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.
Liberal Zionism Begins to Make the Journey Towards a One-state Solution By Jonathan Cook, July 22, 2020
Video: Israel Responds with Force to Iranian Plans to Deploy Air Defense Systems in Syria By South Front, July 22, 2020
Video: Drone Wars Open New Phase of Conflict in Syria By South Front, July 21, 2020
Towards a “New Cold War” in the Middle East: Geopolitics of the Persian Gulf and the Battle for Oil and Gas By Germán Gorraiz López, July 21, 2020
Turkey’s Poisonous Hand of Friendship with Ukraine By South Front, July 21, 2020
The Forgotten Conflict Between Azerbaijan and Armenia Is Threatening Energy Markets By Dr. Cyril Widdershoven, July 21, 2020
The Undeclared War Against Iran By Paul R. Pillar, July 21, 2020
Palestinians Accuse Israel of Stealing 1500-year-old Christian Relic from Bethlehem By Middle East Eye, July 21, 2020
Egypt and Ethiopia on the Brink of War By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, July 21, 2020
Is the U.S. About to Move Its Strategic Naval Base from Spain to Morocco? By Paul Antonopoulos, July 21, 2020
US Officials Speak at Iran Regime Change Conference By Dave DeCamp, July 20, 2020
Turkey Will be the Death of NATO: Its Recent Clash with Fellow Member France Off the Coast of Libya Is an Early Symptom By Scott Ritter, July 20, 2020
China Inks Military Deal with Iran Under Secretive 25-Year Plan By Simon Watkins, July 20, 2020
Polls Show Syrians Overwhelmingly Blame U.S. for ISIS By Eric Zuesse, July 20, 2020
Hunger is a Weapon of War: Syria Under US Coalition Blockade and Scorched Earth Policy By Vanessa Beeley, July 19, 2020
John Bolton’s Latest Memoir: “The Room Where it Happened” By Ararat Kostanian, July 19, 2020
Remembering Israel’s Killing of Four Children on the Beach in Gaza By Muhammad Hussein, July 17, 2020
Turmoil at Home, Turmoil Abroad: Israel and the U.S. Escalate Their War Against Iran By Philip Giraldi, July 17, 2020
Video: Unidentified Warplanes Struck Turkish-led Forces in Syria. Turkish Spy Plane Crashed Near Iraqi Border By South Front, July 17, 2020
How Many Ways Can Israel Wage War on Iran Before the Media Reports Israel Is Waging War on Iran? By Ted Snider, July 16, 2020
Video: Syria Sends Pantsir Air Defense Systems to Counter Turkey in Libya By South Front, July 16, 2020
Israeli Proxies Profit from U.S. Coronavirus Funding By Philip Giraldi, July 16, 2020
India-Iran Relations in Crisis: Geopolitical Realignment in Favor of China By Andrew Korybko, July 16, 2020
Syrian Christians Respond to Erdogan’s Neo-Ottoman Agenda By Vanessa Beeley, July 16, 2020
Video: Turkish Proxies in Syria Went Out of Control, Attack Joint Turkish-Russian Patrol By South Front, July 16, 2020
China-Iran Deal Is a Major Blow to U.S. Aspirations in Central Asia By Paul Antonopoulos, July 15, 2020
US Sanctions Are Part of a Multi-front War on Syria, and Its Long-suffering Civilians Are the Main Target By Eva Bartlett, July 15, 2020
Video: Saudi Regime on Brink of Collapse? Economic Crisis and Setbacks in Yemeni War By South Front, July 15, 2020
Converting Hagia Sophia for Domestic Consumption Will Backfire on Erdogan By Paul Antonopoulos, July 15, 2020
Iran, Coronavirus and U.S. Sanctions By Robert Fantina, July 14, 2020
Syria: Hope Is Gone, Evil Has Taken Over, We Are at War with the Western Leaders By Father Daniel, July 14, 2020
The Law, and Origin Story of Istanbul’s Iconic Hagia Sophia By Adam Bensaid, July 14, 2020
Has Saudi Arabia Once More Made a Catastrophic Oil Blunder? By F. William Engdahl, July 14, 2020
Trump’s Harsh Sanctions Lead to Iran-China Partnership By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, July 14, 2020
China and Iran Deepening Bilateral Ties. A 25-Year Strategic Partnership By Stephen Lendman, July 13, 2020
Palestinians Will Not Live in Peace Until the Saudi Royal Family Is Gone By Steven Sahiounie, July 12, 2020
Iran and China Turbo-charge the New Silk Roads By Pepe Escobar, July 12, 2020
Video: Iran to Support Syria with Air Defense to Repel US, Israeli Attacks By South Front, July 10, 2020
JCPOA: The Iran Nuclear Deal that Wasn’t By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, July 10, 2020
Palestinians Have No Choice but to Resist in Any Way, Shape or Form Annexation By Michael Jansen, July 10, 2020
Israel Annexation Plan: Jordan’s Existential Threat By Emile Badarin, July 09, 2020
Video: Turkish Proxies Create Chaos in Northeastern Syria By South Front, July 09, 2020
UK Complicity with Saudi War Crimes in Yemen By Stephen Lendman, July 09, 2020
The UN Has Found that the US Killing of Qassem Soleimani Broke International Law. It’s Right, but Nothing Will Happen as a Result By Scott Ritter, July 09, 2020
Trump Is Trying to Hide US and Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the International Criminal Court By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, July 09, 2020
UN So-called Committee of Inquiry (COI) Casually Blames Bashar Al-Assad for US-Sponsored High Crimes Committed by Terrorist Proxies Against the People of Syria By Stephen Lendman, July 08, 2020
Arrest of Shi’ite Militias in Iraq Is Part of Iranian-US Proxy Struggle By Paul Antonopoulos, July 08, 2020
Video: Turkish Forces Lick Wounds After Airstrikes Hit Their Base in Libya By South Front, July 08, 2020
Netanyahu’s Annexation Drive By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 08, 2020
Iran Vows Retaliation Against Cyber or Other Attacks on Its Legitimate Nuclear Facilities By Stephen Lendman, July 07, 2020
The UAE Emirate Hybrid-Warfare and Regime Change Against Djibouti and Somalia By Dr. Bischara A. Egal, July 07, 2020
Video: Syrian Army Fights ISIS in Homs. SDF Rejects Deal with Damascus By South Front, July 07, 2020
Reparations and Other Scams: Israeli Survivors Live in Poverty and Are Starving? By Philip Giraldi, July 06, 2020
Video: String of ISIS Attacks Continues in Syrian Desert By South Front, July 05, 2020
Trump Regime Wants Legitimate Iranian Fuel Shipments to Venezuela Seized By Stephen Lendman, July 05, 2020
Palestine, Annexation and the Wrong Story By Rima Najjar, July 05, 2020
Video: Syria Prepares for Military Confrontation with Turkey in Northeast By South Front, July 03, 2020
Israel Awaits US Authorization to Annex West Bank By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, July 03, 2020
No Israeli War on Lebanon Before the Next US Elections By Elijah J. Magnier, July 03, 2020
US Imposes Additional Economic Sanctions Against Venezuela and Iran By Paul Antonopoulos, July 03, 2020
Security Council, General Assembly Never Held Israel Accountable for Violations of UN Principles By Michael Jansen, July 03, 2020
Hundreds of Saudi and Gulf Military Personnel Trained in Britain as Yemen War Continues By Phil Miller, July 03, 2020
Israel’s Annexation Plans Explained in Nine Questions By Daniel Hilton, July 03, 2020
Zionist Political Violence: Patterns and Motives By Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh, July 02, 2020
Video: Internal Tensions Do Not Stop Militants from Provocations in Southern Idlib By South Front, July 02, 2020
Trump’s Record on Foreign Policy: Lost Wars, New Conflicts and Broken Promises By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, July 02, 2020
Former PM Mahathir Calls on Muslims to Focus on Fighting Israeli Regime By Islam Times, July 02, 2020
Remembering the Handover of ‘One Palestine, Complete’ By Jehan Alfarra, July 01, 2020
Israeli Police Brutality: Unnoticed Murder of Palestinian Autistic Man Eyad Hallaq By Robert Fantina, July 01, 2020
Video: Houthis Captured 400 Km2 from Saudi-backed Forces in Central Yemen By South Front, July 01, 2020
NATO’s Appeasement to Turkey Is Pushing France Out of the Alliance By Paul Antonopoulos, June 30, 2020
Iran Issues ‘Murder and Terrorism’ Arrest Warrant for Trump Over Soleimani Assassination By Jake Johnson, June 30, 2020
Video: Russian Private Military Contractors Took Control of Libya’s Largest Oil Field By South Front, June 30, 2020
First You Bomb and Starve a Country. Then You’re Praised for Sending in Aid. By Sarah Lazare, June 29, 2020
While the World Burns, the Road Map to War with Iran Continues By Timothy Alexander Guzman, June 29, 2020
Sudan Holds Donors Conference to Salvage Its Economy By Kester Kenn Klomegah, June 29, 2020
An Illuminating Farmer-to-Farmer Story in Morocco By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, June 29, 2020
US-Iran Confrontation in Lebanon: Counter-measures and Escalation By Elijah J. Magnier, June 29, 2020
Sudan: Popular Struggles, Elite Compromises, and Revolution Betrayed By John Young, June 29, 2020
No End to Illegal US Sanctions War on Iran By Stephen Lendman, June 29, 2020