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.
Sky News Acts Largely as a Platform for the UK Defence and Foreign Ministries, Research Finds By Mark Curtis, February 03, 2021
Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy: Israel Cracks the Whip By Philip Giraldi, February 02, 2021
US ‘Stealing, Plundering’ Syrian Oil: Mark Taliano By Mark Taliano and Press TV, February 02, 2021
Video: Kurdish Card and Prospects of Resumption of Hostilities in Northern Syria By South Front, February 02, 2021
From “Blue Homeland” to Reuniting the Ottoman Empire? By Dimitris Eleas, February 01, 2021
Kurds, Stolen Oil, and an American Domestic Terrorist By Steven Sahiounie, February 01, 2021
Why the US Deep State Won’t Forgive Russia and Iran By Pepe Escobar, February 01, 2021
If US Foreign Policy Toward Palestine Is Any Indication, “Trump Is Here to Stay” By Rima Najjar, January 29, 2021
Video: Israeli Military Asks $1.2 Billion to Prepare for Strike on Iran By South Front, January 29, 2021
Blinken Says Iran Must Comply with Nuclear Deal before the US Does By Dave DeCamp, January 29, 2021
Thousands of Human Rights Activists, Scholars, and Cultural Figures Call on Facebook to Allow Users to Hold Israeli Government Accountable By Jewish Voice for Peace, January 29, 2021
The Angry Arab: Machinations in the Gulf By Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil, January 28, 2021
The Putin-Biden Strategic Telephone Call: How Long Before Washington’s Demonization of Russia, China, and Iran Leads to War? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 28, 2021
Will Biden End America’s Global War on Children? By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 28, 2021
Biden Admin’s Coercive Iran Policy Threatens Serious New Regional Crisis By Gareth Porter, January 28, 2021
The Dark Side of the Kurdish Militias Revealed in Qamisli Stand-off By Steven Sahiounie, January 28, 2021
Video: Missiles Explode in Skies over Riyadh. US Boasts to Deploy “Iron Dome” Missile Defense System in Gulf By South Front, January 28, 2021
Biden Administration to Restore Aid to Palestinians, Fix ‘Atrophied’ Relations By Middle East Eye, January 27, 2021
Over 300 Human Rights Groups Call for End to Disastrous Saudi War on Yemen By Press TV, January 27, 2021
As a Democracy, Israel Shows No Moral Tenet: El-Halabi’s Outcry for Justice By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, January 27, 2021
Israel to Decide Fate of the JCPOA Nuclear Deal? By Stephen Lendman, January 26, 2021
Rob Malley for Iran Envoy: A Test Case for Biden’s Commitment to Diplomacy By Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold, January 26, 2021
US Oil Firm Operating in ‘Murky’ Syria Oil Business By Middle East Monitor, January 26, 2021
The ‘Humanitarian’ Left Still Ignores the Lessons of Iraq, Libya and Syria to Cheer on More War By Jonathan Cook, January 25, 2021
Joe Biden’s Policy on Israel Isn’t “Transformative” or “Decent” By Rima Najjar, January 25, 2021
Biden Administration Vows to Consult with Israel on ‘All’ Regional Issues By Middle East Eye, January 25, 2021
The Illusion of Democracy: Power and Secrecy By Rod Driver, January 24, 2021
Double Suicide Bombing: Baghdad Blast Responsibility in Question By Steven Sahiounie, January 24, 2021
Iraq: Biggest Corruption Scandal in History By Dirk Adriaensens, January 24, 2021
So President Biden – I Call on You to End this Murderous Madness in Syria By Janice Kortkamp, January 23, 2021
Video: Sen. Rand Paul Challenges New Sec. of State over Regime Change in Syria By Al-Masdar News, January 23, 2021
US Backs Al-Qaeda in Yemen while Dubbing Its Houthi Enemies ‘Terrorists’ By Ben Norton, January 22, 2021
Trump’s Parting Gift to Israel. The Integration of Israeli and Arab Forces By Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh, January 21, 2021
Video: The Middle East on the Eve of Joe Biden’s Inauguration By South Front, January 21, 2021
As Trump Departs, America Is “Anti-Supremacist” at Home but “Pro-Supremacist” for Israel By Rima Najjar, January 21, 2021
About Suffering: A Massacre of the Innocent in Yemen By Kathy Kelly, January 21, 2021
‘Stripped to the Bone’: Israel Advances Plan to Cut Off Palestinian Suburb from Jerusalem By Qassam Muaddi, January 21, 2021
Video: Iran Expands Its Presence in Syria, Deploys Intel Signals System Near Border with Jordan and Israel By South Front, January 20, 2021
A Belligerent Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East: The Legacy of US President Donald J. Trump By Timothy Alexander Guzman, January 20, 2021
Nine Hurdles to Reviving the Iran Nuclear Deal By Seyed Hossein Mousavian, January 20, 2021
Biden’s Key Role in the Crime of the Century: The 2003 U.S. Invasion of Iraq By Jeremy Kuzmarov, January 20, 2021
False Accusations Used Once More Against President Assad of Syria By Steven Sahiounie, January 19, 2021
How CENTCOM Chief McKenzie Manufactured an Iran Crisis to Increase His Power By Gareth Porter, January 18, 2021
Aleppo: Industrial Capital of Syria Rises from the Ashes By Steven Sahiounie, January 17, 2021
Preview of Biden’s Foreign Policy Shifts By M. K. Bhadrakumar, January 17, 2021
Video: Israel and US Efforts in Large-scale Strikes on Iranian Infrastructure in Syria By South Front, January 15, 2021
Video: Eye of the Storm: United States and Iran Flex Muscles Expecting New Confrontation By South Front, January 14, 2021
Video: Mysterious Aircraft Pound Turkish Oil Smugglers in Syria. US Supply Convoys Are Blown Up in Iraq By South Front, January 13, 2021
Saudi-led Embargoes Against Qatar Failed By Paul Antonopoulos, January 13, 2021
End of the Saudi Blockade of Qatar: Will Syria Benefit from the “Renewed Gulf Unity”? By Steven Sahiounie, January 11, 2021
More War by Other Means: Sanctioning the Wife of Syria’s President Makes No Sense to Anyone By Philip Giraldi, January 08, 2021
The Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) Intrusion in Albania, Threatens Regional Stability in Middle East and Balkans By Robert Fantina, January 08, 2021
“Forbidden Weapons” Used Against Gaza Strip Palestinians. Israel Deliberately Targets Palestinian Civilians By Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh, January 08, 2021
Qatar and GCC Detente? In the Wake of a Three Year Blockade Imposed by Saudi Arabia By Andrew Korybko, January 07, 2021
“The Syrian File” and The “Biased” Policies of the Organization for the Chemical Prohibition Organization By Khaled Iskef, January 07, 2021
Video: Tense Situation in Northern Syria. Actions of Turkish Military By South Front, January 07, 2021
Middle East: Again on the Brink. Israel and “Intra-imperialist” Games By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, January 07, 2021
Joe Biden Should End the US Pretence over Israel’s ‘Secret’ Nuclear Weapons By Desmond Tutu, January 07, 2021
Iran Uses Its Grip on Strait of Hormuz to Fight Back US-Imposed Sanctions By South Front, January 06, 2021
Yemen, a Quagmire for Saudi Coalition and Imperialists By Azza Rojbi, January 06, 2021
A New Year’s Wish: Let’s Remove Israel from American politics By Philip Giraldi, January 05, 2021
The Raging 2020s. Soleimani Geopolitics, One Year On  By Pepe Escobar, January 04, 2021
A New War in the New Year? Trump Again Takes Aim at Iran By Philip Giraldi, December 31, 2020
Video: Russia Suffers Casualties in Greater Idlib. Israeli Air Force Strikes Damascus Countryside By South Front, December 30, 2020
Syrian Refugees Flee as Their Tents Are Torched in Lebanon By Steven Sahiounie, December 30, 2020
Turkey Pivots to the Center of the New Great Game By Pepe Escobar, December 29, 2020
Colonialist Injustice: The Pardoning of the Blackwater Killers By Richard Becker, December 29, 2020
United States and Morocco Redraw Map of North African Territory By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 28, 2020
Health Imperialism and Discriminatory International Laws By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, December 28, 2020
Blood Gold. Dubai’s “Gold Hub” and the Swiss Connection By Peter Koenig and Press TV, December 28, 2020
Is Iran Contemplating Vengeance in Regards to the Murder of Its Two Prominent Leaders? By Askiah Adam, December 27, 2020
How Will Joe Biden “Resolve” the Syrian Crisis? The Viewpoint of a French Diplomat By Steven Sahiounie, December 27, 2020
Ethiopia
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project (GERD) and the Quest for African Unity By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 23, 2020
The Gaza Strip is “Uninhabitable”: Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Goes Uninterrupted, but Is Europe Finally Taking Notice? By Miko Peled, December 23, 2020
US Sanctions London-based Family of Assad’s Wife Under Caesar Act By Middle East Eye, December 23, 2020
Video: US Navy Deploys Nuclear Submarine to Persian Gulf Amid Heightened Tensions with Iran By South Front, December 23, 2020
Video: Turkish Attack on Ain Issa Turns into Failure By South Front, December 22, 2020
U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act: US Congress Votes $4 Billion to Israel for 2021 By Alison Weir, December 22, 2020
“Walk the Streets of Damascus, and Listen to the People Concerning US Sanctions and Aggression Against Syria” By Janice Kortkamp and Steven Sahiounie, December 22, 2020
Remaining Silent About Suffering Bethlehem… By James J. Zogby, December 22, 2020