Middle East & North Africa

Syria “Liberated” by its own Destroyers By Manlio Dinucci, December 14, 2024

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, today’s de facto ruler of Damascus, has an eloquent history: he began his jihadist militancy in al-Qaeda’s ranks as an associate of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the “caliph” who founded ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and …

When Terrorism becomes Counter-terrorism: The State Sponsors of Terrorism are “Going After the Terrorists” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 15, 2022
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.
Ten Years Ago: “Operation Libya” and the Battle for Oil: Redrawing the Map of Africa By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, February 20, 2021
Libya is among the World's largest oil economies with approximately 3.5% of global oil reserves, more than twice those of the US.
America, An Empire on its Last Leg: To be Kicked Out from the Middle East? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 07, 2020
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.
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
Modern Iran’s Advanced Information and Communication Technology By J. Michael Springmann, April 01, 2023
US Occupation Forces in Syria are not “Fighting Terrorism” By Timothy Alexander Guzman, March 31, 2023
Jamaal Bowman and Bernie Sanders Urge the Biden State Department to Investigate Israeli Use of US Weapons By Alex Kane, March 31, 2023
The Beginning of the End of Israel By Steven Sahiounie, March 31, 2023
History: 50 Years of the 1973 Yom Kippur War By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović, March 31, 2023
Israel’s Crisis Is About Who Gets to Play Tyrant: The Generals or Religious Thugs By Jonathan Cook, March 31, 2023
Iraq Twenty Years after “Shock and Awe”: The Mysterious Death of David Kelly selected quotes from interview with Dr. David Halpin By Michael Welch and Dr. David Halpin, March 31, 2023
It’s Official, According to U.N. Spokesperson: “There’s No US Armed Forces inside of Syria” By Prof. Glenn Diesen, March 30, 2023
Israeli Protesters Fixated on Themselves and Israel’s Flawed Democracy By Michael Jansen, March 30, 2023
‘The Dwindling Band of Iraq Obsessives’ – Endless War and Media Complicity By Media Lens, March 30, 2023
Shifting Sands of the Arab Gulf Herald a New Middle East. Rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran By Steven Sahiounie, March 30, 2023
Video: War and Crimes against Humanity. “Fake Intelligence” and the Destruction of Countries. Michel Chossudovsky By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Caroline Mailloux, March 30, 2023
Why the Main Players Behind the Israeli Protest Movement Are Bringing the Confrontation to a Head By Razi Nabulse, March 30, 2023
Israel Protests: “Democracy” in an Apartheid Regime? By Richard Becker, March 29, 2023
Afghanistan: Harm From Unexploded Ordnance Results in Death of Children: UNICEF By Mitra Majeedy, March 28, 2023
Stephen Lendman – A Tribute to the “Most Prolific Journalist in Independent Media” By Michael Welch, Stephen Lendman, Prof Michel Chossudovsky, Ellen Brown, Peter Phillips, and Rick Rozoff, March 28, 2023
Women’s Rights in Modern Iran. A Study in Contrasts By J. Michael Springmann, March 28, 2023
West’s False Atrocity Stories Were Key to Justifying Iraq Invasion. Interviewing Scholar A. B. Abrams on New War Propaganda Research By A. B. Abrams and Military Watch Magazine, March 28, 2023
Netanyahu Has Taken Israel to the Abyss. What Is His Exit Strategy? By Richard Silverstein, March 28, 2023
US Is Stirring Up the Syrian Cauldron By M. K. Bhadrakumar, March 27, 2023
US Tensions with Iran Reignite as Dollar’s Petro-Currency Status Under Threat By Zero Hedge, March 27, 2023
Commemorations of the Attack on Iraq March 20th and Libya March 19th Reaffirm that the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination Remains the Greatest Threat to International Peace on Our Planet By Ajamu Baraka, March 27, 2023
Free Will Trumps Determinism in Gulf Politics By M. K. Bhadrakumar, March 27, 2023
Saudi-Iran Deal: Towards the De-Americanisation of the Middle East? By Prof. Alain Gabon, March 27, 2023
How Bush and Blair Plotted War in Iraq: Read the Secret Memo in Full By Middle East Eye, March 26, 2023
Why the Hell Is the US Occupying Syria? By Jon Reynolds, March 26, 2023
Abu Ghraib Survivor: Taking the Hood Off 20 Years After Iraq War By Osama Bin Javaid, March 25, 2023
Richard T. Perle’s 1996 “Clean Break” Report to Destroy Syria and Iraq By Steven Sahiounie, March 25, 2023
The Iraq War 20 Years Ago – No Shame. No Lessons Learned. No Arrest Order on NATO State Leaders. Jan Oberg By Jan Oberg, March 25, 2023
BP Extracted Iraqi Oil Worth £15BN After British Invasion By Matt Kennard, March 25, 2023
The 20th Anniversary of the Sociocide of Iraq by Bush/Cheney By Ralph Nader, March 25, 2023
IRAQ 20 Years after “Shock and Awe.” The Wealthy Prevail at the Expense of World Safety and Freedom By Michael Welch, Denis Halliday, Scott Ritter, Prof. Marjorie Cohn, and Mike Prysner, March 24, 2023
Video: “The Criminalization of War”. America’s “Global War on Terrorism” is Fake. Michel Chossudovsky By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 24, 2023
Here We Go Again! Publicity for Ukraine War vs Campaign to Justify 2003 US War on Iraq By Michael Jansen, March 23, 2023
Don’t Let the Media Cheerlead Us Into More Wars Like It Did in Iraq By Colonel Ann Wright, March 23, 2023
Video: “War Made Easy”. “Saddam Hussein has Weapons of Mass Destruction” By Media Education Foundation, March 23, 2023
Commemorations of the Attack on Iraq March 20th and Libya March 19th Reaffirm that the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination Remains the Greatest Threat to International Peace on Our Planet By Ajamu Baraka, March 23, 2023
Forever Wars vs. Armageddon By Ann Garrison, March 22, 2023
The Lord of Chaos. “The Politicians Who Lied to Us Extinguished Millions of Lives”. Chris Hedges By Chris Hedges, March 22, 2023
Ten Days that Changed Iraq – and Me – Forever By Suadad al-Salhy, March 22, 2023
“The Iran-Saudi deal is a fatal blow to the Arab-Israeli pact against Iran.” By Dr. Javad Masoumi and Steven Sahiounie, March 22, 2023