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.
Pakistan Pressured by Saudi Arabia and UAE to Recognize and Accept the State of Israel By Junaid S. Ahmad, December 03, 2020
Yemen: Trump Is Showering Saudi Arabia with Last-Minute Gifts By Ahmed AbdulKareem, December 03, 2020
Trump Tells Pompeo: Go Wild on Iran, Just Don’t Risk ‘World War III’ By Erin Banco and Asawin Suebsaeng, December 03, 2020
Bomb Libya and Take Its Oil: Biden Budget Chief Pick Neera Tanden Agreed with Trump By Ben Norton, December 02, 2020
Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) Calls Upon Government of Pakistan to Refrain from Recognizing Israel By Junaid S. Ahmad, December 01, 2020
Video: Iranian Nuclear Program Gains Steam Following Fakhrizadeh Assassination By South Front, December 01, 2020
Initial Iranian Response to Assassination of Its Top Nuclear Scientist By Stephen Lendman, December 01, 2020
How Will Iran Answer the Assassination of Fakhri Zadeh? By Elijah J. Magnier, December 01, 2020
Israel Behind Assassination of Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist? By Stephen Lendman, November 30, 2020
The War Crimes of Obama and Hillary Clinton: Libya, Syria and Yemen By Rod Driver, November 30, 2020
Israel’s Growing Strategic Threat to Our Freedom of Speech. The Right to Speak Out in Support of Palestine By Middle East Monitor, November 30, 2020
Will the World Community Condemn the Murder of Iran’s Nuclear Scientist? By Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold, November 30, 2020
Assassination of Iranian Scientist Brings US-Israel Closer to War with Iran By Brian Berletic, November 30, 2020
The Assassination of Iranian Nuclear Scientist. Setting the Stage for War? By NIAC Action, November 30, 2020
Israel’s Gift to Joe Biden, 52 Days Before He Even Takes Office: War with Iran By Scott Ritter, November 30, 2020
Five Scientists in 10 Years: Iran’s Nuclear Physicists Are Top Targets for Assassins By Sheren Khalel, November 30, 2020
The War Crimes of Bush and Blair – Afghanistan and Iraq By Rod Driver, November 27, 2020
Anti-Iran Saber Rattling By Stephen Lendman, November 27, 2020
UK Amends Status of Israel and Jerusalem Following Pressure from Pro-Israel Lobby By Middle East Monitor, November 26, 2020
Video: Israel Enjoys Last Weeks of Love with Trump. Azerbaijan Controls Kalbajar District in Karabakh By South Front, November 26, 2020
Palestine and the Middle East: “Trump Will Leave this Region with Toxic Legacy When Departing White House” By Michael Jansen, November 26, 2020
Video: Yemeni Houthis New Generation Quds-2 Cruise Missile Strike against Saudi Arabia By South Front, November 25, 2020
Trump Justice Department to Lift Pollard Parole, End Case of Most Damaging Spy Operation in U.S. History By Richard Silverstein, November 25, 2020
As Palestinian Refugees Face Severe Crisis, Canada Must Show Support for UNRWA By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, November 25, 2020
Trump Administration Displays Its Love for Israel By Philip Giraldi, November 24, 2020
Pompeo’s Attack on BDS Is an Assault on Free Speech By Mitchell Plitnick, November 23, 2020
“Coup 1953” Documentary Opens Up Wounds Over Britain’s Criminal Role in Iran’s History By Hamid Dabashi, November 23, 2020
It’s Time for the US to Face Its War Crimes By Joe Lauria, November 23, 2020
Obama Admits His Failure in Syria. The Sarin Gas Saga. Obama Supported Al Qaeda By Steven Sahiounie, November 23, 2020
A Comic Display of Geopolitical Subservience: Mike Pompeo’s Visit to Israel By Prof. Richard Falk and Correio Braziliense, November 23, 2020
State Department’s attack on the BDS Movement Violates Freedom of Expression and Endangers Human Rights Protection By Amnesty International, November 23, 2020
Video: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Israel, Palestine By Palestine Chronicle, November 22, 2020
The Yemen “Civil War” Arms Bonanza. Mammoth Weapons Sales to UAE, Saudi Arabia and Israel By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 22, 2020
Possible US Strike on Iran? By Stephen Lendman, November 20, 2020
Declassify America’s Dirty Secrets in Syria to Stop a Biden War By James Bovard, November 20, 2020
The Credibles: How Airwars Secured the Most Comprehensive Locational Data on Civilian Harm Ever Released by the US Military By Chris Woods, November 20, 2020
“Biden’s America” Will Continue Pressure on Iran By Tony Cartalucci, November 20, 2020
Forbidden Weapons and Israeli War Crimes By Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh, November 19, 2020
“The End of the War in Syria Will Come as Part of the Agreement Between Iran and China,” Says Iranian Foreign Policy Analyst By Polina Aniftou and Steven Sahiounie, November 19, 2020
United States Imperialism Threatening War Against Iran During Contested Presidential Elections Struggle By Abayomi Azikiwe, November 19, 2020
War à la Mode: Will a Vindictive Trump Start a War with Iran or Will He Bring the Troops Home? By Philip Giraldi, November 19, 2020
Trump Bruited Strike on Iran Civilian Nuclear Facilities, Which May Kill as Many as Did Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima By Prof. Juan Cole, November 18, 2020
Syrian Foreign Minister Muallem Was a Multipolar Visionary By Andrew Korybko, November 18, 2020
Video: Silent Retreat of Neo-Ottoman Forces from Syria By South Front, November 18, 2020
Israel’s Power Is Unlimited By Philip Giraldi, November 18, 2020
Russia’s Red Sea Base in Sudan Is a Recalibration of Its Intra-Ummah Balancing Act By Andrew Korybko, November 17, 2020
Arab American Attitudes Towards Their Heritage and the Middle East By James J. Zogby, November 17, 2020
Groups Critical of Israel to be Branded ‘Antisemitic’ Under Pompeo Plan: Report By Middle East Eye, November 16, 2020
Pakistani PM Khan Says He Is Under Pressure to Recognize Israel By Anadolu Agency, November 16, 2020
A Dedicated Obsession: Washington’s Continuing Iran Sanctions Regime By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 16, 2020
Libya May Lose Again: Agreements Aren’t Worth the Paper They’re Written On By J. Michael Springmann, November 15, 2020
Video: Joe Biden Was Firmly Behind The 2003 Iraq War. Extensive War Crimes By Worth the Price, November 13, 2020
Syria’s International Conference on Return of Refugees. A Strategic Balancing Act By Andrew Korybko, November 12, 2020
Systemic Racial Inequity: Discrimination, Dehumanization and Destruction By Prof. Ruel F. Pepa, November 11, 2020
U.S. Arms Manufacturers Are Profiting from Atrocities By Fernando C. Saldivar, November 10, 2020
Trump Planning ‘Flood of New Sanctions’ on Iran before Leaving Office: Report By The New Arab, November 10, 2020
Palestinian Feminist Leader Khitam Saafin Ordered to Six Months in Israeli Administrative Detention By Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, November 10, 2020
Is Normalization with Israel without a Resolution for Palestine Justifiable? By Askiah Adam, November 10, 2020
Lebanon Economy is Sinking and Pulling Syria Down with Them By Steven Sahiounie, November 09, 2020
Donald Trump in the Middle East: A Story of Big Winners and Bigger Losers By Oscar Rickett, November 09, 2020
Israel’s ‘Silent Transfer’ of Palestinians Out of Palestine By Ibrahim Husseini, November 09, 2020
A graffiti of Naji al-Ali's Handala on the West Bank separation wall
Israel Carries Out Largest West Bank Demolition Operation in a Decade By Ahmad Al-Bazz and Oren Ziv, November 06, 2020
From Balfour to the Nakba: The Settler-Colonial Experience of Palestine By Ilan Pappe, November 05, 2020
US Congress Tries to Restrict F-35 Sales to UAE for All the Wrong Reasons By Andrew Corbley, November 05, 2020
The Arab World and the US Elections. Who Will Succeed in Controlling the White House? By Khaled Iskef, November 05, 2020
Wild Conspiracy Theory? The Truth Behind the Biggest Threat to the ‘War on Terror’ Narrative By Cynthia Chung, November 04, 2020
Canadian Organizations: Maintain Support for Palestinian Self-Determination at UN By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, November 03, 2020
On Eve of 103rd Anniversary of Balfour Pledge, Palestinian Refugees Still Committed to Unyielding Right of Return By Palestinian Return Centre, November 03, 2020
Israel Wins U.S. Election By Philip Giraldi, November 03, 2020
Balkanization and Hybrid Warfare Against Sudan By Dr. Bischara A. Egal, November 02, 2020
No Letup in US War on Iran by Other Means Ahead By Stephen Lendman, November 02, 2020
Millions of Iranians at Risk as US Sanctions Choke Insulin Supplies By Rohollah Faghihi, November 02, 2020
Palestinians Sue Britain for 1917 Balfour Declaration By The New Arab, November 02, 2020
The Sudan-Israel “Peace Deal: Lots of Behind-the-Scenes Maneuvering By Andrew Korybko, October 30, 2020
New Report Exposes Secret US Drone Strikes in Yemen By Reprieve, October 29, 2020
Syrians Talk About Their Suffering Inside Turkish Prisons By Khaled Iskef, October 28, 2020
“Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)” against Israel: Resolution of Defamation Lawsuit by CJPME By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, October 28, 2020
US versus Russia in Syria. “A Fake ‘Revolution’ Using Islamic Gangs” By Stephen Lendman, October 28, 2020
UK Renewal of Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia to Face Another Legal Challenge By Rayhan Uddin, October 28, 2020
The Museum of Islamic Arts Has Halted a Planned Sotheby’s Sale of Its Treasures After It Was Condemned by Israel’s President By Taylor Dafoe, October 28, 2020