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.
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Statement from the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Promote Palestinian Human Rights By Inter-Parliamentary Task Force, May 19, 2022
Turkey Sponsored Terrorists in Northern Syria Attack Bus with 12 Dead and 14 Wounded By Steven Sahiounie, May 18, 2022
Journalists Accused Israel of Targeting Them 2 Weeks Before Killing of Abu Akleh By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, May 18, 2022
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Visual Investigation: Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Israel Claims She Was Killed by Palestinian Gunmen By Mohamed Hassan and Hossam Sarhan, May 12, 2022
Palestinian-American Journalist Shot by Israeli Defense Forces in Jenin By Steven Sahiounie, May 12, 2022
Israel’s Execution of Al Jazeera Journalist Requires International Investigation By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, May 12, 2022
Queen’s Speech: UK to Ban Boycott Campaigns Against Israeli Occupation and for the Rights of Palestinians By Areeb Ullah, May 11, 2022
Canada-Israel Relations: Prime Minister Trudeau Attacks Canadians Who Oppose Apartheid and War Crimes By Khaled Mouammar, May 11, 2022
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Decades of US Attempts to Topple the Syrian Government By Shane Quinn, May 05, 2022
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By Restricting Moscow’s Moves, Erdogan Is Playing Russian Roulette By Abdel Bari Atwan, May 02, 2022
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Why Israel Is Suddenly Granting Gaza Thousands of Work Permits By Maha Hussaini, April 27, 2022
US Diplomacy Continues to be Invisible By Philip Giraldi, April 26, 2022
US Recruits Israel Against Russia By M. K. Bhadrakumar, April 26, 2022
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‘Al Qaeda Is on Our Side’: How Obama/Biden Team Empowered Terrorist Networks in Syria By Aaron Mate, April 23, 2022
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The Iraq Report: 19 Years After Its Fall, Baghdad Struggles to Rise Again By The New Arab, April 19, 2022
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A Scarred Childhood: Israeli Attacks Against Palestinian Children in the Occupied West Bank in 2022 By Palestinian Negotiatons Affairs Department, April 17, 2022
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Israel Setting Gazans Adrift from National Identity, Nullifying Their Claim to Palestine By Michael Jansen, April 14, 2022
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