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.
President Tayyip Erdogan Now Claims Syria’s Idlib Province Belongs to Turkey By Eric Zuesse, February 28, 2020
I Was Meant to Talk About Palestinian Kids at the UN. Israel Forced Me Out By Brad Parker, February 28, 2020
Capture of M5 Hama-Aleppo Highway: One of the Most Celebrated Prizes in Damascus’ Campaign to Regain Territory By Michael Jansen, February 28, 2020
The War Scenario Between Israel and Hezbollah By Elijah J. Magnier, February 28, 2020
Video: “Fake News”: “The Shining Forces of Idlib Democracy” = Al Qaeda Terrorists backed by Turkish Army By South Front, February 27, 2020
Syria: “Moderate Rebels” or “Intelligence Assets”? By Mark Taliano, February 27, 2020
Video: Erdogan Forces Recaptured Nayrab but Lost Another Dozen of Villages to Syrian Army By South Front, February 26, 2020
Solidarity with Palestine: ‘If They Suppress BDS, No Other Movement Is Safe’ By Omar Barghouti and Husna Rizvi, February 26, 2020
Evidence on Continuing US-NATO Media Lies About the War in Syria By James ONeill, February 26, 2020
Turkey’s War on Syria: Erdogan Sponsored Terrorists Cut Drinking Water off Al-Hasakah, Two Million People Affected, an Explicit War Crime By Arabi Souri, February 26, 2020
Turkey’s Request for U.S. Patriot Missiles to Pressure Russia in Syria Will Not Work By Paul Antonopoulos, February 26, 2020
Netanyahu’s Holy Alliance with Rightwing, Ultra-Orthodox By Shlomi Eldar, February 26, 2020
Overt Trump Regime Support for Al-Qaeda Offshoots in Syria, ISIS-Daesh Et Al are Pentagon/CIA Proxies By Stephen Lendman, February 25, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister – Now Facing Corruption Trial – Still Has Powerful Friends in Both Our Houses of Parliament By Hans Stehling, February 25, 2020
Libya’s US Base Request Reveals How Desperate the Turkish-Backed Government Has Become By Andrew Korybko, February 25, 2020
‘Unprecedented Brutality’: Family of Palestinian Mangled by Bulldozer Condemn Israel By Tareq Hajjaj, February 25, 2020
We Need to Treat Nuclear War Like the Emergency It Is By Olivia Alperstein, February 25, 2020
Lest We Forget – Hillary Clinton: We Must Destroy Syria for Israel By Uprooted Palestinians, February 24, 2020
US “Forever War” in Afghanistan Near Ending? By Stephen Lendman, February 24, 2020
UN Report: 45,000 Children Displaced in Iraq Without Identity Documents By Middle East Monitor, February 24, 2020
The Syrian Arab Army’s Victorious Liberation of Aleppo. Historical Comparisons By Andrew Korybko, February 23, 2020
Video: SAA Syrian Forces Give Turkish Army “A Whipping” in Eastern Idlib By South Front, February 23, 2020
US Lost Track of $715 Million in Weapons Sent to “Anti-Daesh Allies” in Syria By Middle East Monitor, February 23, 2020
Trump’s Pressure Tactics on Iraq Seek to Preserve Troop Presence By Michael Jansen, February 23, 2020
Iranian Elections By Stephen Lendman, February 23, 2020
Video: Turkey’s Sultan-in-Chief Erdogan To the Rescue of Al-Qaeda in Idlib By South Front, February 22, 2020
Video: Turkey’s War on Syria. Bluff or Reality? By South Front, February 21, 2020
Russia and Turkey, “Allies” Fighting One Another: On Opposite Sides of the War on Syria By Stephen Lendman, February 21, 2020
U.S. and Iran Increase Competition to Influence Afghanistan By Paul Antonopoulos, February 21, 2020
Is Iran Ill-advised to Finance Its Regional Allies While Under Sanctions? By Elijah J. Magnier, February 21, 2020
Revealed: The British Government’s Covert Media Propaganda Campaign in Syria By Ian Cobain and Alice Ross, February 21, 2020
The War On Syria is Not Over: SAA Forces and Russia Confront US Sponsored “Jihadists”, Turkey’s Phony “Safe Zone”, Israel Threatens “Escalated Aggression” By Stephen Lendman, February 20, 2020
The Axis of Resistance Holds Firm as Washington Faces Retreat By Prof. Tim Anderson and Steven Sahiounie, February 20, 2020
Putin vs. Erdogan: Who’s Going to Blink First? By Mike Whitney, February 20, 2020
Video: Aleppo City’s Countryside Fully Secured, Syrians in Aleppo Celebrate the End of Terrorism By Eva Bartlett, February 20, 2020
Netanyahu in the Dock Set for March 17. What Happens if Convicted of Bribery, Fraud? By Stephen Lendman, February 20, 2020
Video: Syrians Are in Desperate Race to Outrun Brutal Regime Offensive By South Front, February 20, 2020
Trump’s Deal Is a Show Hiding the Real Problem: Ongoing Israeli Apartheid By Prof. Richard Falk, February 19, 2020
The Unbreakable Bond of Ireland and Palestine By Creede Newton, February 19, 2020
US Middle East “Peace Deal” Designed to Perpetuate Conflict By Tony Cartalucci, February 19, 2020
EU Nations Push for Bloc’s Recognition of State of Palestine By Telesur, February 19, 2020
NATO Wars Against Freedom, Justice and Humanity By Mark Taliano, February 19, 2020
Video: Towards The Liberation of Idlib City By South Front, February 19, 2020
Russia Needs to Prioritize Greece as Relations Rift with Turkey By Paul Antonopoulos, February 19, 2020
UN List of Firms Aiding Israel’s Settlements Was Dead on Arrival By Jonathan Cook, February 19, 2020
Video: Turkish “Armed Groups” Don’t Help. Syrian Army Liberates Entire Western Aleppo By South Front, February 18, 2020
The United States Supports the Mujahedeen-e Khalk (MEK) Terrorist Organization By Robert Fantina, February 18, 2020
Explaining Syria: It’s Everyone’s Fault Except the U.S. and Israel By Philip Giraldi, February 18, 2020
Bloomberg Defied a Flight Ban to Show Support for Israel, Defended the Country Shelling a School and Killing Sleeping Children By Michael Arria, February 18, 2020
‘The Deal of the Century’ and Its Hidden Secrets By Hazim El-Naser, February 18, 2020
Syrian Forces Secure Aleppo City Completely By Arabi Souri, February 17, 2020
US Pressuring Iraq Not to Reveal Details of Soleimani Killing: MP By Iran Front Page, February 17, 2020
Kill the Culture, Destroy a Nation By Timothy Alexander Guzman, February 17, 2020
How AIPAC Is Losing Bipartisan Support in Washington By Ali Harb, February 17, 2020
Sanders Tells New York Times He Would Consider a Preemptive Strike Against Iran or North Korea By Jacob Crosse and Barry Grey, February 17, 2020
The Middle East: Ground Zero for Possible Global War? By Stephen Lendman, February 17, 2020
How Trump’s “Peace” Plan Will Redraw Israel’s Borders to Exclude to Non-Jews By Miko Peled, February 17, 2020
UN Publishes List of Companies Profiting from Israel’s Illegal Settlements in Palestine By Brett Wilkins, February 17, 2020
Video: Turkey Supports Al Qaeda Against Syrian Forces in Idlib By South Front, February 17, 2020
American Citizens Killed and Tortured by Israel? By Philip Giraldi, February 16, 2020
2013 Law Suit: Israel Tried and Found Guilty of War Crimes and Genocide By Stephen Lendman, February 16, 2020
“We the People Refuse to Fight”: Abandon the Battlefield! By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, February 14, 2020
Trump’s Senate “Acquittal” Will Embolden Him to Adopt Increasingly Destructive Policies in the Middle East By Michael Jansen, February 14, 2020
New Leaks Shatter OPCW’s Attacks on Douma Whistleblowers By Aaron Mate, February 14, 2020
On Bombing Cultural Heritage Sites, Drone Assassinations, and Spirituality By Prof. Valeria Z. Nollan, February 14, 2020
Trump Regime Hostility Toward Palestinians By Stephen Lendman, February 14, 2020
US Rejects UN List of Firms with Ties to Israeli Settlements By Telesur, February 14, 2020
Video: Battle of Idlib and Prospects of Turkish-Syrian War By South Front, February 14, 2020
Video: Syrian Army Gives Turkey “Flick on Nose” in Nayrab, Secures Entire Aleppo-Damascus Highway By South Front, February 14, 2020
Western Anti-Chinese Propaganda Exaggerates Coronavirus Danger, Creates Panic By Andre Vltchek, February 14, 2020
Regime Change Wars Have No Basis in International Law By Mark Taliano, February 14, 2020
Video: Residents of Syrian Town Open Fire on US Armed Forces Patrol By Almasdar News, February 14, 2020
Israeli-Palestinian
Corporate America in Israel and Illegal Settlements By Stephen Lendman, February 13, 2020
More Lies on Iran: The White House Just Can’t Help Itself as New Facts Emerge By Philip Giraldi, February 13, 2020
Syria Imposes the Astana Deal by Force as Turkish, Russian Tensions Rise By Elijah J. Magnier, February 13, 2020
Crisis in Syrian Idlib Has Firmly Put Turkey Back into NATO’s Sphere By Paul Antonopoulos, February 13, 2020
The Syrian Arab Army Secures Fully Control of the Damascus – Aleppo Highway By Arabi Souri, February 12, 2020
Video: Turkey Fights Back Against ‘Assad Aggression’ in Idlib By South Front, February 12, 2020
Israeli-Palestinian
US Ambassador Sends Strong Message to Netanyahu: Patience, Young Grasshopper, You’ll Annex the West Bank Soon By Sarah Abed, February 12, 2020
How The 1979 Revolution Reshaped Iran and Saudi Arabia By David Hearst, February 12, 2020