‘Many More Need to Die’ Before US Demands Ceasefire By Middle East Eye, December 27, 2023
Israeli Bombing of Gaza Ranks Among ‘Most Devastating’ in History By Brett Wilkins, December 27, 2023
Sloughing from Guernica to Gaza to be Born By Emanuel Pastreich, December 26, 2023
War on Gaza, “Weaponizing Anti-Semitism”: Invoking the Holocaust to Justify Israeli War Crimes Dishonours Its Victims By Marco Carnelos, December 26, 2023
The Israel Lobby Embarks on a Course of Lies and Crimes to Push More War, Based on a False Narrative of October 7 (10/7) By Prof. Anthony J. Hall, December 26, 2023
The Yemeni Houthis Take on the Empire By Renee Parsons, December 26, 2023
Palestine Genocide: The Killing of Children and Entire Families Funded by the U.S Congress By Hans Stehling, December 26, 2023
War Crimes Beyond Description: Israel Raids Hospital, Shoots Doctors, Bulldozes Bodies, … By Andrew Anglin, December 26, 2023
Yemen Resistance Remains Defiant as Pentagon Escalates Tensions in Red Sea By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 26, 2023
“Shrouded in Secrecy”: The Companies Profiting from Israel’s 2023 Attack on Gaza By American Friends Service Committee, December 26, 2023
Jesus of Palestine: “For Unto Us a Child Is Born …” By R. J. Eskow, December 26, 2023
Dozens of Elderly Gazans ‘Executed’ by Israeli Troops. Euro-Med Monitor By Brett Wilkins, December 26, 2023
Gaza War: The Latest Ceasefire Negotiations By Dr. Paul Larudee, December 26, 2023
UN Office Details Alleged IDF ‘Summary Killing’ of Gaza Men in Front of Families By Jessica Corbett, December 26, 2023
Disruption in Maritime Trade Routes from the Black Sea to the Red Sea Triggers Crisis of the World Economy. Escalation, from Israel-Palestine War into Iran-US War? By Ret Admiral Cem Gürdeniz, December 26, 2023
Red Sea Military Deployments on Behalf of Washington: Canberra Says No By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 26, 2023
Today ‘Peace on Earth’ Must be a Demand, Not Just a Seasonal Piety By Morning Star, December 26, 2023
Gaza Facing a Christmas Genocide By Jennifer Welborn Williams, December 26, 2023
Bethlehem’s Bombed-out Nativity Sculpture Sends a Powerful Message By Monjed Jadou, December 26, 2023
2023 to Go Down as ‘One of the Most Difficult’ Years for Children Worldwide: UNICEF By Anadolu Agency, December 26, 2023
The War in Gaza: It’s Not About Hamas. It’s About Demographics By Mike Whitney, December 26, 2023
Israel’s Gaza War, West Bank Raids Stole Bethlehem’s Christmas By Michael Jansen, December 25, 2023
Occupation: On Christmas, Israel Denies Palestinian Christians Their Rights By Ambassador Majdi Khaldi, December 25, 2023
Jesus, Gaza, and the Murder of “Useless People”. “Christmas is about the Birth of a Boy. A Man who Sided with the Outcasts, the Poor, the Forsaken and the Peacemakers” By Edward Curtin, December 25, 2023
The Unipolar World Has Ended and the Multipolar World Has Commenced By Prof. Joseph H. Chung, December 25, 2023
Christmas in Palestine: Then and Now By James J. Zogby, December 25, 2023
Hamas’ “Guests” — Table Manners in Israel vs. Arab Traditional Values: The History of Palestinian Solidarity with Jewish Immigrants By Rima Najjar, December 24, 2023
The Spirit of Christmas: War Criminals George W. Bush and Tony Blair banned from the Birthplace of Jesus Christ By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, December 24, 2023
Vichy-like Allies of 21st Century Zionism against the People of Palestine By Jerome Irwin, December 23, 2023
Sacred Tree or Paradise Tree? The Christmas Tree and Nature By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, December 22, 2023
‘Not Worth the Paper It Is Written On’: US Guts Gaza Resolution By Jake Johnson, December 22, 2023
The US War on Yemen: World Superpower Versus a Starving Nation By Steven Sahiounie, December 22, 2023
The Antisemitic Moment. Maligning Critics by Jewish Groups to “Protect” Israel Only Damages Their Credibility By Philip Giraldi, December 22, 2023
The War on Gaza: Why Does the “Free World” Condone Israel’s Occupation, Apartheid, and Genocide? By Amir Nour, December 22, 2023
The Evil Israel Does Is the Evil Israel Gets. Chris Hedges By Chris Hedges, December 21, 2023
United Nations Reports Israeli Forces Are Carrying Out Mass Summary Executions in Gaza By Andre Damon, December 21, 2023
Yemen’s Houthis in Defense of Gaza By Huseyin Vodinali, December 21, 2023
“Big Money” Behind the Genocide: Israeli Settlers Plan ‘Dream Beach Houses’ in Gaza. The West is Complicit By Marc Vandepitte, December 21, 2023
Gaza Genocide: Hezbollah Confronting and “Inflicting Serious Damage” on Israel. “Expect Escalation…” By Karsten Riise and Hindustan Times, December 20, 2023
‘Sacrificial Lamb’: US Troops in Syria and Iraq. Colonial-Style Occupation Ready to Sacrifice Their Lives for Israel in a Future Middle East Conflict By Timothy Alexander Guzman, December 20, 2023
Birds No Longer Grace Gaza’s Sky By Batoul Mohamed Abou Ali, December 20, 2023
War in Gaza: Can You Hear That Fading Cry: “Here, Here; I’m Here”? By Barbara Nimri Aziz, December 20, 2023
An Open Letter to Israelis from Israelis: We Deserve the Truth About October 7 By Israelis, December 20, 2023
Canada Is Escalating the Conflict by Joining US-led Military Operations in the Red Sea By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, December 20, 2023
When the Occupier Plays the Victim: The Mysteries of October 7 as the Trigger for the Gaza Massacre By Prof. Anthony J. Hall, December 18, 2023
Israel Attacks Hospitals in Gaza’s North and South By Maureen Clare Murphy, December 18, 2023
Towards a Broader Middle East War? The Iran-Israel “Non Official War”, Escalating at the Red Sea and Beyond with Global Consequences By Uriel Araujo, December 18, 2023
Israel-Palestine War: Why Is the Media Ignoring Evidence of Israel’s Own Actions on 7 October? By Jonathan Cook, December 18, 2023
“Jewish State in the Midst of Trying to Eradicate Palestinians”. Moral Principle: Denounce Bigotry of In-Group Members Before Criticizing Bigotry of Out-Group Members By Kim Petersen, December 18, 2023
False Transitions and Global Stocktakes: The Failure of COP28 By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 18, 2023
The Genocide in Gaza: Statement by Sweden’s Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research By Transnational Foundation and Jan Oberg, December 18, 2023
Darkness in Bethlehem as Christmas 2023 Is Cancelled. Palestinian Christians Under Attack By Steven Sahiounie, December 18, 2023
The Four Most Repeated Pieces of Likud Political Zionist Propaganda for Over 50 Years By Hans Stehling, December 15, 2023
Israel-Palestine War: Meet the Palestinian Teens Held and Abused in Israeli Prisons By Angelo Calianno, December 15, 2023
What Hamas Said: “Any bets on arrangements in Gaza without Hamas and the resistance factions are illusions and mirages.” By Rima Najjar, December 15, 2023
A Week Like No Other. “America’s Love for Israel.” Dr. Philip Giraldi By Philip Giraldi, December 15, 2023
State Department Goon Grilled on Prosecuting Netanyahu Over Material Support to Hamas Terrorists By Ben Bartee, December 15, 2023
This Is Not a War Against Hamas. “Our War is Your War” Says Netanyahu. It is a Joint US-Israel Operation By Jeremy Scahill, December 15, 2023
Unmasking Media Complicity: The Urgent Call for Truth in Gaza By Nour Jaghama and Melissa Garriga, December 15, 2023
“Pogrom”: From Kishinev in Tsarist Russia (1903) to Gaza, Palestine (2023) By Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin, December 14, 2023
A Stunning Rebuke: U.N. Cease-fire Vote Humiliates U.S. Imperialism By Sara Flounders, December 14, 2023
A Wall and a Watchtower: Why Is Israel Failing? Ilan Pappe By Ilan Pappe, December 14, 2023
Biden, a Bought-and-paid-for Israeli Puppet Declares: “I am a Zionist.” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, December 14, 2023
Getting Serious About Halting Israeli Genocide By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, December 14, 2023
The U.S. Is Complicit with Israel in the Genocide in Gaza By Steven Sahiounie, December 13, 2023
Genocide and a Holocaust – Palestine, Gaza AD 2023. Open Letter to Lord Cameron, U.K. Foreign Secretary By Dr. David Halpin, December 13, 2023
The Tale of Two Presidents: Putin and Steinmeier Different Treatment in the Middle East. Shifting Geopolitical Paradigm? By Drago Bosnic, December 13, 2023
UN Resolution 181: The Partition of Arab Palestine in 1947 By Hans Stehling, December 13, 2023
From Dallas to Gaza: Was JFK’s Assassination Instrumental in Strengthening Zionist Israel? By Rick Sterling, December 13, 2023
Canada’s UN Vote for Ceasefire Shows It Is Gradually Ceding to Public Pressure By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, December 13, 2023
A Flawed and Dangerous Presence: US Troops in Syria By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 13, 2023