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.
‘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
Former Lebanese Interior Minister Blames Israel for Beirut Attack By Richard Silverstein, August 18, 2020
History of Settler Colonialism in Palestine By Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh, August 17, 2020
No Longer Leader of the Free World: Trump Administration Humiliated at UN over Iran Arms Embargo By Prof. Juan Cole, August 17, 2020
Lebanon Devastated by Corruption, Economic Collapse, and Beirut Explosion By Stephen Lendman, August 17, 2020
Foiled in the Security Council: The United States, Extending Arms Embargoes and Iran By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 17, 2020
US Military
Evolution of US-Israel Relations During Trump Presidency By South Front, August 16, 2020
Israeli-Emirati Peace Deal Is a Major Blow to Turkey’s Regional Ambitions By Paul Antonopoulos, August 16, 2020
Video: Israeli-UAE Peace Deal Marks Tectonic Shift in Middle Eastern Balance of Power By South Front, August 16, 2020
The United Arab Emirates and Israel Join Hands: Great for Trump but More Bad News for the Middle East By Philip Giraldi, August 16, 2020
Trump Vows Unilateral Imposition of Snapback Sanctions on Iran By Stephen Lendman, August 16, 2020
Planes Heard, Seen in Skies of Beirut before Blast By Alison Tahmizian Meuse, August 14, 2020
Don’t be Hoodwinked by Trump’s UAE-Israel “Peace Deal” By Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold, August 14, 2020
Battleground Beirut: Western Colony or Back to the East? By Pepe Escobar, August 14, 2020
Israel-UAE Agreement Does Not End Threat of Israeli Annexation By CJPME, August 14, 2020
October Surprise: Will War with Iran be Trump’s Election Eve Shocker? By Bob Dreyfuss, August 13, 2020
What if the Beirut Explosion Was an Attack? By South Front, August 13, 2020
US Color Revolutions: From Eastern Europe to Egypt, Iran, Now Lebanon By Karsten Riise, August 13, 2020
Will Trump-MBS Shore Up Iraq’s Corrupt Ruling Families in Return for Keeping US Troops? Iraq-Iran Relationship in Crisis? By Zayd Alisa, August 13, 2020
Turkey Marks 100 Years Since Treaty of Sèvres. Renewed Hostilities with Greece By Paul Antonopoulos, August 12, 2020
Mohammed bin Salman Faces His Biggest Threat to the Throne. US Law Suit against Saudi Crown Prince By Steven Sahiounie, August 12, 2020
Macron Lectures Lebanon: The Condescending Politics of Aid By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 12, 2020
Video: Chaos in Lebanon, Marked by Start of New Round of Israeli-Iranian Standoff By South Front, August 11, 2020
Horror in Beirut. A Critical Examination. The Catastrophe in A Broader Context By Philip Giraldi, August 11, 2020
Trump Appoints Disgraced Iran-Contra Hawk Elliott Abrams as Iran Envoy By Alan MacLeod, August 10, 2020
Lebanon: President Macron Pushes “Neo-expansionism” By South Front, August 10, 2020
Macron Takes Advantage of Explosion to “Conquer Lebanon” By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, August 10, 2020
Elliott Abrams’ Appointment as the Next U.S. Special Representative for Iran. Spells Disaster By Medea Benjamin, August 10, 2020
Unending “9/11s”, “A Sad Kind of Freedom.”: “Dear USA, Your 9/11 is our 24/7.” “False Flag Atrocities” By Felicity Arbuthnot, August 10, 2020
Who Profits from the Beirut Blast? By Pepe Escobar, August 10, 2020
Don’t Delay Military Withdrawal from the Middle East By Gareth Porter, August 10, 2020
Israeli Crimes Against Humanity: Remembering the Sabra and Shatila Massacre By Institute for Middle East Understanding, August 09, 2020
Video: Syrian Army Undertakes Failed Advance in Northern Lattakia Amid Rise of ISIS Attacks in Deir Ezzor By South Front, August 09, 2020
Beirut Suffers While Demanding Answers By Steven Sahiounie, August 09, 2020
The Beirut Blast. “An Understanding of the Geopolitical Forces at Work” By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, August 09, 2020
Global Warfare: “We’re Going to Take out 7 Countries in 5 Years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan & Iran..” By General Wesley Clark, August 09, 2020
The Beirut Explosion: Who Is Responsible? By Elijah J. Magnier, August 07, 2020
Video: Russian S-300 Air Defense System Spotted in Libya? By South Front, August 07, 2020
Beirut: “It was not an Accident”. Former Member of Israel Knesset Declares Lebanon Blast as “Gift from God”. By Middle East Monitor, August 07, 2020
There Is No Political Solution to the Syrian Conflict By Steven Sahiounie, August 06, 2020
Trump Administration Approves the “Stealing” of Syria’s Oil By TRT World, August 06, 2020
Video: War Drums Beat in the Middle East and the Beirut Explosion By South Front, August 06, 2020
Watch Enormous Beirut Blast from 15 Synchronized Camera Angles as Mystery Surrounding Its Cause Persists By RT News, August 06, 2020
Up to 300,000 Left Homeless by Beirut Explosion: Live Updates By Ted Regencia, Linah Alsaafin, and Farah Najjar, August 05, 2020
Breaking: Israel Bombed Beirut? By Richard Silverstein, August 05, 2020
Devastating Beirut Explosion: An Accident or Something More Sinister? By Stephen Lendman, August 05, 2020
Massive Explosion Destroys Beirut Harbor, Hundreds of Casualties By Arabi Souri, August 05, 2020
Can Israelis Broaden Their Protests Beyond Netanyahu? By Jonathan Cook, August 04, 2020
New Reports Suggest Libyan Warlord Khalifa Haftar Is Working with Mossad By Raul Diego, August 04, 2020
Despite Official Reports, China Has Been Importing Millions of Barrels of Iranian Crude Oil By Simon Watkins, August 04, 2020
US Blasts Venezuela-Iran ‘Alliance of Pariah States’ By Ilya Tsukanov, August 03, 2020
The Coronavirus May be Novel, but It’s the Same Old Foreign Policy By Ted Snider, August 03, 2020
Video: Turkey Cries Foul About Deployment of Egyptian Troops in Idlib. What’s Going On? By South Front, August 02, 2020
Will Hezbollah Seek Revenge Against Israel? By Paul Antonopoulos, July 31, 2020
Malaysian Parliament Calls for the Expulsion of Israel from the United Nations By Days of Palestine, July 31, 2020
US Oil Company Signs Deal with Syrian Kurds By Amberin Zaman, July 31, 2020
Syrian Christians in Aleppo, Victims of US-EU Sanctions By Steven Sahiounie, July 31, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan: From Haga Sophia to the Shores of Tripoli and Beyond By F. William Engdahl, July 31, 2020
“The War That Ended Peace”. How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs By Jim Miles, July 31, 2020
Video: Syrian Army Uncovers Organ Trading Hub of Turkish-backed Militants in Southern Idlib By South Front, July 31, 2020
China and Iran to Sign Comprehensive Economic and Security Deal. Reviving Atoms for Peace By Matthew Ehret-Kump, July 30, 2020
Video: Turkey Shifts Focus to Southern Libya Amid Stalemate Near Sirte By South Front, July 30, 2020
Yemen: A Torrent of Suffering in a Time of Siege By Kathy Kelly, July 30, 2020
Iranian Military Exercises Prepare to Counter Aggression if Occurs By Stephen Lendman, July 29, 2020
Video: Hezbollah-Israeli Escalation on Lebanese Border. Rocket Strikes against US Bases in Iraq By South Front, July 29, 2020
It Is Now the “Israel-led” Coalition that Is Destroying Yemen By Karin Brothers, July 29, 2020
How a Police Spy’s Stunning Testimony Threatens the Official US-Israeli AMIA Bombing Narrative By Gareth Porter, July 28, 2020
Video: Israel Reinforces Troops Near Golan Heights Fearing Hezbollah Retaliation to Strikes on Syria By South Front, July 28, 2020
The Beginning of the U.S.-Iran Hot War? By Sina Toossi, July 28, 2020
Heightened Tensions Along the Lebanese/Israeli Border By Stephen Lendman, July 28, 2020
Military Escalation in the Middle East: Is Israel Planning a Multi-Front War against Its Arab Neighbors? By Timothy Alexander Guzman, July 27, 2020
Pressure for Sanctions Against Turkey Increases as Tensions with Greece Grow By Paul Antonopoulos, July 27, 2020
Hagia Sophia: Religion As Politics By Christopher Black, July 27, 2020
US Fighter Jets in Near Miss against Iran Passenger Plane in Syrian Airspace By Middle East Eye, July 25, 2020
Video: Failed Show of Power by Libyan National Army Increases Chances of Turkish Attack on Sirte By South Front, July 24, 2020
Trump Administration’s Pressure Prompted Tehran and Damascus to Cultivate Ties with China By Michael Jansen, July 23, 2020
War and the Environment: The Disturbing and Under-researched Legacy of Depleted Uranium Weapons By Elena Bruess and Joe Snell, July 23, 2020
Israel’s Jewish National Fund Is Uprooting Palestinians – Not Planting Trees By Jonathan Cook, July 22, 2020