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.
From Israel to the Islamic State Canada’s ‘Orwellian’ Foreign Policy By Murray Dobbin, October 21, 2014
Libya War Continues Three Years After Gaddafi Assassination By Abayomi Azikiwe, October 21, 2014
Press TV Reporter Serena Shim Killed in Turkey Car Crash after ‘Spying Accusations’ By RT, October 20, 2014
The Politics of Empire. The US, Israel and the Middle East By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, October 20, 2014
Turkey Supports the Islamic State (ISIL)? Journalist in Turkey Killed in Suspicious Car Accident By Press TV, October 20, 2014
Going After the Islamic State (ISIL), Waging War on Syria, Dissecting “Operation Inherent Resolve” GR News Hour Episode 78 By Michael Welch, Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, and Julie Lévesque, October 19, 2014
Turkey Denies Plan for “Buffer Zone” in Syria by Calling for “Buffer Zone” in Syria By Brandon Turbeville, October 18, 2014
US-led Airstrikes Kill 10 Civilians Across Syria By Press TV, October 18, 2014
The Islamic State: A Caliph in a wilderness of mirrors By Pepe Escobar, October 18, 2014
Mythology and The Islamist State By William Blum, October 18, 2014
40 Killed in Turkey in Pro-Kobani Protests By Press TV, October 17, 2014
Recognising Palestine: International Law as Chain and Sword By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 17, 2014
Saudi Arabia Beheaded 59 People So Far This Year — But Hardly Anyone is Talking About It By Tom Breakwell, October 17, 2014
Stagflation in Iran: Why President Rouhani’s Neoliberal “Economic Package” is Empty By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, October 17, 2014
Iran: “ISIL Attack on Kobani Meant to Provide Excuse for Coalition’s Military Presence in Syria” By Tony Seed, October 16, 2014
The Two-State Solution is Ultimately Doomed to Fail By Jonathan Cook, October 16, 2014
US Found its own Chemical Weapons in Iraq By Press TV, October 15, 2014
Why Regime Change Won’t Stop ISIS in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, October 15, 2014
By Recognizing “State of Palestine,” Sweden Could Harm Palestinians By Ali Abunimah, October 15, 2014
Tar Sands Trade: Kuwait Buys Stake in Alberta As It Opens Own Heavy Oil Spigot By Steve Horn, October 15, 2014
Turkey Bombs Kurdish PKK Rebel Positions, Kobani Inaction Threatens Ceasefire By RT, October 15, 2014
Obama Meets Anti-ISIS “Coalition” Amid Rising US-Turkish Tensions By Bill Van Auken, October 15, 2014
What Claim Does America Have to Global Dominance? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Jonathan Steele, James Thackara, and Prof. Anatol Lieven, October 14, 2014
Mass Media Blacks out Reports Of Israeli Crimes; the ICC Charges Kenyatta Instead of Netanyahu; and Operation Protective Edge Is Forgotten By William Hanna, October 13, 2014
American Military Planes Sold for Scrap Metal by Afghan Military By Lawrence Lease, October 13, 2014
Arming the Islamic State: The Problems with Backing and Arming Governments By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 13, 2014
“De-Dollarization”: Iran, Russia Planning to Establish Joint Bank By Press TV, October 13, 2014
Hundreds of Israeli Public Figures Call Upon Members of the British Parliament to Vote in Favor of Recognizing the State of Palestine By Global Research News, October 13, 2014
Palestinians Torn over Contact with Israelis By Jonathan Cook, October 13, 2014
The Syrian Lie: What Happens When Liberals Go to War By 21st Century Wire, October 13, 2014
While ISIS Moves to Slaughter Kurds in Kobani, the U.S. Bombs Syrian Grain Silos By Ajamu Baraka, October 12, 2014
Canada and Israel – Partners in Racial and Humanitarian Crimes By Jim Miles, October 12, 2014
Battle for Baghdad: ISIS Now Within 8 Miles of Airport, Armed with MANPADS By RT, October 11, 2014
Iran Warns Turkey Over Military Presence in Syria By Tony Seed, October 11, 2014
Right On Schedule: US Eyes ‘Buffer Zone’ In Syria ‘Very Very Closely’ By Brandon Turbeville, October 10, 2014
US and Turkey at Odds Over Syria Intervention By Patrick Martin, October 10, 2014
ISIS, Turkey, and the Propaganda of Intervention By Eric Draitser, October 10, 2014
Race and Militarism from Ferguson to Syria: A letter to African Americans By Ajamu Baraka, October 09, 2014
Prominent Israeli Settler Rabbi Calls for “Cleansing” of Palestinians By Patrick Strickland, October 09, 2014
Obama Meets With US Combat Commanders Amid Mounting Calls for Ground Troops in Syria and Iraq By Bill Van Auken, October 09, 2014
Destabilization – US Weapon in a Energy War in Ukraine and the Middle East By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, October 09, 2014
US Air Raids on Syria: The Unlearned Lesson of Libya By Yuriy Zinin, October 09, 2014
Libya Takes Goldman Sachs to Court to Recover $1.2 Billion from a Series of Derivative Trades By Global Research News, October 08, 2014
Israel Bars Building Materials from Gaza – 15,671 Housing Units Damaged During Military Assault “Protective Edge” By Middle East Monitor, October 08, 2014
From Pol Pot to ISIS: “Anything that Flies on Everything that Moves” By John Pilger, October 08, 2014
World Peace Forum 2014: Imperialism, Resistance, and Alternatives By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Ingo Schmidt, Marta Harnecker, and Prof. Minqi Li, October 08, 2014
ISIL: From Decapitation to Islamophobia By Dr. Ismail Salami, October 08, 2014
Israel’s Occupation is More Complex than a Genocide By Jonathan Cook, October 08, 2014
Leon Panetta, Head of Pentagon and C.I.A. under Obama, Says Brace for 30 Year War with ISIS By Michael Krieger, October 07, 2014
Libya: Militants Parade ISIS Flags Through East Libyan Town By Global Research News, October 07, 2014
Where is the Antiwar Movement? By Alex Kane, October 07, 2014
ISIS Gains Provide Further Pretext for US Ground Troops in Iraq and Syria By Mike Head, October 07, 2014
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Israel on Trial for its Crimes Against Palestinians: Testimonies of Atrocities in Gaza From The Russell Tribunal By Rania Khalek, October 06, 2014
Joe Biden Apologizes for Half Truth: Persian Gulf Regimes and Turkey are Responsible for Supporting ISIS and Al-Nusra By Kurt Nimmo, October 06, 2014
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Who Was Responsible for The 2014 Destruction of Gaza? By Karin Brothers, October 06, 2014
Turkish President Proclaims “I Am Increasingly Against the Internet Every Day” By Michael Krieger, October 06, 2014
Israel Summons Swedish Envoy Over Palestine Recognition By Middle East Monitor, October 06, 2014
Instead of Bombing the Islamic State By Jan Oberg, October 06, 2014
America’s “Terrorist Academy” in Iraq Produced ISIS Leaders By Mike Whitney, October 06, 2014
Biden’s Admission: US Allies Armed ISIS By Patrick Martin, October 06, 2014
NATO’s Dream Coming True – Turkey Pushes For Syria No-Fly Zone; US Approves By Brandon Turbeville, October 05, 2014
Israeli Government Promotes Rape Advocate and Nakba Denialist as Experts on Palestinians By Rania Khalek, October 05, 2014
It’s All in the Telling: The Media has Become the Playbook of the Establishment By Denis A. Conroy, October 05, 2014
Spreading the Conflict: Turkey and Australia Join In “Attacking ISIS” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 05, 2014
US Vice-President Joe Biden Blames Washington’s Middle East Allies for Financing ISIS By Patrick Henningsen, October 05, 2014
Beyond 935 Lies: The Decline and Fall of the Corporate Media By David Swanson, October 04, 2014
Another Questionable ISIS Beheading Video Released By Kurt Nimmo, October 04, 2014
49 Hostages Swapped for 180 ISIL Terrorists By Global Research News, October 04, 2014
Iraq’s Economy Collapsing Under Pressure of Security Crisis By Global Research News, October 04, 2014
Canada to Escalate its Role in Mideast War “Against ISIS”, Joining Coalition of Former Colonial Overlords and Absolutist Sheikdoms By Keith Jones, October 04, 2014
Obama’s Plan For a ‘No-Fly Zone’ Over Northeastern Syria – ISIS Was a Window-Dressing for the Real War Against the Syrian Government By 21st Century Wire, October 03, 2014
Ten Myths About Obama’s Latest War in Iraq and Syria By Reese Erlich, October 03, 2014
New Steps to a Wider War in the Middle East By Patrick Martin, October 03, 2014
Palestinian-U.S. Relations Head for Stormy Times By Nicola Nasser, October 03, 2014
The Islamic State Opens Its First Consulate in Turkey`s Capital. Issuing Visas to Foreign Fighters By Press TV, October 02, 2014
War on ISIS and Media Lies: The Comic Book Simplicity Of Propaganda By Media Lens, October 02, 2014
US War against the People of Syria and Iraq By Patrick Martin, October 02, 2014
War Crimes: Israel Targets Dairy Factory in Occupied West Bank. Palestinian Orphans Protest Demolition By International Solidarity Movement, October 02, 2014
U.S. Alliance with FSA and ISIL in Six Photographs By Rick Sterling, October 02, 2014
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Calls for Full and Immediate End to the Illegal Israeli Blockade of Gaza By Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, October 02, 2014