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.
Blood and Treasure: United States Budgetary Costs and Human Costs of 20 Years of War in Iraq and Syria, 2003-2023 By Prof. Neta C. Crawford, May 12, 2023
One Year After the Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, Canada Must Hold Israeli Officials Accountable By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, May 12, 2023
Time for Arabs to Come Together and Rethink Strategic Alliances By Michael Jansen, May 11, 2023
Bold Gambits on the West Asian Chessboard By Pepe Escobar, May 11, 2023
Sudan Talks Held in Saudi Arabia Reveals Underlying Crisis of Governance By Abayomi Azikiwe, May 11, 2023
Palestine Is Boiling and Will Not Cool Down By Steven Sahiounie, May 10, 2023
The US Silence on Israeli Nuclear Weapons and the Right-wing Israeli Government By Victor Gilinsky, May 10, 2023
Syria’s Return to Arab League Is a Big Deal By M. K. Bhadrakumar, May 10, 2023
Images of Massive US Embassy Compound in Lebanon Elicit Jeers and Questions By Middle East Eye, May 10, 2023
Canada Must Condemn Israel’s Assassination of Palestinians and Their Families in Gaza By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, May 10, 2023
Newly Released Images of Massive US Embassy Compound in Lebanon Prompt Questions By The New Arab, May 09, 2023
Syria Returns to Arab League with Saudi Arabia at the Helm By Steven Sahiounie, May 09, 2023
Arab League Readmits Syria as Relations with Assad Normalise By Middle East Eye, May 08, 2023
Ex-Iran Official Executed by Tehran Was Spy for MI6, Intel Officials Confirm By Middle East Monitor, May 08, 2023
75 Years of Nakba: A Stark Reminder of Israel’s Colonialism By Ben Jamal, May 08, 2023
The US and Israeli Role in Sudan’s Path to War By Giorgio Cafiero, May 08, 2023
Sudan: The New Geopolitical Battlefield Between East and West? By Matthew Ehret-Kump, May 05, 2023
Providing Syria with the Means to Reconstruct and Recover By Michael Jansen, May 04, 2023
Syria Takes Steady Steps on the Diplomatic Stage By Steven Sahiounie, May 04, 2023
Former Iraqi PM Named as Suspect in Soleimani Assassination By The Cradle, May 03, 2023
Twenty Years After George W. Bush’s Infamous ‘Mission Accomplished’ Claim By Norman Solomon, May 02, 2023
Ayatollah Abbas-Ali Soleimani: Random Attack or Attempt to Sow Discord? Geopolitical Upheaval By Gavin OReilly, May 02, 2023
U.S. Interventionism in Sudan: Clashes between Two Military Forces By Steven Sahiounie, May 01, 2023
Israel: An Occupying Power Cannot be a Beacon of Democracy By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, May 01, 2023
Depleted Uranium – An Untold Story By Felicity Arbuthnot, May 01, 2023
WHO Says ‘Huge Biological Risk’ After Sudan Fighters Occupy Lab By Al-Jazeera, April 27, 2023
Sudan Crisis Risks Engulfing North Africa By Uriel Araujo, April 27, 2023
If the War in Yemen Stops, the US Will be the Loser: Interview with Hamid Rizk By Hamid Rizk and Steven Sahiounie, April 26, 2023
Syria Comes in From the Cold. Scott Ritter By Scott Ritter, April 26, 2023
“Freedom of Religion” and Other Lies By Philip Giraldi, April 25, 2023
Learning Nothing from the Iraq War By Bill Astore, April 25, 2023
‘Hezbollah has turned you into a sacrificial lamb,’ Israel Warns Syrian Government By The New Arab, April 25, 2023
Video: The Real Middle East Nuclear Threat. James Corbett By The Corbett Report, April 25, 2023
Is Biden Taking the World Closer to Nuclear Armageddon? By Don Hank, April 24, 2023
Lula Just Discredited Brazil’s Foreign Policy by Placing Conditions on His Visit to Russia By Andrew Korybko, April 24, 2023
9/11 Revelations – Is Washington Now Throwing Riyadh Under the Bus? By Gavin OReilly, April 24, 2023
Both Sides in the Middle East Region Now See ‘Big War’ as Possible By Alastair Crooke, April 24, 2023
How Tony Blair Sealed UK Relations with Egypt’s Dictatorship By Mark Curtis, April 24, 2023
The Winds of Change are Blowing through Damascus By Steven Sahiounie, April 23, 2023
U.S. Out of Africa: Voices from the Struggle By Essam Abdelrasul Bubaker Elkorghli and AFRICOM Watch Bulletin, April 21, 2023
Yemen in the Crosshairs By Khalid Al-Seragi, April 21, 2023
Netanyahu’s Extremist-dominated Cabinet in Jeopardy By Michael Jansen, April 20, 2023
Democratic Transition Further Delayed by Military Clashes in Sudan By Abayomi Azikiwe, April 20, 2023
A graffiti of Naji al-Ali's Handala on the West Bank separation wall
Undercover in Broad Daylight: Israeli Military Raids in West Bank Cities By Ola Marshoud, April 19, 2023
Blair Misled Parliament Over 1998 Iraq Bombing, Files Show By Mark Curtis, April 19, 2023
US War in Iraq based on Fake Intelligence. Exposed by Dr. David Kelly. Was He Assassinated? By Michael Welch and Dr. David Halpin, April 18, 2023
US Occupation, QSD Militia Continue Plundering Syrian Antiquities in Al-Jazeera and Raqaa By SANA, April 18, 2023
Is the War in Yemen Coming to an End? By Prof. Shireen Al-Adeimi, April 18, 2023
Will the End of the Petrodollar End the US Empire? By Rep. Ron Paul, April 18, 2023
Struggle for Power and Control in Sudan May Lead to Civil War By Steven Sahiounie, April 18, 2023
The Israeli Attack on South Lebanon and Al Aqsa Crisis By Steven Sahiounie, April 17, 2023
Sudan’s “Deep State” War Could Have Far-Reaching Geostrategic Consequences If It Continues By Andrew Korybko, April 17, 2023
OPEC: Saudis Aren’t Afraid of the US Anymore By M. K. Bhadrakumar, April 17, 2023
The Yemeni “Peace Process” Is a Sham Though You Wouldn’t Know That from Watching U.S. News or Reading Foreign Affairs By Andi Olluri, April 13, 2023
US Defense Companies Sued by Yemenis Over Weapons Used in Civil War By Zamone Perez, April 13, 2023
Israeli Spyware Firm QuaDream Linked to Hacks on Journalists and Politicians By Middle East Eye, April 13, 2023
Another Ramadan, Another Brutal Israeli Raids Into Al Aqsa By Michael Jansen, April 13, 2023
Efforts to Reduce Israeli Influence in Africa Continues By Abayomi Azikiwe, April 13, 2023
Gunning for Conflict: Israel-Azerbaijan Collaboration Against Iran By Anis Raiss, April 11, 2023
Israeli Attacks on Syria in the Past Year: Timeline By Al-Jazeera, April 11, 2023
Peace Is Breaking Out in the Middle East… And Washington Is Not Happy! By Rep. Ron Paul, April 11, 2023
“US Side-Channel” to China-Saudi-Iran Talks on Nuclear By Karsten Riise, April 11, 2023
A Sad Friday in Jerusalem. Who gave the order to attack the worshippers inside the Al Aqsa Mosque? By Steven Sahiounie, April 09, 2023
Democracy or Apartheid: You Can’t Have Both By Nour, April 09, 2023
Modern Iran — A Study in Contrasts. Failed U.S. Sanctions Regime By J. Michael Springmann, April 09, 2023
Easter in Fallujah: US Military “Commemorates” Its Iraq Massacre. “Tell Them It’s the Sound of Freedom.” By Felicity Arbuthnot, April 07, 2023
International Court of Justice (ICJ) Orders U.S. to Compensate Iran for Illegally Freezing Assets By Hyemin Han, April 07, 2023
Why the US Fears Arab Normalisation with Syria By Michael Jansen, April 07, 2023
Canada Must Condemn, Sanction Brutal Israeli Attack on Al-Aqsa Worshippers By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, April 06, 2023
20 Years After Iraq: No Accountability and No Lessons Learned By James J. Zogby, April 05, 2023
“The Big Powers are Worried”. Iran’s Military Technologies for Defense By Dragan Vujicic, Amb. Rashid Hasanpur, and Sepat, April 05, 2023
Bridge of Peace and Prosperity Proposed From the Arab World to Syria By Steven Sahiounie, April 05, 2023
Executive Order 12333: “Prohibition on Assassination”: What Do the Iranian People Think? U.S. Government Ordered Assassination of General Qassem Soleimani By J. Michael Springmann, April 04, 2023
Passover: Time to Bring Freedom, Equality to Israel’s Palestinians By Gershon Baskin, April 04, 2023
‘NY Times’ Won’t Explain Why Palestinians Aren’t Joining the Big Anti-Netanyahu Demonstrations in Israel By James North, April 04, 2023
Israel on Fire: A Legal Slippery Slope to National Disintegration By The Cradle, April 04, 2023
Saudi Arabia Joins Shanghai Military and Security Block As It Embraces China By Zero Hedge, April 03, 2023
Reconciling Saudi Arabia and Iran: The Significance of the China Effort By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, April 03, 2023
UK Sanctions Enforcer Targets Aid Charities Working in Gaza By Simon Hooper, April 03, 2023
Thieves Rip Off US Weapons as Shadow War in Syria Escalates By Nick Turse, April 03, 2023