Middle East & North Africa

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

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.
Iran’s Nuclear Chess Game By Nader Bagherzadeh and Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, September 02, 2007
Bush Plans War on Iran By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, September 02, 2007
Yazidis, The People of the Peacock Angel By Felicity Arbuthnot, August 31, 2007
Behind Bush’s Latest Anti-Iranian Threats By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, August 31, 2007
IAEA confirms the “peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activities” By Global Research, August 30, 2007
War and the “New World Order” By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, August 29, 2007
Bush threatens to militarily “confront” Iran By Bill Van Auken, August 29, 2007
US preparing ‘massive’ military attack against Iran By Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane, August 29, 2007
Stumbling Toward Another War: Meet Miss C. By Uri Avnery, August 27, 2007
British Army deploys new weapon based on mass-killing technology By John Byrne, August 26, 2007
Washington continues propaganda barrage against Iran By Peter Symonds, August 26, 2007
Opportunism Trumps in Palestine By Ramzy Baroud, August 26, 2007
Former CIA officer says U.S ready to strike Iran within 6 months By Global Research, August 25, 2007
CIA said to step up operations against Iran as hawks seek to tie Iraq bombs to Tehran By Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane, August 25, 2007
Tell the media networks not to follow FOX down the road to war against Iran By CASMII, August 24, 2007
The U.S. & Iran: A History of Imperialist Domination, Intrigue and Intervention By Larry Everest, August 22, 2007
What Unites Iraqis: Blocking Western Petroleum Companies From Seizing Control of Their Oil By Joshua Holland, August 22, 2007
US steps closer to war with Iran By Dr. Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, August 22, 2007
Europe and America: Sharing the Spoils of War By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, August 19, 2007
Between the Two Rivers, Lack of Water Kills By Ali Al-Fadhily, August 17, 2007
Israel’s “Second Lebanon War” By Jonathan Cook, August 16, 2007
US Tags Iran for Casualties from Its Own Attacks By Gareth Porter, August 15, 2007
Kosher in Tehran By Jonathan Cook, August 15, 2007
Is the United States Killing 10,000 Iraqis Every Month? Or Is It More? By Prof. Michael Schwartz, August 13, 2007
Iraqi government on brink of collapse following cabinet walkouts By James Cogan, August 13, 2007
Spinning the Iraq War Death Toll By Robert Parry, August 13, 2007
American Genocide In The Middle East: Three Million and Counting By David Goodner, August 13, 2007
“We Are Committed to Sailing to Gaza – Ahoy!” By Silvia Cattori, August 12, 2007
Politics Unmercifully Trespass Humanitarian Borders in Gaza By Nicola Nasser, August 12, 2007
US Anti-Iranian Position Might Destabilize the Middle East By Global Research, August 11, 2007
Preventing a Bloodbath in Gaza By Prof. Francis A. Boyle, August 07, 2007
Rough Waters for Canada’s War in Afghanistan By Roger Annis, August 06, 2007
Iran feels the chill in US cold war tactics By Dr. Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, August 02, 2007
How Truth slips down the Memory Hole By John Pilger, July 29, 2007
Ex-CIA officer Slams US Allegations against Iran as Sham By Global Research, July 29, 2007
Democrat Barack Obama spells out his foreign policy: “I will not hesitate to use force” By Andre Damon, July 29, 2007
Abbas and West Bank government drop right of resistance from platform By Global Research, July 29, 2007
Afghanistan: Britain is protecting the biggest heroin crop of all time By Craig Murray, July 24, 2007
PFLP to Abbas: Beware of the Israeli trap to divide the Palestinians By Global Research, July 22, 2007
The Hariri Special Court vs the Imminent U.S. Attack on Iran By Edward S. Herman, July 22, 2007
British map in Iran crisis ‘inaccurate’ By Global Research, July 22, 2007
Iraq unions vow ‘mutiny’ over oil law By Global Research, July 21, 2007
Hamas versus Al-Qaeda By Saleh Al-Naami, July 21, 2007
Exodus of Iraqi Refugees: Syria – The Price of Compassion By Felicity Arbuthnot, July 20, 2007
US-Israeli Sponsored Coup d’Etat: Overcoming the Conspiracy against Palestine By Ali Abunimah, July 20, 2007
Media Distortions regarding Iran By Global Research, July 19, 2007
Plan Iraq – Permanent Occupation By Stephen Lendman, July 16, 2007
Iraq’s Bastille Day By Felicity Arbuthnot, July 14, 2007
Iran demands Japan’s oil payments in yen, not US dollars By Global Research, July 14, 2007
A Declaration of Independence From Israel By Chris Hedges, July 13, 2007
Venezuela, Iran to Invest $4 billion in Joint Oil Project in Orinoco Belt By Global Research, July 12, 2007
The March to War: Détente in the Middle East or “Calm before the Storm?” By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, July 12, 2007
Iran-IAEA begin talks to draw up 60-day plan By Global Research, July 12, 2007
The Observer under investigation for breach of accurate reporting on Iran By Global Research, July 11, 2007
Making Gaza “Scream” By Stephen Lendman, July 09, 2007
The Palestinian Left: A Lost Opportunity for Relevance By Ramzy Baroud, July 08, 2007
Karzai, Bush pledges to reduce Afghan Poppy turn out to be just one more Pipedream By Sherwood Ross, July 08, 2007
Al Qaeda in Iraq: Bush’s Creation By Bill Gallagher, July 07, 2007
Scholars: Divide Iraq Into Three Regions By Barry Schweid, July 07, 2007
Fatah-linked Paper shows that Hamas would win Palestinian Presidency by a landslide in early elections By Global Research, July 06, 2007
Who will save Palestine? By Sonja Karkar, July 01, 2007
Tony Blair: Orwellian Nightmare. War Criminal becomes Envoy of Peace By Mohammad Kamaali, June 30, 2007
Finding Lessons in Gaza’s Bloodshed By Ramzy Baroud, June 30, 2007
Report: Israeli War Preparations Continue. Attack on Iran not Imminent By Global Research, June 30, 2007
Record opium crop in southern Afghanistan By Richard Norton-Taylor, June 28, 2007
Gaza: from economic to humanitarian disaster By Sonja Karkar, June 28, 2007
Divide and Rule, Israeli-style By Jonathan Cook, June 26, 2007
VIDEO: Iraq: The Bases Are Loaded By Dahr Jamail and Chalmers Johnson, June 25, 2007
“Demonstration” Government in Palestine By Stephen Lendman, June 25, 2007
War Crimes: As the killers move in, they are targeting, as ever, ‘Al-Qaeda.’ By Felicity Arbuthnot, June 25, 2007
Palestinians at a Cross-Road By Dr. Elias Akleh, June 23, 2007
Palestine: Democracy Defeated By Ramzy Baroud, June 22, 2007
Why the US has lost By Abdul Ilah Albayaty and Hana Al-Bayaty, June 22, 2007
The CIA and Fatah; Spies, Quislings and the Palestinian Authority By Mike Whitney, June 21, 2007
Reviewing Michel Chossudovsky’s “America’s ‘War on Terrorism'” By Stephen Lendman, June 19, 2007
US Military Threat directed against Iran: Muffled Voices, ElBaradei’s Unheard Assessments By Shirin Saeidi, June 19, 2007
What Will We Do Then? The Day After We Strike Iran By Gary Leupp, June 18, 2007
Iran: Coalition Intelligence attacked Shiite Holy site, not Sunnis By Global Research, June 18, 2007
IAEA chief declares any attack on Iran “an act of madness” By Peter Symonds, June 17, 2007
Video: Gaza’s Reality. Occupation 101 By Global Research, June 17, 2007