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.
Breaking: Israel Bombed Beirut? By Richard Silverstein, August 05, 2020
Devastating Beirut Explosion: An Accident or Something More Sinister? By Stephen Lendman, August 05, 2020
Massive Explosion Destroys Beirut Harbor, Hundreds of Casualties By Arabi Souri, August 05, 2020
Can Israelis Broaden Their Protests Beyond Netanyahu? By Jonathan Cook, August 04, 2020
New Reports Suggest Libyan Warlord Khalifa Haftar Is Working with Mossad By Raul Diego, August 04, 2020
Despite Official Reports, China Has Been Importing Millions of Barrels of Iranian Crude Oil By Simon Watkins, August 04, 2020
US Blasts Venezuela-Iran ‘Alliance of Pariah States’ By Ilya Tsukanov, August 03, 2020
The Coronavirus May be Novel, but It’s the Same Old Foreign Policy By Ted Snider, August 03, 2020
Video: Turkey Cries Foul About Deployment of Egyptian Troops in Idlib. What’s Going On? By South Front, August 02, 2020
Will Hezbollah Seek Revenge Against Israel? By Paul Antonopoulos, July 31, 2020
Malaysian Parliament Calls for the Expulsion of Israel from the United Nations By Days of Palestine, July 31, 2020
US Oil Company Signs Deal with Syrian Kurds By Amberin Zaman, July 31, 2020
Syrian Christians in Aleppo, Victims of US-EU Sanctions By Steven Sahiounie, July 31, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan: From Haga Sophia to the Shores of Tripoli and Beyond By F. William Engdahl, July 31, 2020
“The War That Ended Peace”. How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs By Jim Miles, July 31, 2020
Video: Syrian Army Uncovers Organ Trading Hub of Turkish-backed Militants in Southern Idlib By South Front, July 31, 2020
China and Iran to Sign Comprehensive Economic and Security Deal. Reviving Atoms for Peace By Matthew Ehret-Kump, July 30, 2020
Video: Turkey Shifts Focus to Southern Libya Amid Stalemate Near Sirte By South Front, July 30, 2020
Yemen: A Torrent of Suffering in a Time of Siege By Kathy Kelly, July 30, 2020
Iranian Military Exercises Prepare to Counter Aggression if Occurs By Stephen Lendman, July 29, 2020
Video: Hezbollah-Israeli Escalation on Lebanese Border. Rocket Strikes against US Bases in Iraq By South Front, July 29, 2020
It Is Now the “Israel-led” Coalition that Is Destroying Yemen By Karin Brothers, July 29, 2020
How a Police Spy’s Stunning Testimony Threatens the Official US-Israeli AMIA Bombing Narrative By Gareth Porter, July 28, 2020
Video: Israel Reinforces Troops Near Golan Heights Fearing Hezbollah Retaliation to Strikes on Syria By South Front, July 28, 2020
The Beginning of the U.S.-Iran Hot War? By Sina Toossi, July 28, 2020
Heightened Tensions Along the Lebanese/Israeli Border By Stephen Lendman, July 28, 2020
Military Escalation in the Middle East: Is Israel Planning a Multi-Front War against Its Arab Neighbors? By Timothy Alexander Guzman, July 27, 2020
Pressure for Sanctions Against Turkey Increases as Tensions with Greece Grow By Paul Antonopoulos, July 27, 2020
Hagia Sophia: Religion As Politics By Christopher Black, July 27, 2020
US Fighter Jets in Near Miss against Iran Passenger Plane in Syrian Airspace By Middle East Eye, July 25, 2020
Video: Failed Show of Power by Libyan National Army Increases Chances of Turkish Attack on Sirte By South Front, July 24, 2020
Trump Administration’s Pressure Prompted Tehran and Damascus to Cultivate Ties with China By Michael Jansen, July 23, 2020
War and the Environment: The Disturbing and Under-researched Legacy of Depleted Uranium Weapons By Elena Bruess and Joe Snell, July 23, 2020
Israel’s Jewish National Fund Is Uprooting Palestinians – Not Planting Trees By Jonathan Cook, July 22, 2020
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