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.
Video: Syria and Iraq Launch Operations Against ISIS in Border Area By South Front, April 16, 2020
Trump’s Cyprus Signalling Is More Against Turkey Than Russia By Paul Antonopoulos, April 15, 2020
Video: Turkish Forces Clash with Their Own Proxies on M4 Highway in Southern Idlib By South Front, April 15, 2020
US Flexes Military Might in Front of Russian Forces with F-35 Flight Over Syria By Almasdar News, April 15, 2020
If Coronavirus Overwhelms Gaza, Israel Alone Is to Blame By Jonathan Cook, April 15, 2020
A Lethal Brew: Israel’s Racism and the Pandemic By James J. Zogby, April 15, 2020
The Illegal United States and Allied Invasion of Iraq & Syria Reaches Crisis Point By James ONeill, April 14, 2020
How Wars, Sanctions, and Militarism Made the Coronavirus Crisis Worse By Khury Petersen-Smith, April 14, 2020
Video: Syrian Army Pounding ISIS Cells in Homs Desert. Turkey Fortifies Positions Near Saraqib By South Front, April 14, 2020
The Arab-Israeli Alliance Is Fueling Conflicts in the Middle East By Steven Sahiounie, April 14, 2020
The US Seeks to Set New Military Base in Syria Amid Pandemic By Telesur, April 13, 2020
The OPCW Is Used as a Political Tool Against Syria By Steven Sahiounie, April 12, 2020
COVID-19: Devastated Saudi Royal Family Seeks to End Yemen War By Joe Lauria, April 12, 2020
There Is No Iranian-American Agreement and No Truce in Iraq By Elijah J. Magnier, April 12, 2020
Syrian Army Kicks Off Large-Scale Security Operation against ISIS in Homs Desert By South Front, April 11, 2020
Jesus Was Born in a Police State By John W. Whitehead, April 10, 2020
Hard Times for U.S. Forces in Northeast Syria. Army Prepares for Idlib Escalation By South Front, April 09, 2020
Libya War Was Based on Lies, Bogus Intelligence, NATO Supported and Armed the Rebels. British Parliamentary Report By Washington's Blog, April 09, 2020
‘Collateral Murder’ and the My Lai Massacre By Joe Lauria, April 08, 2020
Life in Gaza: Dispatches From Palestine on COVID-19 By Asmaa Tayeh, Prof. Weeam Hammoudeh, and Aaron Lakoff, April 08, 2020
Video: Infighting Among Turkish Proxies Erupts in Syria. Rocket Strike Hits US-operated Oil Facility in Iraq By South Front, April 08, 2020
Video: US Confirms Deployment of Patriot Missiles in Iraq. Iran Prepares for Conflict in Strait of Hormuz By South Front, April 08, 2020
Video: Collateral Murder 10 Years On By Kristinn Hrafnsson, April 07, 2020
Greece and Turkey Clash in NATO Teleconference Waging Mini War of Words By Paul Antonopoulos, April 07, 2020
Targeting Iran While America Locks Down By Philip Giraldi, April 07, 2020
Ten Years Since WikiLeaks Published the “Collateral Murder” Video By Oscar Grenfell, April 06, 2020
Iran’s Call for Sanctions Removal Rejected Due to US’ Bullying: MFA By Mehrnews, April 06, 2020
The Troubled Middle East: An Endless Cauldron of Violence By Stephen Lendman, April 06, 2020
Video: Syrian Soldiers Killed in Turkish Strikes in Idlib. Kurdish Rebels Attack Turkish Proxies in Afrin By South Front, April 05, 2020
The War on Yemen, 100,000 Deaths, A Crisis Ignored by Mainstream Media Due to Coronavirus Coverage By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, April 03, 2020
Video: Turkish Forces Shell Syrian Army. US Claims Iran Prepares Attacks in Iraq By South Front, April 03, 2020
COVID-19: Cover for Military Attack on Iran and Iraq? By Kurt Nimmo, April 03, 2020
Syrian UN Envoy Calls for Removing of All US Economic Sanctions Amid COVID-19 Pandemic By Mideast Discourse, April 03, 2020
United States Continues Imperialist Policies Despite COVID-19 Pandemic By Abayomi Azikiwe, April 02, 2020
The Syrian-Emirati Rapprochement Is All About Realpolitik, Not Principles By Andrew Korybko, April 02, 2020
Sneak Attack by Iran on US Forces Coming? By Stephen Lendman, April 02, 2020
Dangerous Gifts: Coronavirus and Trump’s Sanctions Regime By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, April 02, 2020
Trump Administration Shuns Leadership Role in Responding to Coronavirus Crisis By Michael Jansen, April 02, 2020
Video: US Deploys Patriot Air Defense Systems in Iraq. Houthis Attack Saudi Capital By South Front, April 01, 2020
Biden Opposes COVID-19 Aid to Iran By Stephen Lendman, April 01, 2020
US Should Stop Sanctions Against Iran Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, April 01, 2020
U.S. Is Killing Iranians and the World Is Complicit By Syed Zafar Mehdi, April 01, 2020
Video: “Gaza Fights for Freedom” By Jim Miles, April 01, 2020
UAE’s Rapprochement with Syria Aimed Against Turkey By Paul Antonopoulos, April 01, 2020
Lawyers File Evidence of Yemen War Crimes in 3 Jurisdictions By Middle East Monitor, April 01, 2020
The Quiet and Lethal Wars Against Iran. The Weight of the Pandemic By Ted Snider, March 31, 2020
The Virus of Sanctions: Flattening the Curve By George Capaccio, March 31, 2020
Call for Intervention Before It Is Too Late: PCHR Warns that Gaza’s Healthcare System Would Collapse in Case of Coronavirus Outbreak By Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, March 31, 2020
Video: Syria and Turkey Ramp Up Preparations for New Military Confrontation By South Front, March 31, 2020
Murphy Organizes Senate Effort to Call for Ease of US Sanctions Hindering Response to COVID-19 By US Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, March 30, 2020
Netanyahu Uses Coronavirus to Lure Rival Gantz Into ‘Emergency’ Government By Jonathan Cook, March 30, 2020
US ‘Granting Waivers’ to Release Iranian Assets for Coronavirus Fight: Iranian Sources By Rohollah Faghihi, March 30, 2020
US Sanctions Against Iran: Double Illegitimacy at the Time of Covid-19 By Saïdeh Khadir, March 30, 2020
US Senators Request to Ease Sanctions Against Venezuela, Iran By Telesur, March 30, 2020
With a Quarter of the World’s Population Under US Sanctions, Countries Appeal to UN to Intervene By Alan MacLeod, March 30, 2020
U.S. Troops Out of Iraq By Mairead Maguire, March 30, 2020
Trump Regime Plotting More War in Iraq? By Stephen Lendman, March 30, 2020
Video: Kurdish Militias Start New Dangerous Game in Northern Syria By South Front, March 29, 2020
Video: The Istanbul Canal as an Instrument of Erdogan’s Multipolarity By South Front, March 29, 2020
Lockerbie’s Only Convict May be Exonerated Posthumously By Dr. Mustafa Fetouri, March 27, 2020
Video: Mighty “Moderate Rebels” Pressure Turkish Army in Idlib. US-led Coalition Is Crumbling By South Front, March 27, 2020
Recognizing and Resisting the “Hasbara Pandemic” By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, March 27, 2020
Coronavirus in Gaza: Just 40 ICU Beds for Two Million People Under Siege By David Hearst, March 27, 2020
As the World Turns Its Attention to the Pandemic, Israel Is Moving Forward with Military Raids By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, March 26, 2020
US Media Defends Al Qaeda in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, March 26, 2020
Video: Unfortunate Adventures of Turkish Army in Idlib By South Front, March 26, 2020
Video: SDF Releases Tens of ISIS Members in Eastern Syria. Turkey, Russia Struggle with Idlib De-escalation By South Front, March 25, 2020
How ‘Defense’ Contractors Lobbied for War in Yemen and Reaped the Profits from Death and Destruction By Ben Barbour, March 25, 2020
Video: Impressive Successes of Houthis in Yemeni War Amid Saudi Oil Gamble By South Front, March 24, 2020
Coronavirus: Punishing America’s Enemies By Philip Giraldi, March 24, 2020
The pro-Western World Uyghur Congress (WUC) Is Being Used “To Detonate the World” By Andre Vltchek, March 23, 2020
U.S. and Iraq: The Hidden History By Richard Becker, March 23, 2020
Pompeo and Netanyahu Paved a Path to War with Iran, and They’re Pushing Trump Again By Gareth Porter, March 23, 2020
Coronavirus: Israel’s Mossad Acquires 100,000 ‘Unusable’ Test Kits By Lubna Masarwa and Mustafa Abu Sneineh, March 23, 2020
Video: ‘Moderate Rebels’ Bite Hand that Feeds Them. 2 Turkish Soldiers Killed in Idlib By South Front, March 22, 2020
Netanyahu’s Power Grab By Stephen Lendman, March 22, 2020
Stop Tightening the Thumb Screws against Iran. A Humanitarian Message By Kathy Kelly, March 20, 2020
Thousands of Israeli Soldiers Quarantined Due to Coronavirus By Middle East Monitor, March 20, 2020
Iraqi Politics in a Storm, Heading Towards Instability and Chaos By Elijah J. Magnier, March 20, 2020
Video: ISIS Threat Revives in Eastern Syria. Idlib Militants Kill Each Other Over Security Zone Deal Contradictions By South Front, March 20, 2020