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.
Israel Stops Hundreds of Jews from Moving to Iran as Asylum Seekers By Middle East Monitor, October 18, 2021
Ankara’s Penetration into Central Asia Threatens to Bring Pan-Turkic Extremism to Russia’s Border By Paul Antonopoulos, October 14, 2021
Blinken: US Policy Is to ‘Oppose the Reconstruction of Syria’ By Dave DeCamp, October 14, 2021
Video: The War on Yemen. Houthis Military Operation against Saudi Coalition Forces. Edge Close to Marib City By South Front, October 14, 2021
Video: Turkey Attempts to Impede Syrian Military Operation to Regain Greater Idlib By South Front, October 13, 2021
US, Iran Exchanging Glances By M. K. Bhadrakumar, October 13, 2021
Iraq Elections: Muqtada the Conqueror Gains Ground in Iraqi Poll By Pepe Escobar, October 13, 2021
UK Funding for Land Mine Clearance Scrapped in Lebanon, Iraq and S. Sudan By The New Arab, October 11, 2021
Billions in Offshore Bank Accounts. Saving for a Very Rainy Day. By Eric Margolis, October 10, 2021
Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory By IMEMC, October 09, 2021
Iran Closes Its Airspace to Azerbaijani Military, Warns Russia to be Wary of Geopolitical Changes in Caucasus By Rick Rozoff, October 07, 2021
Video: The War on Syria. Fortifications Growing Around the Idlib Castle By South Front, October 07, 2021
Video: Turkey- Azerbaijan United Front against Iran By South Front, October 06, 2021
The Iran-Azerbaijan Standoff Is a Contest for the Region’s Transportation Corridors By Pepe Escobar, October 06, 2021
Iran and Azerbaijan on the Brink of War but It Is Unlikely to Boil Over By Paul Antonopoulos, October 06, 2021
Video: Russian Warplanes Back in Idlib Signaling No Progress in Putin-Erdogan Negotiation By South Front, October 05, 2021
The Brutality of Denying Water to Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills By Daphne Banai, October 05, 2021
Forever Wars, Recaptured in Real Time By Pepe Escobar, October 05, 2021
Academic Freedom, Palestinian Rights and the “Zoomification” of University Education By Rima Najjar, October 05, 2021
Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan Create Tensions for Iran By Steven Sahiounie, October 05, 2021
Renewable Energy and Bottom-up Decentralization in Morocco By Jez, October 04, 2021
Booster Jab Every 6 Months? 1.5m Double-dosed & Recovered Israelis Lose Green Pass Privileges as Stricter COVID-19 Rules Kick In By RT News, October 04, 2021
Azerbaijani-Iranian Tensions Will Have Far-Reaching Consequences for Eurasia By Andrew Korybko, October 04, 2021
“Don’t Buy Into Occupation” Coaltion: Billions in European Financial Support to Companies in Illegal Israeli Settlements. Report By Europal Forum, October 02, 2021
There Are Positive Developments on the Ground in Syria, but for America It’s Sanctions and Suffering as Usual By Eva Bartlett, October 01, 2021
Video: War on Syria: Greater Idlib Moving Towards a Cliff after Failed Putin Erdogan Meeting By South Front, October 01, 2021
Videos: Israelis Rise Up Against Vaccine Passports After Being Told More Shots Needed to be Considered ‘Fully Vaccinated’ By Steve Watson, September 29, 2021
Scandinavian Governments Announce “COVID Is Over,” Israel Announces the Vaccine Doesn’t Protect By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 28, 2021
Palestinian Parties, Organizations Greet Abbas’s Pledge to Take Israel to Int’l Criminal Court as “Historic” and Roadmap By Prof. Juan Cole, September 28, 2021
Wanted: A Palestinian Front for All Seasons By Rima Najjar, September 25, 2021
Video: US-led Coalition Denies Responsibility for Drone Strikes against Syria By South Front, September 25, 2021
Five Crucial Reasons the US Began Its Decades-long Involvement in Afghanistan By Shane Quinn, September 24, 2021
Video: ‘Liberal Media Darling’ George W. Bush Confronted by Iraq Veteran By Steve Watson, September 23, 2021
Eurasia Takes Shape: How the SCO Just Flipped the World Order By Pepe Escobar, September 23, 2021
Video: Israel’s Testimonies Project: Platform for Those Affected by the Covid-19 “Vaccine” By The Testimonies Project, September 23, 2021
The U.S. May Have Lost the Military War in Syria, But Has Won the Propaganda War at Home by Portraying Its Murderous Invasion as a Moral Crusade By Jeremy Kuzmarov, September 23, 2021
Sudan Interim Regime Says It Has Thwarted a Military Coup By Abayomi Azikiwe, September 22, 2021
Pfizer Admits Israel Is the Great COVID-19 Vaccine Experiment By Dr. Joseph Mercola, September 21, 2021
How Did the Perpetrators Do 9/11? By Philip Giraldi, September 21, 2021
Dutch Socialist Condemns Her Party’s Shameful “Dumb Monkey” Response to the Syrian War—Sadly Echoed Not Only by Corporate Media but Also Left-Wing Media By Sonja van den Ende, September 21, 2021
Peaceful Settlement in Syria: Former Fighters in Daraa Lay Down Arms By Steven Sahiounie, September 21, 2021
Political Commentator Kim Iversen Unpacks ‘Alarming and Shocking’ COVID Data from Israel By Children’s Health Defense, September 20, 2021
Iran Becomes Full Member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Geopolitical and Economic Implications By Peter Koenig and Press TV, September 19, 2021
Video: Riyadh Left Out in the Wind as Houthi Drones and Missiles Rain By South Front, September 16, 2021
Door Is Closing on an Iran Nuclear Deal By Philip Giraldi, September 14, 2021
Hot Mic Catches Israeli Health Minister Admitting “No Medical Justification”, Vaccine Passports Are About Coercion By Paul Joseph Watson, September 14, 2021
Top US Generals Blatantly Lied About Afghanistan and Iraq Wars to Advance Their Careers By Paul Antonopoulos, September 14, 2021
Israel’s ‘Fourth Wave’ Data: Vaccination Does Not Appear to Prevent Infection By David Heller, September 13, 2021
Biden Doctrine Appears in Persian Gulf By M. K. Bhadrakumar, September 13, 2021
Video: The War in Syria: Daraa’s Volatility Nearing Its End By South Front, September 11, 2021
How the US Trained the Afghan Mujahideen to Produce War Propaganda By Dan Cohen, September 11, 2021
Calls for ‘Friday of Rage’ as Israel Bans Family Visits to Palestinian Prisoners By Middle East Eye, September 10, 2021
Energy Geopolitics: Electricity for Syria and Lebanon Depends on the US By Steven Sahiounie, September 10, 2021
US Military Aid Will Not Break the Bond Between Lebanese Army and Hezbollah By Paul Antonopoulos, September 10, 2021
Video: Russia’s Aerospace Forces in Northern Syria By South Front, September 08, 2021
Has Biden Now Lost Saudi Arabia? By F. William Engdahl, September 07, 2021
Video: The Houthis Are Pounding Riyadh’s Positions as Fighting for Marib Continues By South Front, September 07, 2021
Did the US Support the Growth of ISIS-K? By Alexander Rubinstein, September 07, 2021
Israel Razes Palestinian Bedouin Village for ‘192nd’ Time, Activist Says By The New Arab, September 06, 2021
British Army Permitted Shooting of Civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan By Ian Cobain, September 06, 2021
Recognizing the Obvious: Hard Data from Israel Reveals Vaccine Failure By Vasko Kohlmayer, September 06, 2021
Packing Up: US to Leave Iraq and Syria? By Steven Sahiounie, September 05, 2021
Israel Now Has More COVID Infections Per Capita Than Any Country in the World, Even as “Booster Shots” Are Being Widely Administered There By Lance Johnson, September 03, 2021
New Tunisian Films: “A Son” and “She Had a Dream” By Barbara Nimri Aziz, September 03, 2021
Afghanistan Recessional: Will It Lead to a War with Iran? By Philip Giraldi, September 03, 2021
Video: Flood Season Ends in Yemen as Fight Season Comes By South Front, September 02, 2021
Never Has a Vaccine Harmed So Many By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 01, 2021
Russia-Egypt Relations: Nuclear Energy Plant Construction By Kester Kenn Klomegah, September 01, 2021
Always Another War: America and Israel Together Against Iran By Philip Giraldi, August 31, 2021
Natural Immunity from COVID Infection Could be Stronger than Vaccination in Protecting Against Delta Variant By Mary Kekatos, August 30, 2021
‘Bombshell’ Study Finds Natural Immunity Superior to Vaccination By UnHerd, August 30, 2021
Macron Orchestrates Baghdad Summit Excluding Syria By Steven Sahiounie, August 30, 2021
“Who Is Our Friend, Syria . . . or al-Qaeda?”, Retired Virginia State Senator Richard Black Asks By Richard H. Black and Basma Qaddour, August 30, 2021
Daraa Peace Plan Moves Terrorists to Turkish Occupied Syria By Steven Sahiounie, August 28, 2021
‘Ultra-Vaxxed’ Israel Sees Huge Surge in COVID as ‘Experts’ Avoid the Only Logical Conclusion By J.D. Rucker, August 26, 2021
Afghanistan: How Iran and Its Allies Are Relying on Soleimani’s Deals with the Taliban By Suadad al-Salhy, August 26, 2021
Algeria and Morocco Cut Diplomatic Ties and Heighten Tensions in North Africa By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, August 25, 2021
Israel’s Air Strikes on Gaza Could Amount to War Crimes, Report Finds By Ceren Sagir, August 24, 2021
Except for Palestine – The Limits of Progressive Politics By Jim Miles, August 24, 2021
Video: Syria’s Daraa Crisis Deepens While Northern Syria Moves Closer to Chaos By South Front, August 24, 2021