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.
Israeli Settler Violence in the West Bank Is Leading to an Armed Uprising By Robert Inlakesh, January 04, 2022
Two Years On, the Soleimani Spirit Gathers Clout By Pepe Escobar, January 04, 2022
Palestine Tensions May Erupt in Escalation By Steven Sahiounie, January 04, 2022
Let Us Recall “The Criminalization of War Initiative” of former PM Dr. Mahathir By Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, January 04, 2022
Sudanese Masses Pressure Military Regime to Relinquish Power By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 31, 2021
“Manchester Suicide Bombing” and the “Power Struggle in Libya”: What Are the Security Agencies Hiding? By Richard Norton-Taylor, December 31, 2021
Africa in Review 2021, Regional Conflict and the Role of Imperialism By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 31, 2021
Israel Censored this Film. “Jenin, Jenin (2002)”. Countless Crimes against Palestinians By Tamara Nassar and Mohammed Bakri, December 29, 2021
Israeli Occupation Attacks Syrian Port of Latakia By The Cradle, December 28, 2021
Iran and Iraq Issue Joint Statement on Soleimani Assassination By Morning Star, December 28, 2021
Checkmate: Iran Is Spearheading a Geopolitical Sea Change in West Asia By Matthew Ehret-Kump, December 28, 2021
Israeli Army Rule Allowing Shooting of Stone-throwers Will be Applied to Palestinians, Not Jews By Yossi Gurvitz, December 27, 2021
Iran Says It Won’t Enrich Uranium Over 60% If Nuclear Deal Talks Fail By Dave DeCamp, December 27, 2021
Anti-apartheid Icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dies. Here Is What He Said About Israel-Palestine By Middle East Eye, December 27, 2021
Israel Levels Palestinian Bedouin Village for 14th Time this Year By Middle East Monitor, December 23, 2021
Will the Islamic World Save Afghanistan? By Pepe Escobar, December 23, 2021
Israel admits role in assassination of Qassem Soleimani By Middle East Monitor, December 22, 2021
Looking at COVID Infection Levels after Vaccination Versus Natural Immunity By Joel S. Hirschhorn, December 21, 2021
‘Rotten to the Core:’ How Israel Influenced British Policy on Hamas By Kit Klarenberg, December 15, 2021
Houthi Hysteria Breaks Out at the Wall Street Journal By Jim Lobe, December 15, 2021
Turkey Tests World’s First Laser-Equipped Drone By Joe Saballa, December 15, 2021
Russia and Israel – A Double-standard in International Condemnation By Gavin OReilly, December 15, 2021
US Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Geopolitical Implications. Eurasian Integration. China’s Belt and Road By Andrew Korybko, December 14, 2021
A Gentler Kinder Jewish State Is Still a Zionist State By Rima Najjar, December 14, 2021
Hundreds of European MPs Sign Letter Against ‘Israeli Apartheid’, Call for Justice for Palestinians By The New Arab, December 13, 2021
Iran: UK Officials ‘Discussing’ How to Repay £400m Debt By Middle East Eye, December 13, 2021
Iraq Announces End of US Combat Mission, but US Says Troops Not Leaving By Peoples Dispatch, December 13, 2021
Macron’s Revenge for AUKUS Betrayal By M. K. Bhadrakumar, December 10, 2021
Video: Ping-Pong War in Yemen: Houthis Strike Back with Drones over Riyadh By South Front, December 09, 2021
America Must Stop Enabling the Saudi War in Yemen By Sen. Rand Paul, December 09, 2021
Houthis Close to Victory in Yemen By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, December 09, 2021
Stolen Artefacts: Ancient Looted Gilgamesh Tablet Finally Returns to Iraq By The Cradle, December 08, 2021
Vicissitudes of Syria War Reporting By Barbara Nimri Aziz, December 08, 2021
Video: Western Sahara, Morocco and Algeria One Step from War By South Front, December 07, 2021
US Forces Start New Training for YPG/PKK Terrorists in Syria By Mahmoud Barakat, December 06, 2021
Urgent Call for Lifting Sanctions on Iran By International Action Center, December 06, 2021
America’s Pro-Israel Diplomacy at the UN Hits a New Level By Ramona Wadi, December 06, 2021
Video: Stormy Winter Comes to Syria By South Front, December 03, 2021
Russia Is Primed for a Persian Gulf Security ‘Makeover’. The Multi-trillion Dollar Chalous Gas Field in the Caspian Sea. By Pepe Escobar, December 03, 2021
Israel Tells US to ‘Immediately Halt’ Iran Nuclear Deal Negotiations By Dave DeCamp, December 03, 2021
US Officials Allege Israel Behind Cyberattack on Iranian Gas Stations By Israel Hayom, December 02, 2021
Who Gains from Ethiopia Tigray War? By F. William Engdahl, December 02, 2021
Boris Johnson Accessory to Israeli Illegal Settlement as Government Strengthens Ties with Persistent State Violator of International Law By Hans Stehling, December 02, 2021
Will Sudan Militarily Provoke Ethiopia to Save the TPLF on Egypt’s Behalf? By Andrew Korybko, December 01, 2021
Israeli Myths About the Conflict By Avi Shlaim, November 30, 2021
Video: Northern Syria is Volatile As Ever. Militants in Greater Idlib Ramp Up Their Provocations By South Front, November 30, 2021
New Nuclear Deal With Iran? By Dr. Hadi Issa Dalloul and Steven Sahiounie, November 29, 2021
Syria: The Pentagon Doesn’t Care About Civilian Casualties By Prof. Stephen Zunes, November 29, 2021
Israel-Palestine: By Declaring Hamas a Terrorist Group, Britain Deals a Blow to Peace Prospects By David Hearst, November 29, 2021
Palestine: “We Don’t Want to Die of Thirst, but We Don’t Want to Betray: Normalization with Israel Is a Big Betrayal.” By Rima Najjar, November 29, 2021
Video: State of Chaos in Northern Syria By South Front, November 26, 2021
Corrupting Science: In Syria Probe, OPCW Erased Experts’ Inconvenient Findings By Aaron Mate, November 25, 2021
Big Brother Israel a ‘Stalker State’ By Michael Jansen, November 25, 2021
UK About to Transfer Important Military Base from Canada to Oman By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, November 25, 2021
Video: Turkey’s Lira Plunge Leads to Rare Anti-Government Protests By South Front, November 25, 2021
Video: Saudi-led Coalition Intensifies Efforts to Counter Yemen’s Ansar Allah By South Front, November 24, 2021
Sudanese Continue to Demonstrate for Democracy Despite Reinstalment of Hamdok as Prime Minister By Abayomi Azikiwe, November 24, 2021
The Baghuz Massacre Underlines the Necessity for Freeing Julian Assange By Kim Petersen, November 24, 2021
Turkey Propagates “Greater Turan” Map Stretching from Balkans to China By Paul Antonopoulos, November 23, 2021
Israel’s November Joint Naval Drill with the UAE and Bahrain Is Clear Message to Iran By Uriel Araujo, November 22, 2021
String of Pearls: Yemen Could be the Arab Hub of the Maritime Silk Road By Pepe Escobar, November 22, 2021
Why Marib’s Liberation Will Break the Saudis and Shake West Asia By Karim Shami, November 22, 2021
Video: Saudi-backed Forces’ Surprise Withdrawal from Several Yemeni Positions By South Front, November 19, 2021
“The U.S. Empire is the Largest Empire The World has Ever Known”: The Russia-China-Iran Alliance By Eric Zuesse, November 19, 2021
Syria’s My Lai? US Massacred 70 Civilians and Covered It Up By Aaron Mate, November 18, 2021
Exposing Israel’s Use of Settler Aggression to Grab Palestinian Land By Michael Jansen, November 18, 2021
451 Israeli Settler Attacks Against Palestinians Since Early 2020, Says New B’Tselem Report By Peoples Dispatch, November 17, 2021
U.S. Terrorism 101: The Bert Sacks Story By Edward Curtin, November 17, 2021
Will Another Gaddafi Lead Libya? By Steven Sahiounie, November 16, 2021
Iraq’s Current Crisis: A Direct Result of US “Humanitarian Assistance” and Military Intervention By Robert Inlakesh, November 16, 2021
US Military Justifies 2019 Airstrike in Syria that Killed Over 60 Civilians By The Cradle, November 16, 2021
America’s Crisis of Democracy Has Emboldened Arab Dictators By Hamid Dabashi, November 16, 2021
Masar Badil and The Alternative Palestinian Path: This Movement Is for You if You Are Sick of the “Capitulation Process” By Rima Najjar, November 16, 2021
Sudanese Mass Organizations Reject Overtures by Military Junta By Abayomi Azikiwe, November 16, 2021
Whistleblowers Expose US-led Coalition Mass Murder of Women, Children in Syria By Alex Lantier, November 16, 2021
New Great Game in the Caucasus and Central Asia By Pepe Escobar, November 15, 2021
Erdoğan’s Quest for a New Sharia-Based Alliance By Burak Bekdil, November 12, 2021
With Tax Ruling, Israel’s Supreme Court Joins the Crackdown on Palestinian Civil Society By Sari Bashi, November 12, 2021
Who Tried to Kill Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Kadhimi? By Steven Sahiounie, November 11, 2021
Video: Northeastern Syria’s Incoming Chaos Spills into Iraqi Kurdistan By South Front, November 11, 2021