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.
Macron Meets Hezbollah: Dr. Marwa Osman Explains By Marwa Osman and Steven Sahiounie, September 10, 2020
France Asserts Itself in Iraq as US Withdraws. Macron’s Trip to Baghdad By The New Arab, September 10, 2020
Israel-UAE Deal: The Emiratis Are Now Under Israel’s Thumb By Prof. Khalil al-Anani, September 10, 2020
Power Balance in the East Mediterranean Is Changing as France Sends Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier By Paul Antonopoulos, September 10, 2020
Sanctions in the Middle East: Against Iran, Iraq, Syria By Michael Jansen, September 10, 2020
Canadian Troops in Saudi Arabia a Legacy of Support for Iraq War By Yves Engler, September 09, 2020
Serbia Normalizes Relations with Kosovo, Serbia’s Embassy Moves to Jerusalem… By Paul Antonopoulos, September 08, 2020
Turkish Military Strikes Syrian Army, Suffers First Casualties Since March By South Front, September 08, 2020
The Palestinian National Project: No Rallying Plan In Sight…Yet By Rima Najjar, September 08, 2020
The US Must Grow Up and Respect Iranian Independence By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, September 08, 2020
The Israel-Palestine Conflict, Annexation and “Normalization”. Towards “Greater Israel” By South Front, September 07, 2020
Owners of Oil Tankers Seized by the US File Lawsuits By Ken Hanly, September 07, 2020
Beirut Explosion: The Missing Lebanese Link By Mayssoun Sukarieh, September 07, 2020
Israel Could Build Military Base in UAE, Iranian Report Claims By The New Arab, September 07, 2020
Video: Idlib Question and Prospects of New Syrian-Turkish Confrontation By South Front, September 06, 2020
20 Years: A Generation and a Day in Development Life. Morocco’s High Atlas By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, September 06, 2020
France Aims to Counter Turkish Influence in the Middle East by Gaining a Foothold in Lebanon By Paul Antonopoulos, September 04, 2020
Video: Israeli Forces Rain Down Missiles on Syria By South Front, September 04, 2020
UN Says New Polio Outbreak in Sudan Caused by Oral Vaccine By Maria Cheng, September 04, 2020
Israel Hits the Jackpot in UAE Investment Deal. “Betrayal of the Palestinian Cause” By Steven Sahiounie, September 03, 2020
JCPOA Signatories in Vienna Reject Snapback Sanctions on Iran By Stephen Lendman, September 03, 2020
Pompeo in Jerusalem: And the Walls Came Tumblin’ Down By Philip Giraldi, September 03, 2020
How the Israel-UAE Deal Could Leave Jordan Out in the Cold By Dr. Nicolai Due-Gundersen, September 03, 2020
Video: Israeli Missiles Target Iran-Hezbollah backed Forces in Southern Syria By South Front, September 02, 2020
What the UAE-Israel Deal Really Means for the Middle East By Simon Watkins, September 02, 2020
Video: Dummy Soldiers and Abandoned Battle Tanks: Israel Prepares for War with Hezbollah By South Front, September 01, 2020
To Capture and Subdue: America’s Theft of Syrian Oil Has Very Little to Do with Money By Steven Chovanec, August 31, 2020
‘A Perpetual Motion Machine Of Killing’: Alleged Cover-Up of Civilians Murdered by UK Special Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan By Media Lens, August 31, 2020
Who Will Win November’s US Presidential Elections? … Israel? By Timothy Alexander Guzman, August 31, 2020
Israel’s Characteristic Beirut Hypocrisy By Asa Winstanley, August 31, 2020
What Trump’s Troop Withdrawal from Iraq Means for Ending America’s Endless Wars By Dr. Trita Parsi, August 31, 2020
Saudi Troops Join U.S. Base in Oil-Rich Northern Syria By Josh Owens, August 31, 2020
Syria’s Pharmaceutical Industry Develops Cure to Fight Covid By Miri Wood, August 30, 2020
The US and Russia Collide, while Syrians Call for US Withdrawal By Steven Sahiounie, August 30, 2020
Video: UAE and Israel Plan to Create Intelligence Bases on Yemen’s Socotra Island By South Front, August 30, 2020
Video: US-Russia “Road War” in Northeastern Syria By South Front, August 28, 2020
Netanyanu the “Crime Minister”, Once Again, Battling for His Political Life, … Immunity from Arrest? By Michael Jansen, August 28, 2020
Planting Trees Can Reduce Poverty and Slow Climate Change By Jacqueline Skalski-Fouts, August 28, 2020
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Pulls Out of Planned Meeting in Washington with Netanyahu By David Hearst, August 27, 2020
US Is Willing to Dismantle the UN Security Council to Put Pressure on Iran By Scott Ritter, August 27, 2020
Let’s Talk U.S. Foreign Policy: It Is the Root Cause of Many Evils By Philip Giraldi, August 27, 2020
Houthis’ War on Terror in Yemen By South Front, August 27, 2020
After Beirut Blast, Israel Revives Tales of Hezbollah Ammonium Nitrate Terror Plots By Gareth Porter, August 27, 2020
Video: Russian, Syrian Forces Operation against ISIS Terrorists By South Front, August 27, 2020
Manufacturing Misconceptions About Iran and the Persistent Misguided Decisions of the US Government By Iran-Eurica, August 26, 2020
Video: Massive Explosion Rocks Syria’s Arab Gas Pipeline. Terrorist Attack By South Front, August 26, 2020
Iran Shops for Weapons in Moscow, while the US Is Sidelined By Steven Sahiounie, August 26, 2020
Hoping to Seize on UAE-Israel Deal, Pompeo and Kushner Head East in Search of New Allies for Israel By Raul Diego, August 25, 2020
‘Unprecedented and Wrong’: Pompeo Slammed for Plans to Address GOP Convention from Jerusalem By Jessica Corbett, August 25, 2020
Video: Pro-Iranian Forces Attack US Convoys Withdrawing from Largest Base in Iraq By South Front, August 25, 2020
Reports Say the Explosion at Iranian Nuclear Plant Had a Criminal Cause By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, August 25, 2020
Alliance Between Venezuela and Iran Evolves into the Military Sphere By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, August 25, 2020
Belarus and the Lessons from Sudan. Comparative Analysis of “Color Revolutions” By Kester Kenn Klomegah, August 24, 2020
Israel Bans Gaza Imports Except Food, Medicine. Crimes against Humanity By Middle East Monitor, August 24, 2020
Trump Walks Alone: Former US Allies Britain, France, Germany Join Russia and China in Forcefully Rejecting Trump Iran Sanctions By Prof. Juan Cole, August 24, 2020
Video: Syrian Forces Are Hunting Down ISIS Terrorists in Desert By South Front, August 24, 2020
The ‘Snapback’ Iran Stunt Will Blow Up in Pompeo’s Face By Daniel Larison, August 21, 2020
How Israel Wages War on Palestinian History By Jonathan Cook, August 21, 2020
Video: Idlib Is Burning. New Proxy War in Deir Ezzor By South Front, August 21, 2020
Trump Regime Unilaterally and Illegally Imposing Snapback Sanctions on Iran By Stephen Lendman, August 20, 2020
Beware the US-Israel-UAE Strategic Agenda for the Arab Region By Rami G. Khouri, August 20, 2020
How the US Helped Push Lebanon to the Brink of Collapse, and Now Threatens More Sanctions By Ben Norton, August 20, 2020
In Further War Crime, Israelis Cut Electricity to Gaza, Idling 50,000 Factory Workers By Prof. Juan Cole, August 20, 2020
Video: In Mysterious Incident US Military Lost Two MQ-9 Reapers over Idlib By South Front, August 20, 2020
The Hariri Assassination: Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Verdict. Fake Justice on Behalf of Israel By Stephen Lendman, August 20, 2020
The Hariri Assassination: Israel ’s Fingerprints By Rannie Amiri, August 20, 2020
The Assassination of Yasser Arafat was Ordered by The Israeli Cabinet: “We will Choose the Right Way and the Right Time to Kill Arafat.” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 20, 2020
Video: US-led Coalition Struck Syrian Army Checkpoint after US Patrol Was Blocked in Northeastern Syria By South Front, August 19, 2020
Video: Rain of Rockets Hits US Forces in Iraq. Israeli-UAE Peace Deal Crumbles Days after Its Announcement By South Front, August 19, 2020
The Hariri Assassination Verdict. The Geopolitical Implications By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, August 19, 2020
The Verdict Is Out, and a New Investigation Is Beginning in Beirut By Steven Sahiounie, August 19, 2020
UK’s Lead Role in 1953 Iran Coup d’etat Exposed By Al-Jazeera, August 19, 2020
For Iraqis, the Choice Is Between Pandemic and Poverty By Nabil Salih, August 19, 2020
The Fake News About Iran & the Taliban Aims to Achieve Three Strategic Objectives By Andrew Korybko, August 19, 2020
Chief Defendant in Rafik Hariri Killing Convicted on All Counts by UN-backed Tribunal By Middle East Eye, August 19, 2020
Lebanon: Pearl on the New Silk Road or Zone of Dark Age Chaos By Matthew Ehret-Kump, August 19, 2020
“Fake News”: Iran Paid Taliban to Kill US Troops… Big Lies Take a Life of Their Own By Stephen Lendman, August 18, 2020
‘Palestine Is a Red Line’, Morocco-Israel Relations, Netanyahu’s “Normalization” Machine? Moroccan Writers Boycott UAE, Israel By Tamba François Koundouno, August 18, 2020
Interpreting the UAE/Israel Agreement on Suspending Annexation By Prof. Richard Falk, August 18, 2020
USA to Iraq: We Will Withdraw but Without Being Humiliated By Elijah J. Magnier, August 18, 2020