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.
1,500 Foreign Mercenaries and Militants Entered Syria This Week By Global Research News, July 13, 2013
Ongoing Fighting in Sinai: Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Iran Wrongfully Blamed By Stephen Lendman, July 12, 2013
US Ships F-16s to Egypt as Junta Intensifies Crackdown By Bill Van Auken, July 12, 2013
Iraq: Between Drug Dealers and Death Squads By Hussein Al-Alak, July 12, 2013
Fomenting Civil War in Egypt By Eric Draitser, July 11, 2013
In photos: Palestinian Workers’ Everyday Nightmare at Israeli Checkpoints By Daniel Tepper and Sam Gilbert, July 11, 2013
Egypt: Staging a “Democratic” Military Coup By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, July 10, 2013
US Bankrolled Anti-Morsi Activists: US Money Trail to Egyptian Groups that Pressed for President’s Removal. By Emad Mekay, July 10, 2013
America and the Generals in Egypt moved against Morsi to prevent a Popular Revolution By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, July 10, 2013
Did Israel Attack Syria? By Phil Greaves, July 10, 2013
The Mubarak “Return”. Will Egypt Slip into Civil War? By Marc H. Ellis, July 10, 2013
Syrian Opposition in Disarray By Stephen Lendman, July 10, 2013
Egypt: A Pendulum of Chaos By Andrey Fomin, July 10, 2013
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Struggle for Influence in Syria By Eric Draitser, July 09, 2013
Why Do Charities Want to “Normalize” Israeli Apartheid? By Jeff Handmaker, July 09, 2013
Middle East Continues to Boil By Stephen Lendman, July 09, 2013
The Egyptian Military Massacre.The Role of the U.S. Government in the Egyptian Crisis By Abayomi Azikiwe, July 09, 2013
Media Disinformation: Mass Resignations at Al Jazeera over “biased” Egypt coverage By Global Research News, July 09, 2013
Syrian Government Claims Massive Seizure of Toxic Chemicals “Controlled by Anti-government Forces” By Ria Novosti, July 09, 2013
Regime Change in Egypt: Mass Protests Continue as Egyptian Army fails to Name Government By Alex Lantier, July 08, 2013
“Regime Replacement” in Egypt: Washington’s Role By Stephen Lendman, July 08, 2013
The Pentagon was behind Egypt’s Military Coup By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 07, 2013
The Protest Movement in Egypt: “Dictators” do not Dictate, They Obey Orders By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 06, 2013
Violent clashes spread in Egypt as US backs army coup By Alex Lantier, July 06, 2013
Bashar Al Assad Interview on Political Islam, The Egyptian Crisis and Foreign Intervention By Bashar al Assad, July 06, 2013
America’s Plan B in Egypt: Bring Back the Old Regime By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, July 06, 2013
How Egypt Killed Political Islam By Shamus Cooke, July 06, 2013
History: How the US Installed a Proxy “Brotherhood” Government in Egypt By Tony Cartalucci, July 05, 2013
Egypt’s Constitutional Referendum: Did President Morsi Hijack Democracy? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, July 05, 2013
The “Tonkin Gulf War Pretext Incidents”: When the US Wants to Start a War, it Lies … By Kieran Kelly, July 04, 2013
Will Israel’s Gas Hopes Come True? Accused of Stealing Gas from the Gaza Strip By Dmitry Minin, July 04, 2013
What Really Caused the Coup Against the Egyptian President: Egypt’s Support for Intervention in Syria Was the Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back By Washington's Blog, July 04, 2013
Washington Islamist Strategy in Crisis as Morsi Toppled. Egypt Protest directed against US By F. William Engdahl, July 04, 2013
Turmoil Rocks Egypt: Morsi is Out By Stephen Lendman, July 03, 2013
Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas: West was preparing attack on Syria before crisis started By Global Research News, July 02, 2013
VIDEO: Political Turmoil and Chaos in Egypt – Second Part By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, July 01, 2013
Qatar: US Proxy in America’s Terror War in Syria By Phil Greaves, July 01, 2013
Leak inquiry launched over ‘NYT’ Story on American-Israeli Cyberwar Targeting Iran By Alex Kane, June 30, 2013
Israel in Preparation for another War with Hezbollah By Timothy Alexander Guzman, June 30, 2013
Syria: Thousands Flee After “Opposition” Rebels Execute Priest, Loot, Burn Monastary In Northern Syria By Global Research News, June 29, 2013
Syrian Catholic Priest Beheaded by US Sponsored “Opposition” Terrorists By Global Research News, June 29, 2013
“Liberated Iraq”: Nuri al-Maliki and Saddam Hussein’s Executioner – A Family Affair? By Felicity Arbuthnot, June 28, 2013
“Stuxnet” and “Flame”: With New Malware Virus, Israel Fans A Virtual Flame Against Iran By Pierre Klochendler, June 28, 2013
Syria: the Art of Standing on the Right Side of History By Global Research News and Andrey Fomin, June 28, 2013
Gezi Protests in Turkey: A Historic Milestone By Socialist Project, June 28, 2013
Escalation of Syria War: Ahmed Al-Assir, America’s Pawn in Lebanon By Phil Greaves, June 28, 2013
Syria: How far will Obama go to Save the Insurgency? By Phil Greaves, June 28, 2013
Hezbollah fighting in Syria to Defend Lebanon from Bloodbath By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, June 28, 2013
‘World War Z’ and Hollywood’s Zionist Embrace By Jesse Benjamin, June 26, 2013
America’s “Afghan Exit” May Depend on Obama’s Dwindling “Syria Options” By Sharmine Narwani, June 26, 2013
Lebanon is Being Prepared for Sedition as a Front in the Syrian War By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, June 26, 2013
The Imperial Agenda in Syria. GRTV Feature Interview with Michel Chossudovsky By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and James Corbett, June 25, 2013
Netanyahu and Israel’s Threat to Attack Iran. Former CIA Official By Kourosh Ziabari, June 24, 2013
The Tale of a Turkish Summer: Is there a Link between “Occupy Gezi” and the IMF? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, June 24, 2013
Military Escalation. Qatar “Friends of Syria” Conference Opens “New Stage” in Syrian War By James Cogan, June 24, 2013
Are Al-Qaeda’s Lebanese Affiliates Opening a Lebanese Front in the Syrian War? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, June 23, 2013
Iran’s Nonexistent Nukes: US ‘Diplomacy’ based on Public Deception By Patrick Henningsen, June 23, 2013
Can Israel attack Syria over the Golan Heights? IDF Forces Complete Drill for Future War with Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas By Timothy Alexander Guzman, June 22, 2013
CIA Secretly providing Training for Syrian rebels By Global Research News, June 22, 2013
Obama’s Syrian Press Pass: The Media are Loyal to the System, not to their Profession By Margaret Kimberley, June 21, 2013
Racism and Institutionalised Discrimination: How Israeli Apartheid is Coming Unstuck By Jonathan Cook, June 21, 2013
Iraq, Libya, Syria: Extensive US-NATO War Crimes. How the Media Buries “The Evidence” By David Edwards, June 21, 2013
Explaining Iran’s ‘Surprise’ Election By Dave Schneider, June 19, 2013
High Level Opposition to Obama’s Escalating Syria Conflict By Stephen Lendman, June 19, 2013
Syria Is Becoming Obama’s Iraq By Shamus Cooke, June 19, 2013
Taliban Officially Opening Office in Qatar By Voltaire Network, June 18, 2013
‘A Political Ploy’? The Guardian Editors Swallow US Claims On Syrian WMD By David Edwards, June 18, 2013
The Empire’s New Clothes: The Naked Imperialism of “Humanitarian Intervention” By Ajamu Baraka, June 18, 2013
Russian Advanced Weapons for Syria: Unrevealed Secrets of Vladimir Putin’s Recent Visit to London By Global Research News, June 18, 2013
Cross Purposes at the United Nations: Sabotaging Hope for a Negotiated Peace in Syria By Carla Stea, June 18, 2013
Obama’s Humanitarianism as Window-Dressing for the US “Deep State” Agenda: The Case of Syria By Elizabeth Woodworth, June 18, 2013
President Bashar Al-Assad: Fighting Terrorism in Syria. Rebuilding in the Wake of the Crisis. Interview By Bashar al Assad, June 17, 2013
Fake WMD “Intelligence” and Orwellian Double-speak : Washington Is Insane By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, June 17, 2013
The Palestinian Struggle is a Black Struggle By Susan Abulhawa, June 17, 2013
US Inflames Sectarian Tensions to Escalate War in Syria By Johannes Stern and Alex Lantier, June 17, 2013
Military Escalation? Sapping Assad’s Strength. Israel “Stirs the Pot” in Syria By Jonathan Cook, June 17, 2013
Washington’s Battle Over Syrian Foreign Policy: Will Hawks Or Doves Prevail? By Prof Peter Dale Scott, June 17, 2013
Hassan Rohani: Iran’s President-Elect By Stephen Lendman, June 17, 2013
The Chemical Weapons Pretext for War on Syria: A Pack of Lies By Ben Schreiner, June 17, 2013
Gezi Park Evacuated, Istanbul and Turkey Explode By Sungur Savran, June 16, 2013