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.
What You Need to Know About Trump’s Annexation Plan. By Afro News and Palestine Chronicle, January 30, 2020
US Military
Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Won’t Bring Peace – That Was the Plan By Jonathan Cook, January 30, 2020
CIA Official ‘Behind Soleimani’s Assassination’ Killed in Downed Plane in Afghanistan? By Middle East Monitor, January 29, 2020
Conspiracy Theory
Video: Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis, The Iran-Contra Affair By Horizons and Bill Moyers, January 29, 2020
Trump, Pence & Pompeo, the Gang of Three, Claim Criminal Theft of Palestinian Land to be Lawful! By Hans Stehling, January 29, 2020
UN Rejects Trump’s “Deal of the Century”? By Middle East Monitor, January 29, 2020
Don’t be Surprised if Russia Tacitly Supports the Trump-Netanyahu “Deal of the Century” By Andrew Korybko, January 29, 2020
Done Deal: How the Peace Process Sold Out the Palestinians By David Hearst, January 29, 2020
The ‘Deal of the Century’ Is Apartheid By Sheena Anne Arackal, January 29, 2020
Jewish Settlers Burn Down Palestinian Churches and Mosques By Middle East Monitor, January 29, 2020
Macron’s Macro-hypocrisy on Palestine By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, January 29, 2020
The U.S. Is Recycling Its Big Lie About Iraq to Target Iran By Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 29, 2020
Trump’s Farcical Mideast “Peace Deal” Ignores International Law. Green Light to Israeli Annexation of Palestine? By CJPME, January 29, 2020
Video: Maarat Al-numan Is About to Fall to Syrian Army By South Front, January 29, 2020
Trump Regime’s Criminal “Deal of the Century”: Breaking Palestine, Endorsing “Greater Israel”? By Stephen Lendman, January 29, 2020
Palestinian Rejection: End of Oslo Peace Process and the Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid “Steal of the Century” By Prof. Juan Cole, January 28, 2020
Video: Syria War Report, Maarat Al-numan South of Idlib Is Liberated By South Front, January 28, 2020
Killing Free Speech in America By Philip Giraldi, January 28, 2020
A Million Iraqis Asked Us to Leave. We Should Listen. By Rep. Ron Paul, January 28, 2020
Can Carob Save a Nation? An Amazing Plant. The Carob Tree Lends itself to a Wide Range of Uses By Nora Martetschläger, January 28, 2020
Iraq to Neocons: Get the Hell Out of Our Country By Kurt Nimmo, January 28, 2020
The Struggle to End Imperialist Militarism in the 21st Century By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 28, 2020
US to Grant $35 Million to Promote Its “Fake News Bubble” in Syria and Control Local Media By Eva Bartlett, January 27, 2020
The Unbearable Hypocrisy of US Sanctions on Iran By Daniel McAdams, January 27, 2020
Israel Resumes Aerial Herbicide Spraying Along Gaza’s Perimeter Fence, Deliberate Destruction of Palestinian Farming By Gisha, January 27, 2020
No, Iran Won’t Have a Nuclear Bomb ‘in a Matter of Months’ By Scott Ritter, January 27, 2020
Rockets Strike US Embassy in Baghdad By Stephen Lendman, January 27, 2020
The World Demands US Out of the Middle East – Will the US Listen? By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, January 27, 2020
Al Qaeda Terrorist Attacks Continue in Aleppo; Drones Hit Near Lattakia By Miri Wood, January 27, 2020
Trump’s Response to Baghdad “Anti-American” Protest: Let’s Revive the ISIS “Freedom Fighters” By Stephen Lendman, January 27, 2020
Why the New Silk Roads Are a “Threat” to the “US Bloc” By Pepe Escobar, January 27, 2020
US Envoy Threatens to Assassinate New Quds Force Commander By Telesur, January 27, 2020
Ruling Amid Ruins: The Plot to Break Up Iraq By David Hearst, January 27, 2020
Does the New York Times Believe Iraqis Can Demand their Freedom? By Joshua Tartakovsky, January 27, 2020
“Fake News”: “Hundreds” of Iraqis Want US Troops to Leave their Country By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 26, 2020
Trump’s Threat to Dispossess Four Million Palestinians by Violent Annexation of East Jerusalem and West Bank By Hans Stehling, January 26, 2020
Gaza: The Auschwitz of our Time By Khalid Amayreh, January 26, 2020
Over 4 Million People Join March Against US Presence in Iraq. 24 January 2020 By Telesur, January 25, 2020
Switzerland Funds Biased and Fake OPCW Chemical Weapons’ Reporting By Peter Koenig, January 24, 2020
Video: Syrian Army Reportedly Suffers Huge Casualties in Idlib. What’s Going On? By South Front, January 24, 2020
Turkish Intervention in Libya: Another Erdogan Reckless Attempt to Revive Neo-Ottoman Empire By Paul Antonopoulos, January 24, 2020
Trump’s “No-Peace/Peace Plan” for Palestine. Netanyahu/Gantz Invited to White House to Discuss “Deal of the Century” By Stephen Lendman, January 24, 2020
Putin’s Trip to ‘Israel’ Will be Remembered as an Important Part of His Legacy By Andrew Korybko, January 24, 2020
European Jewish Congress (EJC) Launches Campaign Against ‘Antisemitism’ (Aka Support for Palestinian Rights) By Alison Weir, January 24, 2020
Video: Turkey’s Military Industrial Complex By South Front, January 24, 2020
Trump’s Katyusha Conundrum: Unguided Artillery Deployed by Iraqi Insurgents against US Occupation Forces By William Walter Kay, January 23, 2020
Iraqi Parliament: Immediate US Withdrawal Due to Its Violation of the Agreement By Elijah J. Magnier, January 23, 2020
As If Bombing Is Not Enough … Poison Is the New Israeli Weapon in Gaza By Robert Inlakesh, January 23, 2020
Iraqi President Denounced for Meeting with Trump in Davos By Stephen Lendman, January 23, 2020
Hard Evidence on Torture and Ill-Treatment Against Palestinian Detainees at Israeli Interrogation Centers By Addameer, January 22, 2020
US Officials Admit Covert Tech Program Is Fueling Iran Protests By Zero Hedge, January 22, 2020
Video: Dozens Army Troops Killed, Injured in Idlib Clashes By South Front, January 22, 2020
OPCW Inspector Debunks Doctored Syria Report. “The Chemical Weapons Incident That Never Occurred” By Stephen Lendman, January 22, 2020
Netanyahu Drumming Up Opposition to ICC as World Leaders Descend on Israel By Middle East Eye, January 22, 2020
Former Nuremberg War Crimes Prosecutor on the Immoral Killing of the Iranian General. By Benjamin B. Ferencz, January 22, 2020
How Are Iran and the “Axis of the Resistance” Affected by the US Assassination of Soleimani? By Elijah J. Magnier, January 22, 2020
US Violated Unspoken Rule of Engagement with Iran By Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil, January 22, 2020
Netanyahu and Gantz Vow Jordan Valley Annexation By Stephen Lendman, January 22, 2020
Propaganda and Lies: Iran and Ukrainian Flight PS752 By Kurt Nimmo, January 21, 2020
Libyan Peace Talks and Russian Diplomacy 101 By Strategic Culture Foundation, January 21, 2020
Lisa Nandy MP: My Plans as the New Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East By Lisa Nandy, January 21, 2020
Iran Threatens to Quit NPT if EU Pursues Reimposition of Security Council Sanctions By Stephen Lendman, January 21, 2020
NATO Terrorist Attacks Continue in Aleppo; Drones Hit Near Lattakia By Miri Wood, January 21, 2020
Video: Author of Leaked OPCW Engineering Report on Douma Speaks at UN Security Council By Dave DeCamp, January 21, 2020
Pompeo to Iraq: If You Kick Us Out, We Will Bury You By Mike Whitney, January 21, 2020
Knesset to Consider Netanyahu’s Bid for Immunity from Prosecution By Stephen Lendman, January 21, 2020
Video: Thousands of Turkish Proxy Fighters Flood into Libya Amid Berlin Peace Talks By South Front, January 21, 2020
Moroccan Agriculture and Rural Development By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, January 21, 2020
Berlin Conference Has Not Brought Peace to Libya By Paul Antonopoulos, January 21, 2020
The Libya Conference and “The New Scramble for Africa” By Johannes Stern, January 20, 2020
Israel and Bedouins Face Off in the Negev Desert By Jack Dalton, January 20, 2020
More to the Flight 752 Tragedy than First Appearances Suggest By James ONeill, January 20, 2020
US Boosts Funding of Tech Companies to Help Anti-Tehran Protests By Katrina Manson, January 20, 2020
General Haftar Still Holds All the Cards After Berlin’s Libya Summit By Andrew Korybko, January 20, 2020
The Mad Geopolitics of Israel’s EastMed Gas Pipeline By F. William Engdahl, January 20, 2020
Trump Threatens to Kill Iran’s Spiritual Leader By Kurt Nimmo, January 19, 2020
2019 Year in Review: From Corporate Capture of Social Media to Trump’s War Agenda to Climate Change By Michael Welch, Abby Martin, Robbie Martin, and Andy Roth, January 19, 2020
Pompeo Says Gangland-Style Hit on Soleimani Was “Restoration of Deterrence” By Mike Whitney, January 19, 2020
Iran – The EU – The Three Trigger Dispute Mechanism in the Iran Nuclear Deal and Trump’s Bluff By Peter Koenig, January 19, 2020
Video: Turkish Invasion of Libya? Erdogan Sends Troops By South Front, January 18, 2020