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.
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
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
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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
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