Middle East & North Africa

Syria “Liberated” by its own Destroyers By Manlio Dinucci, December 14, 2024

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 …

When Terrorism becomes Counter-terrorism: The State Sponsors of Terrorism are “Going After the Terrorists” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 15, 2022
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.
Ten Years Ago: “Operation Libya” and the Battle for Oil: Redrawing the Map of Africa By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, February 20, 2021
Libya is among the World's largest oil economies with approximately 3.5% of global oil reserves, more than twice those of the US.
America, An Empire on its Last Leg: To be Kicked Out from the Middle East? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 07, 2020
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.
Libyan Oil Export Agreement Between GNA and LNA the First Step Toward Peace By Steven Sahiounie, September 23, 2020
History: The Zionist Origins of Saudi Arabia and Its Royals By Rez Karim, September 22, 2020
Islamic State’s New Caliph Snitched for US Military in Iraq By Nauman Sadiq, September 22, 2020
Trump Admin Unilaterally Imposes UN Sanctions on Iran By Dave DeCamp, September 22, 2020
A Peace Deal Like No Other By Philip Giraldi, September 22, 2020
Israel’s Knesset Votes Down Bill Guaranteeing Equality for Palestinian-Israelis, 21% of Population By Prof. Juan Cole, September 21, 2020
The US’ Latest Anti-Iranian Sanctions Will Worsen the Trade War with China By Andrew Korybko, September 21, 2020
Trump’s Mideast Mirage By Eric Margolis, September 21, 2020
Trump Administration Announces ‘Third Party’ Sanctions on Iran By Nauman Sadiq, September 21, 2020
Extrajudicial Executions Portrayed as “An Instrument of Peace”. Trump Wanted to “Take Out” Syria’s President Assad… By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, September 19, 2020
Trump Had Contemplated Ordering the Assassination of Bashar al-Assad By Nauman Sadiq, September 19, 2020
Charter Against Bahrain-UAE-Israel Normalisation Deal Signed by One Million By Yasmina Allouche, September 18, 2020
Israel, the UAE, & Bahrain Didn’t Sign Peace Deals, They’re Military Alliances to Counter Iran By Mitchell Plitnick, September 18, 2020
The ‘Israeli’-Emirati Alliance: Geopolitical Impact on Africa By Andrew Korybko, September 17, 2020
Twilight in the Desert for Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman? By F. William Engdahl, September 17, 2020
Trump Regime Illegally Imposing Snapback Sanctions and Arms Embargo on Iran By Stephen Lendman, September 17, 2020
Hope and Fear: Refugees on Greece’s Samos Island, September 2020 By Chris Jones, September 17, 2020
Regarding Possible ICC Investigation into Alleged Israeli War Crimes, Canadians Reject Double Standard for Israel By CJPME, September 16, 2020
Video: Saudi Air Force Is Leveling Yemeni Capital to Ground in Response to Houthi Strikes on Riyadh By South Front, September 16, 2020
Israeli-Arab Re-election Gift to Trump By Steven Sahiounie, September 16, 2020
Gulf-Israel Accord: The Kings Have No Clothes By Nauman Sadiq, September 16, 2020
The Benghazi 9/11 Attack: The Forgotten History of the 2012 Attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya By Sam Jacobs, September 16, 2020
The US-Brokered Mideast ‘Peace’ Deals Aren’t Really What They Seem By Andrew Korybko, September 16, 2020
Peace Plans that Have Nothing to Do with Peace By Ted Snider, September 16, 2020
Russia’s Role in Syria, Tensions between Russia and the US By Andrey Ontikov and Steven Sahiounie, September 15, 2020
Video: Syria Army Artillery Devastates Militants’ Positions in Idlib as Trucks Suffer Fresh Casualties in Afrin By South Front, September 15, 2020
Donald Trump: The Frenemy of the Islamic World By Nauman Sadiq, September 15, 2020
Three Life Sentences Plus 40 Years for Convicted Israeli Settler By Stephen Lendman, September 15, 2020
How the USA and Turkey Plunder and Loot Syria with Impunity By Rick Sterling, September 15, 2020
Italy May Recover Historic Ties with Libya By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, September 15, 2020
2020 Elections: Democrats Go All-Out for Israel By Philip Giraldi, September 15, 2020
Iran to Link Its Power Grid to Russia, Azerbaijan By Tsvetana Paraskova, September 15, 2020
Israel and the UAE Hope to Turn Yemen’s Remote Islands into an Intel Gathering Hub By Ahmed AbdulKareem, September 14, 2020
Revealed: Censored Videos Show Saudi Pilots Bombing Britain By Phil Miller, September 14, 2020
UAE-Israel Deal: ‘Peace-for-Protection’…? By Abdel Bari Atwan, September 14, 2020
Senator John McCain: The ‘Charlie Wilson’ of Syria War By Nauman Sadiq, September 13, 2020
Elections and Foreign Meddling By Robert Fantina, September 11, 2020
Israel Funds America’s Israel Lobby, While U.S. Taxpayers Pay for Endless Fraud Against Themselves By Philip Giraldi, September 10, 2020
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