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.
Building a Pretext to Wage War on Syria, Replicating the Iraq WMD 2003 Scenario By Stephen Lendman, April 27, 2013
New Sanctions Begin: South Korea’s Samsung announces its “Online Store” will not Operate in Iran By Timothy Alexander Guzman, April 26, 2013
Israel’s “Begin Highway” Serves the Expansion of Illegal Settlements in Occupied Palestine By Global Research News, April 26, 2013
The Fueling of Unrest in Syria, Israel’s Territorial Ambitions By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, April 26, 2013
Building a Pretext to Wage War on Syria: As NATO Terror Front Collapses, US Drums Up Familiar WMD Lies By Tony Cartalucci, April 25, 2013
US Ramps up Plans for Military Intervention in Syria By Joseph Kishore, April 24, 2013
Building a Pretext for an All Out War against Syria? Allegations of Chemical Weapons Use By Stephen Lendman, April 24, 2013
“Boston on the Tigris”: Iraq’s Unreported Terror Event. Twenty-six Car Bombs… By Dirk Adriaensens, April 23, 2013
Who is Behind “Al Qaeda in Iran”? By Tony Cartalucci, April 23, 2013
A Nation Divided: The Balkanization of Syria By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, April 22, 2013
The War on Libya: A Grand Display of NATO’s Lynch Mob Mentality By Dan Glazebrook, April 22, 2013
Iraq’s Black Monday, “Boston on the Tigris”: Unreported Mass Casualty Terror Event, More than 79 Killed By Dirk Adriaensens, April 22, 2013
Surreal: US Troops Stage in Jordan to Defend and Protect Al Qaeda in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, April 18, 2013
US Military Aid Falls into Al Qaeda’s Hands in Syria by Design, Not Chance By Tony Cartalucci, April 17, 2013
Getting It Right: Hugo Chávez and the “Arab Spring” By Maximilian Forte, April 16, 2013
US Sponsored Syria “Opposition” declares Allegiance to Al Qaeda By Niall Green, April 16, 2013
“First Strike” Pre-emptive Nuclear War directed against Iran. The Alliance’s Nine Nuclear Weapons’ States By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, April 15, 2013
Pipelineistan Geopolitics at Work: Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Qatar. By Pepe Escobar, April 15, 2013
Are Syria and Pakistan Pieces of the Puzzle for Assembling a Mega Gas Pipeline to China? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, April 14, 2013
The Cult of Killing and the Symbolic Order of Western Barbarism: How the Media Worships Violence and “Ritualized Atrocities” By Jean-Claude Paye and Tülay Umay, April 13, 2013
Obama to Supply $10 Million Military Aid to Terrorist Groups in Syria By Global Research News, April 13, 2013
The “Liberal Left” Promotes the CIA’s Covert War on Syria By Alex Lantier, April 13, 2013
“Pro-Democracy Terrorism”: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is a Propaganda Front funded by the EU By Tony Cartalucci, April 12, 2013
How the West Fueled the Ever-Growing Carnage in Syria By Nicolas J. S. Davies, April 12, 2013
America’s Uncleared War: Nearly 20,000 Foreign Mercenaries Fight In Syria By Global Research News, April 12, 2013
Deplorable Bahraini Human Rights Abuses Continue By Stephen Lendman, April 12, 2013
New Economic Sanctions on Iran, Washington’s Regime Change Strategy By Timothy Alexander Guzman, April 10, 2013
The Bombing of Damascus: America’s Undeclared War against Syria By Global Research News, April 09, 2013
“Aleppo, the Castle”: Documentary on Atrocities Committed by US-NATO Sponsored Terrorists in Syria By Global Research News, April 08, 2013
The CIA’s “Mystery Man” in Baghdad: Salvador-Style Death Squads in Iraq By William Boardman, April 08, 2013
Smearing those Who Speak the Truth: The Media Myth of “Regime Apologists” By Devon Douglas-Bowers, April 08, 2013
Oil and Pipeline Geopolitics: The US-NATO Race for Syria’s Black Gold By Manlio Dinucci, April 07, 2013
Crimes against Humanity: The Plight Of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails By Dr. Omar Al-Hassan, April 06, 2013
Iran’s Alleged Nuclear Weapons Program: Are More Economic Sanctions in the Works? By Timothy Alexander Guzman, April 06, 2013
Teachers Union of Ireland Votes Unanimously for Academic Boycott of Israel By Global Research News, April 06, 2013
One Million Children in Iraq Impacted by Landmines and Cluster Bomblets By Global Research News, April 05, 2013
Up to 600 European Jihadist Fighters among Syrian Rebels By RT, April 05, 2013
5,500 “Foreign Fighters” Dispatched to Syria. Important Contingent of Terrorists with British Passports By Global Research News, April 05, 2013
Another Middle East War is Round the Corner. Israel Threatens Lebanon and Syria By Andrei Akulov, April 04, 2013
War in the Middle East? Washington Escalates Syria Intervention By Bill Van Auken, April 04, 2013
Israel and Occupied Palestine: Just another Shin Bet Interrogation By Global Research News, April 04, 2013
Russian War Games send a Strong Message against NATO Intervention in Syria? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, April 04, 2013
BRICS Challenges Unipolar World and US Dollar Hegemony By Global Research News, April 03, 2013
Nakba: How Israel Stole Palestine’s Culture, Science and National Heritage By Richard Silverstein, April 03, 2013
The Great Afghan Corruption Scam: How Operation Enduring Freedom Mutated into Operation Enduring Corruption By Dilip Hiro, April 02, 2013
The Most Expensive War in World History: Costs of Iraq, Afghanistan wars could rise to $6 trillion By Bill Van Auken, April 02, 2013
The Impacts of Depleted Uranium. Cancer, Birth Defects and The Children of Iraq: How the BBC Turns Realities Upside Down By William Bowles, April 01, 2013
War on Iran Would Mean World War III By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 31, 2013
The World Must Unite Against the US-Saudi-Israeli Proxy War in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, March 30, 2013
Israel Assassination of Rachel Corrie: BBC Admits Failings in Reporting By Global Research News, March 30, 2013
Was the Iraq War to Grab Oil … Or to Raise Oil Prices? By Washington's Blog, March 30, 2013
Canada’s Secretive Role in Iraq By Yves Engler, March 29, 2013
Syrian Conflict: The Price of Defying the West and Obstructing a US-Israeli Attack on Iran By Tony Cartalucci, March 28, 2013
How Obama Chose War Over Peace in Syria By Shamus Cooke, March 28, 2013
The Arab League’s Historic Mistake. By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, March 28, 2013
U.S. Steps up War on Syria: CIA is the Anchor of a Coordinated Secret Operation By Brian Becker, March 27, 2013
US-led Campaign against Syria Destabilises Lebanon By Jean Shaoul, March 27, 2013
Syria: Women’s Rights and Islamist Education in a “Liberated” Area of Aleppo By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 27, 2013
War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity: The Story of U.S. Exceptionalism in Iraq By Ajamu Baraka, March 26, 2013
Iraq, 10 Years Later : Living with No Future By Dahr Jamail, March 26, 2013
10 Years Later, U.S. Legacy in Iraq: Death, Disease, Devastation, Displacement By Larry Everest, March 26, 2013
Kerry Demands Iraq Stop “Arms Flow” to Syria even as US Arms/Funds Al Qaeda By Tony Cartalucci, March 25, 2013
Netanyahu’s Secret War Plan: Leaked Document Outlines Israel’s “Shock and Awe” Plan to Attack Iran By Richard Silverstein, March 25, 2013
Canada’s Secret War: IRAQ – Ten Years After “Shock and Awe” Global Research News Hour Episode 19 By Michael Welch, Richard Sanders, and Hans von Sponeck, March 25, 2013
U.S.-Israeli Cyber-Sabotage of Iran: Throwing the First Cyber-Stone By Arjen Kamphuis, March 25, 2013
US Steps up War against Syria after Obama’s “Peace” Trip to Israel By Johannes Stern, March 25, 2013
West Drops Syria WMD Narrative As Evidence Points to Western-Armed Terrorists By Tony Cartalucci, March 25, 2013
Obama Boosts Syria Support as Congress Pushes Military Intervention By Global Research News, March 25, 2013
Obama’s Grand Bargain? Israel Apologizes to Turkey, Promises Mavi Marmara Compensation By Richard Silverstein, March 24, 2013
US Sponsored Terror: Syria Teeters on Obama’s “Red Line” By Nile Bowie, March 23, 2013
The Drums of War are Beating: Iran’s Nuclear Program, Pretext to Justify Further Military Intervention By Anthony Mustacich, March 23, 2013
Fake Intelligence: “US Manipulated Public Opinion before Iraq war”. Former Intel. Officer By RT, March 22, 2013
Middle East Wars and the Unbreakable US-Israeli Ties By Stephen Lendman, March 22, 2013
Obama Talks “Peace” in Israel while Preparing War By Bill Van Auken, March 22, 2013
The Iraq Factor: Secret Memo to Tony Blair By Global Research, March 22, 2013
The Last Letter: A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran By Global Research News, March 21, 2013
10 Years Later: The Mysterious Why of the Iraq War By Robert Parry, March 21, 2013
Search and Destroy: The Rape of Iraq By Pepe Escobar, March 21, 2013
US-Israeli Bellicose Threats against Syria and Iran By Bill Van Auken, March 21, 2013
Obama’s Visit and Israel’s Penchant for Conflict By Jamal Kanj, March 21, 2013