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.
Iran’s IMF Request Shows Just How Desperate Tehran has Become By Andrew Korybko, March 20, 2020
Why Is the U.S. Bombing Iraq During a Pandemic? By Nina DeMeo, March 20, 2020
COVID-19 Will Devastate Gaza Unless the Blockade Is Lifted Now By Jewish Voice for Peace, March 20, 2020
Israeli MP Presents Bills to Annex Jordan Valley, Impose Death Penalty on Palestinians By Middle East Eye, March 20, 2020
Coronavirus Shock Doctrine By Mark Taliano, March 19, 2020
Video: US Forces Withdraw from Key Base Near Syrian Border. More Rocket Attacks on US Targets in Iraq By South Front, March 19, 2020
Video: Aleppo Man Imprisoned and Tortured by West’s “Rebels” in Terrorist-Occupied Hospital Complex By Eva Bartlett, March 19, 2020
Trump Administration in “Historic” Withdrawal of Troops from 3 Iraq Bases Amid Ongoing Rocket Attacks By Prof. Juan Cole, March 18, 2020
12 Ways the U.S. Invasion of Iraq Lives On in Infamy By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, March 18, 2020
Armed Terrorists Storm Syrian Arab Red Crescent Offices in Idlib, Attack Volunteers, Loot Humanitarian Aid By Miri Wood, March 17, 2020
US Kills Iraqis for Demanding End of Illegal Occupation By Tony Cartalucci, March 17, 2020
Video: New Syrian Army Offensive in Idlib Becoming Inevitable as Militants Sabotage Joint Turkish-Russian Patrols By South Front, March 17, 2020
Trump Bombs Shiite Militia in Shiite-Ruled Iraq By Prof. Juan Cole, March 16, 2020
Dubious Postponement of Netanyahu’s Trial By Stephen Lendman, March 16, 2020
The Battle of Idlib Is Far From Over By Elijah J. Magnier, March 16, 2020
Egypt Coordinating Support for Syrian Kurds to Fight Turkey By Jason Ditz, March 16, 2020
The Forever War in Iraq By Daniel Larison, March 16, 2020
Video: Iranian-backed Forces in Iraq Raise Stakes. Rocket Attack Kills Several US Coalition Troops in Iraq By South Front, March 16, 2020
More American Blunders in the Middle East: U.S. Envoys Embrace Terrorists Yet Again By Philip Giraldi, March 15, 2020
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Falsifies Report of Syria “Chemical Weapon Attack” By Carla Stea, March 15, 2020
Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a “New Middle East” By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, March 14, 2020
Top Saudi Intelligence Official ‘Chased’ to Canada by Crown Prince MBS By Dania Akkad, March 12, 2020
Lebanon’s Political Elite Is Responsible for the Failure to Reform By Michael Jansen, March 12, 2020
Video: Great Idlib “Rebranding” and Al Qaeda “Turkish Victories” over Russian Air Defense By South Front, March 12, 2020
US Marines Arrive on Yemen’s Socotra Island to Back UAE Troops: Reports By Tasnim News Agency, March 12, 2020
Syria Chemical Attack: Douma Whistleblowers Respond to OPCW’s Attempts to Discredit Them By Dave DeCamp, March 12, 2020
Greece’s Migrant Crisis Has Further Exposed Turkish Fake News By Paul Antonopoulos, March 11, 2020
Video: Saudi-initiated All-out Oil War Could Lead to Collapse of Kingdom Itself By South Front, March 11, 2020
How Turkey Lost a Battle of Wills, and Force, to Russia By Scott Ritter, March 11, 2020
US-Israel Predictably Behind Turkish Aggression in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, March 11, 2020
Saudi’s Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS By Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold, March 11, 2020
IDF Knee-Capping Besieged Gazans. Hundreds of Palestinians Killed By Stephen Lendman, March 10, 2020
Israeli IDF Snipers Boast of Shooting ‘Ducks’ in Gaza’. Boasting About Their Hits. Unspoken Crimes against Humanity By Jonathan Ofir, March 10, 2020
Russia’s Rejection of OPEC+ Was the Result of Cold Geostrategic Calculations By Andrew Korybko, March 10, 2020
Saudi Arabia’s Oil Price War Could Very Easily Backfire By Andrew Korybko, March 10, 2020
EU Condemns Netanyahu Promise to Build Settlement Homes in West Bank’s E1 Area By Muhamed Munir Abu Nahl, March 10, 2020
1983 CIA Document Reveals Plan to Destroy Syria, Foreshadows Current Crisis By Brandon Turbeville, March 10, 2020
Video: New Idlib Ceasefire Is Already Crumbling and Nobody Is Surprised By South Front, March 10, 2020
Syrian Christian Village Awaits the End of Al Qaeda’s Occupation of Idlib By Steven Sahiounie, March 10, 2020
Israel’s Third Election: Netanyahu Wins, Justice Loses By James J. Zogby, March 10, 2020
Palestinian Rights Organization Challenges Meritless Lawsuit Filed Against It By Center for Constitutional Rights, March 10, 2020
No End to Endless War in Syria By Stephen Lendman, March 09, 2020
Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Trump-aligned Pressure Group Pushes to Stop Medicine Sales to Iran By Eli Clifton, March 09, 2020
Israel Confiscates Sole Medical Vehicle Serving 1,500 Palestinians By Middle East Monitor, March 09, 2020
Cease Fire Rejected. Turkey Doesn’t Consider Al Qaeda as a Terrorist Group. Erdogan Sends More Troops into Idlib By Arabi Souri, March 09, 2020
New Putin-Erdogan Deal Is Sugar-coating the Turks’ Surrender By Scott Ritter, March 09, 2020
Ceasefire in Syria: Dead on Arrival? By Stephen Lendman, March 09, 2020
Video: Syrian Army Win Battle Against Erdogan Forces in Idlib, but War Is Far from Over By South Front, March 08, 2020
Putin Saves Erdogan from Himself By Pepe Escobar, March 08, 2020
Trump Regime Blocks UN Security Council Support for Syria Ceasefire Already Breached By Stephen Lendman, March 08, 2020
International Women’s Day: Syria says YES to Women, and NO to Wahhabis By Prof. Tim Anderson, March 08, 2020
Video: Turkish Drones Falling in Idlib. ‘Moderate Rebels’ Gas Themselves by Mistake By South Front, March 07, 2020
Another Farcical Ceasefire in Syria By Stephen Lendman, March 06, 2020
Сoronavirus May be a Product of US ‘Biological Attack’ Aimed at Iran and China, IRGC Chief Claims By RT News, March 06, 2020
Israel Pharmaceutical Firms Test Medicines on Palestinian Prisoners By Middle East Monitor, March 06, 2020
Who Made Coronavirus? Was It the U.S., Israel or China? By Philip Giraldi, March 05, 2020
Ending the Myth that Trump Is Ending the Wars By Khury Petersen-Smith, March 05, 2020
Empires of the Steppes Fuel Erdogan Khan’s Dreams By Pepe Escobar, March 05, 2020
Video: Turkish Forces Are on ‘Tactical Retreat’. Syrian Army Recaptures More Territory in Eastern and Southern Idlib By South Front, March 05, 2020
Breaking: Terrorists Attempt Chemical Attack in Idlib By Miri Wood, March 05, 2020
Erdogan Tells Putin: “We’re in Idlib to Protect the People There.” By Eric Zuesse, March 05, 2020
The Syria Deception By Swiss Propaganda Research, March 04, 2020
Video: Syrian Armed Forces Teach ‘2nd Strongest NATO Army’ Painful Lesson in Idlib By South Front, March 04, 2020
Washington-led NATO’s War on Syria and Syrians By Mark Taliano, March 03, 2020
Turkey in Syria: Down a Blind Alley in an Unwinnable War? By Tony Cartalucci, March 03, 2020
Video: Syrian Army Recaptures Saraqib from Erdogan Forces as Syrian-Turkish Conflict in Idlib Intensifies By South Front, March 03, 2020
Strong Man Legacies: Egypt’s Late Hosni Mubarak By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 03, 2020
Surprise Israeli Election Results. Netanyahu Has a Narrow Lead over Benny Gantz By Stephen Lendman, March 03, 2020
Palestine and Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” Plan By Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh, March 02, 2020
Flashpoints in Southern Syria Seek to Divide/Distract Syrian Gains in Idlib By Tony Cartalucci, March 02, 2020
Turkey Asks NATO to Join Its War Against Syria and Russia By Eric Zuesse, March 02, 2020
A Perfect Storm on the Horizon. Turkey’s Hegemonic Ambitions By Askiah Adam, March 02, 2020
Iran: Regime Change by Coronavirus? By Andrew Korybko, March 02, 2020
Turkey Sacrifices Their Own Troops to Protect Al-Qaeda? By Matthew Ehret-Kump, March 02, 2020
Whitewashing the West’s Disastrous War in Libya By Ted Galen Carpenter, March 02, 2020
Turkey and Syria Are at War Without a Declaration of War By Paul Antonopoulos, March 02, 2020
Third Israeli Election Heading for Impasse Again? By Stephen Lendman, March 02, 2020
Even NATO Is Unwilling to Touch Turkey’s Idlib Mess with a Ten-foot Pole By Scott Ritter, March 01, 2020
Video: Fall of Saraqib: Syrian Army Retreat Under Turkish Strikes in Eastern Idlib By South Front, February 28, 2020
Turkey’s Losing Bet in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, February 28, 2020