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.
ISIS in Afghanistan: Proxy War against Iran and China By Eric Draitser, August 19, 2015
Soft Coup in Iran: Western Allies Coerce Iran Into Capitulating Its Nuclear Program By Prof. Akbar E. Torbat, August 19, 2015
“New Silk Road” and Iran’s Potential as “Energy Disruptor”. Polar Reorientation In the Middle East By Andrew Korybko, August 19, 2015
New York Times Mocks Palestinian Hunger Striker Near Death By Stephen Lendman, August 19, 2015
Israeli President Shimon Peres (R) shakes hand with Tony Blair, Special Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East, at the start of their meeting to push for an end to the violence around Gaza, at the presidential compound in Jerusalem on November 19, 2012. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON
The Corporate Funding of Tony Blair, Illegal Israeli Settlements and Islamophobia By Sarah Marusek and Prof. David Miller, August 19, 2015
Syria: Palmyra Archaeology Researcher Beheaded by ISIS. Who Was Behind this Criminal Act? By Syrian Arab Republic - Minister of Culture, August 19, 2015
Outrage at Israeli Plan to Build on Historic Muslim Cemetery By Jonathan Cook, August 19, 2015
Gaza-Israel Negotiations to Be Mediated by Renowned War Criminal Tony Blair By PNN, August 18, 2015
Are the US and its Allies Contemplating Another Bombing Campaign against Libya? By Abayomi Azikiwe, August 18, 2015
Egyptian Military Regime Adopts Draconian “Anti-terrorism” Legislation By Johannes Stern, August 18, 2015
Iraq Chilcot Inquiry: Complete Whitewash of the “Tony Blair Regime”? Ongoing Criminality of Her Majesty’s Government, By Felicity Arbuthnot, August 18, 2015
Netanyahu, the Nuclear Zionist Committed to “A Greater Israel” Threatens the UN By Anthony Bellchambers, August 18, 2015
Israel Planning Ground Operations in Syria? US-NATO-Israel Plans to Balkanize Syria, Redraw the Map of the Middle East By Stephen Lendman, August 17, 2015
Neocons to Americans: Trust Us Again. “Marching in Lockstep with Israeli Hardliners against Iran” By Robert Parry, August 17, 2015
Pentagon Trains “Moderate” Syrian Rebel Army. $500 Million to Train 60 Rebels. Where Did the Money Go? By Joel Veldkamp, August 17, 2015
Polar Reorientation In the Middle East. The Russia-Saudi Relationship By Andrew Korybko, August 17, 2015
Longtime Iraq War Opponent Jeremy Corbyn Has War Criminal Tony Blair Running Scared By Lindsey German, August 16, 2015
US-Iran Relations: Towards a Polar Reorientation In the Middle East? By Andrew Korybko, August 16, 2015
The Iran Deal: A Triumph of Irrationality By Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin, August 16, 2015
U.S. Vs. Iraq: 25 Years and Counting. Who Triggered the 1991 Gulf War? By Mickey Z, August 16, 2015
Why Israel Is So Concerned About Jeremy Corbyn? Reinstatement of the “Law on Universal Jurisdiction” By TruePolitica, August 16, 2015
News Headlines: Pentagon Guidelines Regarding Journalists, The Iran Nuclear Deal, Death of Palestinian Toddler By Citizens for Legitimate Government, August 15, 2015
Palestinian Political Prisoners Protest Israeli Oppression By Stephen Lendman, August 15, 2015
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The “New Thirty Years War” in the Middle East: A Western Policy of Chaos? By Steven MacMillan, August 15, 2015
The War in Donbass. Kiev Deploys Tanks and Rocket Launchers, Recent Developments in Iraq and Palestine By South Front, August 14, 2015
US Government “Protection” of Al-Qaeda Terrorists and the US-Saudi “Black Hole” By Prof Peter Dale Scott, August 14, 2015
The Truth From Inside Syria’s “Terrorist Underworld” By Vanessa Beeley, August 14, 2015
Syria: Major Powers Intensify Diplomatic Maneuvering over Fate of Assad Government By Thomas Gaist, August 14, 2015
Infant Mortality Soars in Gaza after Eight Years of Israeli Siege By Maureen Clare Murphy, August 14, 2015
The Refugees Are Coming! By Andre Vltchek, August 14, 2015
Meet the “Moderates” the U.S. is Supporting in Syria: They’re Al-Qaeda By Eric Zuesse, August 14, 2015
Can Holocaust Compensation Agreements Be a Model for Nakba Reparations to Palestinians? By Dr. Naomi Wolf, August 14, 2015
The US Doesn’t Want to Stop The Islamic State (ISIL) – Only Exploit them for Other Means By Steven Chovanec, August 14, 2015
The 1915−1916 Armenian Genocide: An Ideology, Course and Consequences By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović, August 13, 2015
Obama Took “Willful Decision” to Support the Islamic State (ISIS): Former US Intelligence Chief By Christopher Black, August 13, 2015
Jewish Terror Slow-Growing “Cancer” in Israel. “Acute Deficiency of Leadership”. Former Shin Bet Head By Akiva Eldar, August 13, 2015
From Bush to Obama: The Iran Gambit II. “Washington Strives towards Regional and World Subjugation” By Peter Koenig, August 13, 2015
Tony Blair: Towards A Citizen’s Arrest of a Renowned War Criminal? By Shenali D Waduge, August 13, 2015
How Global Real Estate Giant Profits from Stolen Palestinian Land By Ben Norton, August 13, 2015
Defense Contractors Increase Lobbying Budgets As US-Led ISIS Strikes Kill Civilians By John Vibes, August 13, 2015
Israel’s Financial Sector Prepares for the BDS Tsunami By Connie Hackbarth, August 13, 2015
Visas for Al Qaeda: CIA Handouts That Rocked The World By J. Michael Springmann, August 13, 2015
The Centerpiece of US Foreign Policy Struggle: The 52 Presidents of the Major American Jewish Organizations and the US-Iran Nuclear Agreement By Prof. James Petras, August 12, 2015
Israeli Terror and “Justice”: Palestinian Family Victimized by Immolation Ineligible for Compensation By Stephen Lendman, August 12, 2015
Strategic Scenarios Surrounding Prolonged Kurdish Insurgency in Turkey, Part II By Andrew Korybko, August 12, 2015
Strategic Scenarios Surrounding Prolonged Kurdish Insurgency in Turkey By Andrew Korybko, August 11, 2015
Handout photo shows Saadi Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, inside a prison in Tripoli
Torture and Show Trials Are Common in Neo-Colonial Libya By Abayomi Azikiwe, August 11, 2015
Gaza Flotilla Activists to Sue Israel at International Criminal Court (ICC) By Mint Press, August 11, 2015
War Crimes Alert: Turkish Daily: “Aleppo to Become the 82nd Province of Turkey” By Cem Ertür, August 10, 2015
Why Syria is Winning: Advancing towards a Strategic Victory that will transform the Middle East? By Prof. Tim Anderson, August 10, 2015
Conflict within US Political Establishment over Iran Nuclear Accord Intensifies By Patrick Martin, August 10, 2015
“Tel Aviv Beach” in Paris Sparks Outrage a Year after Gaza Slaughter By Ali Abunimah, August 10, 2015
A Cold Summer for Europe By Israel Shamir, August 10, 2015
Syrian Warplanes Destroy Al Nusra Terrorists’ Positions in Lattakia By Fars News Agency, August 10, 2015
ISIL Terrorists Kill 300 People in Iraq’s Mosul: Report By Press TV, August 10, 2015
The Origins of ISIS. Created by “Direct” Action of the United States Government By Ben Swann, August 09, 2015
Israel Murders Father of Immolated Palestinian Baby By Stephen Lendman, August 09, 2015
Obama on Iran: The Specter of World War III By Bill Van Auken, August 08, 2015
The U.S. Is Destroying Europe By Eric Zuesse, August 08, 2015
Obama Versus Netanyahu: Fight to the Finish By Patrick J. Buchanan, August 08, 2015
Behind Israel’s Hysterical Opposition to the Iran Nuclear Deal By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, August 08, 2015
The US Invasion of Syria: “Divide, Destroy, Invade and Occupy”. The Deep Breath before the Plunge By Tony Cartalucci, August 08, 2015
From Palestine to Yemen: Honour and Shame of the Arab World By Sayed Hasan, August 08, 2015
The US-Saudi Oil Deal: From “Win-Win” to “Mega-Loose” By F. William Engdahl, August 08, 2015
Which U.S. Senators Want War on Iran By David Swanson, August 07, 2015
Hundreds Dead as Refugee Boat Sinks in Mediterranean By Martin Kreickenbaum, August 07, 2015
Israel Appoints Former Leader of West Bank Settlers as New Ambassador to Brazil By Taisa Sganzerla, August 07, 2015
The Contradictions of US Sponsored Terrorism: Pentagon’s “New” Syrian Rebels to Direct U.S. Airstrikes against ISIS and Assad’s Government Forces By Timothy Alexander Guzman, August 07, 2015
Arab League Calls for Jewish Settlers to Be Prosecuted By Middle East Monitor, August 07, 2015
On Israel’s Little-Known Concentration And Labor Camps (1948-1955) By Yazan al-Saadi, August 07, 2015
Turkey Invades Syria and Iraq: Erdogan’s ‘Erratic’ Behavior By Andrew Korybko, August 06, 2015
Will the US-Created ISIS Attack Americans on US Soil? By Joachim Hagopian, August 06, 2015
ISIS Threat Forces Iraq to Digitize National Library By RT, August 06, 2015
Greek Forces to Train in Israel as Syriza-Led Government Deepens Alliance By Ali Abunimah, August 06, 2015
Obama Speech on Iran: Collapse of Nuclear Deal Will Mean War By Barry Grey, August 06, 2015
Rabble-Rouser Netanyahu Encourages Americans to Oppose Obama’s Bill for Peaceful Co-Existence with Iran By Anthony Bellchambers, August 06, 2015
Statement of Palestinian Groups About the War against the Syrian People By Global Research News, August 05, 2015
Imperialist Powers Prepare Another Military Intervention in Libya By Jean Shaoul, August 05, 2015
Global War On Terror Has Killed 4 Million Muslims Or More: Do The Math By Mint Press, August 05, 2015
Pro-Israeli Propaganda Works: New Polls Show Most Americans Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal By Stephen Lendman, August 05, 2015