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.
Engineered Fears: The Fake “Russian Threat”, The Fake “Terrorist Threat” By Mark Taliano, September 09, 2022
U.S. Flies B-52 Bombers Over Middle East in Show of Force By Ivana Saric, September 09, 2022
Syria Is Key to Turkey’s Future, Economically and Politically By Steven Sahiounie, September 08, 2022
Israel Should be Demoted From Full UN Membership By Michael Jansen, September 08, 2022
“Fake Counter-terrorism”: As ISIS Advanced in Syria and Iraq, the US Did Nothing to Stop Them By William Van Wagenen, September 08, 2022
Canada’s Pro-Israel Voting Record at the UN Contradicts Its Own Values and Interests, According to GAC Officials By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, September 08, 2022
Massive Protests in the Streets of Iraq against Endemic Corruption: Interview with Rafid Sadeq By Rafid Sadeq and Steven Sahiounie, September 06, 2022
Liz Truss Premiership and the Middle East: Set to Put Money Over Human Rights and Democracy By Elis Gjevori, September 06, 2022
The Biggest Prison on Earth. The Land of Historic Palestine By Ilan Pappe, September 05, 2022
US Signs Deal to Give Israel Four Refueling Planes Needed to Bomb Iran By Dave DeCamp, September 05, 2022
Washington Says Iranian Response to JCPOA Revival ‘Not Constructive’ By The Cradle, September 02, 2022
When Starvation Is the Only Means Palestinian Prisoners Can Adopt to Challenge Israel By Michael Jansen, September 01, 2022
UK Doubles Money Handed to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain via Secretive ‘Gulf Strategy Fund’ By The New Arab, September 01, 2022
Israel Bombed Aleppo and Damascus Airports in Pursuit of Iranian Plane: Report By The Cradle, September 01, 2022
Baghdad Is in Chaos After Almost 20 Years Since the US Invasion By Steven Sahiounie, August 31, 2022
Macron’s Attempt to Exploit Algerian Gas Unlikely to Succeed By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, August 31, 2022
Video: Israel’s Ministry of Health’s Cover-up of COVID Measures. Corona Investigative Committee By Corona Investigative Committee, August 31, 2022
Abbas and Israel’s ‘Holocausts’. It’s Germany that Owes the Palestinians an Apology, The 1974 Munich Olympics By Abdel Bari Atwan, August 31, 2022
US Calls for Dialogue in Iraq, Denies Reports It Evacuated Baghdad Embassy By Joseph Haboush, August 30, 2022
President Emmanuel Macron Warns of Cold Winter in Europe. Natural Gas Supplies and France’s Relationship with Algeria By Abayomi Azikiwe, August 30, 2022
Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan Deepen Cooperation to Bypass Western Sanctions By Ahmed Adel, August 30, 2022
Palestine: The Shocking Myth of a ‘Land with No People for a People with No Land!’ By Hans Stehling, August 29, 2022
Weaponization of Water: Turkey Flexes Its Muscles Over Syria and Iraq By Erman Çete, August 29, 2022
Hidden Charms of Oil Swap, The Butterfly Effect : Where JCPOA, Oil Conjoin Stands OPEC+, “Oil Alliance between Saudi Arabia and Russia” By M. K. Bhadrakumar, August 29, 2022
US Hints to Israel’s Gantz It’s Preparing Military Option Against Iran By Dave DeCamp, August 29, 2022
Three Major Attacks in Syria in 24 Hours By Steven Sahiounie, August 29, 2022
“Back Door Oil Sales”, Washington is Furious. It Can’t Stop a Prospective Russian-Iranian Oil Swap Deal By Andrew Korybko, August 27, 2022
Every Single Member of Congress Is Willing to Let Yemeni Children Die By David Swanson, August 26, 2022
Islamic Emirate Says the Reported Killing of Zawahiri Is ‘Allegation’ By Imran Danish, August 26, 2022
Erdogan Repairs Syria Ties with Eye on Eurasianism By M. K. Bhadrakumar, August 26, 2022
A Decades Old Israeli Campaign to Disrupt Palestinian Unity By Michael Jansen, August 26, 2022
U.S. Warns Palestinians Against Bid for Full UN Membership By Barak Ravid, August 26, 2022
The Energy Crisis: A Cold Winter Ahead for Europe and Syria By Steven Sahiounie, August 25, 2022
US Ramping Up Drone Strikes in the Middle East and Africa By Drago Bosnic, August 23, 2022
Israel Conquers the World By Philip Giraldi, August 23, 2022
The US Must Compensate Burn Pit Victims in Iraq Too By Carly A. Krakow, August 23, 2022
CIA Admits Role in 1953 Iran Coup By Al Jazeera America, August 23, 2022
Israel Blames Its Victims for the Violence It Causes By Miko Peled, August 23, 2022
“Tell Me, Mother, What does Peace Look Like?” By Dr. Rudolf Hänsel and Ellen Rohlfs, August 22, 2022
Countdown to the New Iranian Nuclear Deal By Steven Sahiounie, August 22, 2022
With Iran Deal Closer Than Ever Israel Presses for War By Mitchell Plitnick, August 22, 2022
US Military Still Stealing Oil in Syria By Steven Sahiounie, August 22, 2022
Israeli Troops Forcibly Shut Down Six Palestinian NGOs, Designated as “Terrorist Organizations” By The Cradle, August 19, 2022
US-Iran Deal Dangling in the Air By M. K. Bhadrakumar, August 18, 2022
Syria Suffers Under US Military Occupation By Steven Sahiounie, August 18, 2022
Video: A Review of What Occurred in Israel Since the Onset of the Corona Crisis By Corona Investigative Committee, August 18, 2022
When Roger Waters Cried. “Has any Israeli Shed Tears for a Boy from Gaza?” By Gideon Levy, August 17, 2022
Washington’s Assassination Bureau. What Exactly Did Ayman al-Zawahiri Do? By Philip Giraldi, August 16, 2022
Did the Syrian Revolution Have Popular Support? By William Van Wagenen, August 16, 2022
Russia in Africa: Connecting Continents with Soft Power By Matthew Ehret-Kump, August 16, 2022
Losing Battle with IDF, Palestinians in Firing Zone Face Largest Expulsion Since ’67 By Aaron Boxerman, August 16, 2022
‘A Dangerous Message’: How the West Is Enabling Israel’s Orgy of Violence Against Palestinians By David Hearst, August 15, 2022
Social Media Giant Meta Carries Out ‘Digital Massacre’ of Palestinian Posts By Hind Khoudary, August 15, 2022
The Russia-Israel Alliance Is Cracking Amidst the Ever-Shifting Geopolitics Chessboard By Joachim Hagopian, August 14, 2022
Putin’s Syrian Peace Plan with Erdogan By Steven Sahiounie, August 14, 2022
Iraq
Origins of the Islamic State (ISIS): Who Is Behind “Al Qaeda in Iraq”? Pentagon Acknowledges Fabricating a “Zarqawi Legend” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 14, 2022
U.S. Abusing Thousands of Refugees in Rukban Concentration Camp, to Blackmail Syria By Arabi Souri, August 12, 2022
Washington Steals Over 80 Percent of Syria’s Oil Output Per Day By The Cradle, August 11, 2022
Israel’s Blitz on Gaza a Carefully Choreographed Scenario to Boost Lapid-Gantz Management By Michael Jansen, August 11, 2022
Mass Demonstrations for Democracy: Sudan’s Coalition to End Military Rule, Demanding the Immediate Establishment of a Civilian Government By Abayomi Azikiwe, August 10, 2022
Pre-Emptive Murder By Craig Murray, August 10, 2022
The Names and Faces of the 16 Children Killed in Gaza By Al-Jazeera, August 10, 2022
There Must be Consequences for Israel’s War of Aggression in Gaza: Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) By Ed Rampell, August 10, 2022
Crisis of the Wheat Export Supply Chain: EU Sanctions against Russia Could Trigger an African-Middle Eastern Migrant Crisis By Ahmed Adel, August 09, 2022
“Flirting with War”. Biden and Allies Continue to Put Iran in the Crosshairs By Connor Freeman, August 09, 2022
All Roads in Gaza Led to Jenin, The Center of Palestinian Resistance By Steven Sahiounie, August 08, 2022
Why the Gulf States’ SCO Membership Is a Big Deal By M. K. Bhadrakumar, August 08, 2022
Iraqis Occupy Parliament to Demand an End to Corruption By Steven Sahiounie, August 05, 2022
Lebanese Government Remains Paralysed by Political Deadlock By Michael Jansen, August 04, 2022
Israel Fears a Nightmare Scenario as the Crisis with Russia Escalates By Adnan Abu Amer, August 04, 2022
Saudi Arabia Unveils Plans for Dystopian “Linear” City that Will Cram 9 Million People Into a Giant 109-Mile-Long Mirrored Wall By Julian Conradson, August 02, 2022
Tunisia’s New Constitution Angers the US. Remember “The Arab Spring” By Steven Sahiounie, August 01, 2022
Breaking: The Israeli MOH Is Hiding a Study It Conducted, Showing a 2-4 Times Higher Rate of Adverse Events Reports Following Pfizer COVID Vaccine in Kids Aged 5-11 vs Ages 12-17 By Yaffa Shir-Raz, August 01, 2022
The War on Syria, The Bab al Hawa Deception. “Humanitarian Aid” in Support of Al Qaeda Terrorists By Syria Support Movement, July 28, 2022
Iran’s Oil Revenues Soar by 580% as Crude Prices Rally By Tsvetana Paraskova, July 28, 2022
Russia Scores Dismally in Oil and Gas Sector in Africa By Kester Kenn Klomegah, July 28, 2022
NATO Drones Murder Syrians at Church Inauguration in Hama By Miri Wood, July 27, 2022
Following Joe Biden’s Failed Middle East Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia is Now Importing and Re-Exporting Russian Oil to the EU By Drago Bosnic, July 26, 2022
Turkey-Supported Terrorists in North-West Syria Attack Church with Deaths and Injuries By Steven Sahiounie, July 26, 2022
The Hundred Year War on Palestine – A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017. By Jim Miles, July 26, 2022