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.
Iraqi PM Expresses Anger Over Biden’s Airstrikes By Dave DeCamp, July 01, 2021
Biden’s Lawless Bombing of Iraq and Syria Only Serves the Weapons Industry Funding Both Parties By Glenn Greenwald, June 30, 2021
Netanyahu Is Out but Nothing Has Changed By James J. Zogby, June 30, 2021
Iraq Says Bombings Ordered by Biden a ‘Blatant and Unacceptable Violation’ of Sovereignty By Jessica Corbett, June 29, 2021
Video: Syria’s Greater Idlib and Al Qaeda Affiliates By South Front, June 29, 2021
Ending the War in Yemen Means Overcoming Political Cowardice By Brian Garvey, June 29, 2021
Israeli Researchers: ‘Rare Autoimmune Disease’ Linked to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine By Israel National News, June 28, 2021
Israel’s “Killer Vaccine”: 50% of Those Infected Were Fully Vaccinated (2 Jabs) By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, June 25, 2021
US Government Seizes the Websites of PressTV, Pro-Palestinian Media Outlets and More By Robert Inlakesh, June 25, 2021
US’ Pathway to Iran Has Thorny Shrubs By M. K. Bhadrakumar, June 24, 2021
Raisi’s Landslide Victory Could be Turning Point for Islamic Republic By Michael Jansen, June 24, 2021
How Biden Helped Hardliner Raisi Win Iran Election By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, June 24, 2021
US and Israel Vote ‘No’ as 184 Nations Condemn American Blockade of Cuba By Brett Wilkins, June 24, 2021
The Palestinians’ Inalienable Right to Resist By Louis Allday, June 24, 2021
A Massacre and a Cover-up: How Baghdad Protesters Gunned Down by Iraqi Forces Faced ‘Inevitable Death’ By Suadad al-Salhy, June 23, 2021
What Is Netanyahu’s “Legacy”? By James J. Zogby, June 23, 2021
MPs Message to PM Boris Johnson on Balfour Project Call for the Strict Application of International Law, Including via the ICC, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory By Crispin Blunt MP, June 22, 2021
Armenia’s Next Government By Andrew Korybko, June 22, 2021
Change in the Middle East? By Philip Giraldi, June 22, 2021
Uncensored History: Who Were the Khazars? By Timothy Alexander Guzman, June 22, 2021
Have We Learned Nothing? Biden Backs Mass Murder in the Middle East By Connor Freeman, June 21, 2021
G7 Steps Up Cold War Propaganda Against China, Ignores War Crimes Against People of Tigray By Dr. Leon Tressell, June 21, 2021
US Hawks Push Hardline Presidential Candidate in Iran By Ryan Costello, June 21, 2021
20 Factories Destroyed, 5,000 Jobs Lost Due to Israel’s Offensive on Gaza By Middle East Monitor, June 21, 2021
Raeisi Elected Iranian President By Stephen Lendman, June 20, 2021
U.S. Criminality in Occupied Palestine By Donald Monaco, June 20, 2021
Washington and Paris Attempt to Weaken Hezbollah by Bolstering Lebanese Military By Paul Antonopoulos, June 20, 2021
Nuclear Agreement Between Iran and the West: “Will It Help to Make the Region Safer”? By Seyad Hamed Nematollahi and Steven Sahiounie, June 20, 2021
Western Powers Are Using Aid as a Cover to Keep a Terrorist-ruled Syrian Region Afloat…Just Because It’s Anti-Assad By Kevin Karp, June 19, 2021
Palestine: Smashed Houses, Crushed Orchards, A Trail of Unrestrained Malice By Barbara Nimri Aziz, June 18, 2021
Justin Trudeau Posturing for Israel By Jim Miles, June 18, 2021
An Instrument of Change? Israel’s New Hardliner Government By Michael Jansen, June 18, 2021
World’s Nuclear Arms on High Operational Alert — & Ready to Strike By Thalif Deen, June 18, 2021
Video: New Israeli Strikes on Gaza — New Hope for Netanyahu By South Front, June 17, 2021
Dancing with the Israeli Flag in Jerusalem: What It Means and Why Palestinians Rage By Rima Najjar, June 16, 2021
Video: Ankara Prepares to Plunge Syria’s North into Pandemonium By South Front, June 15, 2021
No, European Intel Has Not Concluded Iran Is Seeking to Build Nukes By Ben Armbruster, June 14, 2021
Video: Elections Celebrations and Cruelty of Western Sanctions Against Syrian People By Eva Bartlett and Syria Insider, June 14, 2021
Embassy Reopenings in Damascus as Syria Returns to Normalcy By Steven Sahiounie, June 14, 2021
Amnesty Raises Alarm as Israel Shuts Palestinian Health Provider By Al-Jazeera, June 14, 2021
The Media Is an Accomplice in Erasing Palestinian Life By Mary Turfah, June 14, 2021
Netanyahu’s Last Hurrah? By Stephen Lendman, June 13, 2021
How Washington is Positioning Syrian Al-Qaeda’s Founder as Its ‘Asset’ By Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal, June 13, 2021
The Israeli Government Is Changing, but Some Things Remain the Same By Philip Giraldi, June 10, 2021
New Israeli Attacks on Sites in Central and Southern Syria By Khaled Iskef, June 10, 2021
The Syrian War Is on the Agenda of the “Putin-Biden” Summit By Khaled Iskef, June 10, 2021
Video: Israel Defense Forces Strike Syria as Netanyahu Struggles to Remain By South Front, June 10, 2021
Israel’s New Coalition Government Will be More Dysfunctional and Right-wing By Jalal Abukhater, June 10, 2021
There Is Still Time to Stop the $735 Million Arms Sale to Israel By William D. Hartung, June 10, 2021
An Open Letter on U.S. Media Coverage of Palestine By Hassan Abbas, Nesima Aberra, and et al., June 10, 2021
US Revives Terrorism in Syria after Presidential Elections By Ahmad Al Khaled, June 09, 2021
Syria and COVID: Refuting the Lies with Mark Taliano By Mark Taliano and John Shuck, June 09, 2021
Quick Facts on Israel’s New Prime Minister Naftali Bennett By Institute for Middle East Understanding, June 09, 2021
Video: Fires and Explosions in Iran. Hopes for Nuclear Deal Rescue Flicker By South Front, June 09, 2021
Israel Wins Big in Washington By Philip Giraldi, June 08, 2021
Poll: Voters Care More About Ending Endless Wars Than Confronting Enemies By Matthew Petti, June 08, 2021
Targeting Iran, Strengthening NATO: U.S., British, Israeli, Italian F-35s in Unprecedented Air Combat Exercise By Rick Rozoff, June 08, 2021
Video: Northern Syria’s Tug of War, Renewed Chaos By South Front, June 08, 2021
US Sanctions Cost Iran Its Vote in UN Assembly By James Reinl, June 08, 2021
Stability: Media Codeword for ‘Under US Control’ By Alan MacLeod, June 07, 2021
Western Sahara Casts a Shadow over AFRICOM’s African Lion Exercises By Andrew Korybko, June 07, 2021
Video: Syrian Presidential Elections, 2021 By Mark Taliano, June 07, 2021
Video: Syrian and Russian Forces Contain ISIS Terrorists Amid Fears of a Future Resurgence By South Front, June 07, 2021
Netanyahu’s Legacy of Hate Defines His Long Goodbye By Richard Silverstein, June 07, 2021
AFRICOM Military’s Exercise: The Art of Creating New Pretexts for Propagating US Interests By Pavan Kulkarni, June 07, 2021
Video: Palestinian Teen Searches for His Memories from Under Gaza Rubble By ummid.com, June 07, 2021
Israel Reports Link Between Rare Cases of Heart Inflammation and COVID-19 Vaccination in Young Men By Gretchen Vogel and Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, June 06, 2021
Birds of a Fascist Feather: Why Israel Is Aiding Colombia’s Crackdown on Protesters By Alan MacLeod, June 04, 2021
This Time May be Different: On the UN Commission of Inquiry Investigating Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory By Lori Allen, June 03, 2021
Israel’s New Mossad Chief Threatens More Assassinations and Attacks Inside Iran By Dave DeCamp, June 03, 2021
Video: Nasrallah Pronounced Dead by MSM Amid Deepest Crisis in Lebanese History By South Front, June 03, 2021
Autonomous Drone Attacked Soldiers in Libya All on Its Own By Daniel Van Boom, June 02, 2021
Let Iran Choose Its Next President By M. K. Bhadrakumar, June 01, 2021
Israel, Don’t Raise the Roof Beams High As You “Resettle” Lifta; Its Owners Will Return By Rima Najjar, June 01, 2021
Video: Turkey Prepares a Syrian Diversion for Its Internal Strife By South Front, June 01, 2021
“Clarify the Confusion” regarding the Covid Vaccine and the “Green Passport”: Open Letter to Israel’s Prime Minister By Sarah Feld, May 31, 2021
U.S. Unions Are Voicing Unprecedented Support for Palestine By Jeff Schuhrke, May 31, 2021
If Formed, This Is How Bennett-Lapid Government in Israel Will Look Like By ummid.com, May 31, 2021
Egyptian Artists Come Together for Charity Art Exhibition for Palestinian Children By Moumita Chakraborty, May 31, 2021
South Africa: The Fall and Rise (and Fall?) of Apartheid By Jinan Bastaki, May 30, 2021