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.
Nuclear Weapons: Trump Regime Pressured E3 Countries (UK, France, Germany) to Trigger JCPOA Dispute Mechanism By Stephen Lendman, January 18, 2020
Canada Opposed Iranian Democracy By Yves Engler, January 17, 2020
Washington Continues War Buildup Against Iran By Bill Van Auken, January 17, 2020
Trump Calls for New Iran Nuclear Deal that Renders the Country Defenseless By Stephen Lendman, January 17, 2020
Canada’s Media and Political Establishment Endorse Illegal Assassination of Iranian General Suleimani By Roger Jordan, January 17, 2020
Iraq Set to Buy Russian S-400 Air Defense System and Assert Its Sovereignty By Steven Sahiounie, January 17, 2020
Battle of the Ages to Stop Eurasian Integration By Pepe Escobar, January 17, 2020
NATO Terrorists Bomb Aleppo Neighborhood: 5 Murdered, 15 Injured By Miri Wood, January 17, 2020
Soleimani Fallout Continues to Produce Diplomatic Dividends for Russia By Padraig McGrath, January 16, 2020
US, UK, Australia, Canada and Germany Reject Iraqi Parliament’s Demand for US and Allied Troop Withdrawal By Gideon Polya, January 16, 2020
Iran’s ‘Deep State’ Struggle Will Intensify After the UIA-752 Cover-Up Was Exposed By Andrew Korybko, January 16, 2020
Pompeo and the “Mafia Hit Strategy” By Kurt Nimmo, January 16, 2020
Peace or War? By Donald Monaco, January 16, 2020
How Europe Betrayed Iran: By Triggering JCPOA Dispute Mechanism, EU Helps Trump Finish Job of Killing the Iran Nuclear Deal By Scott Ritter, January 16, 2020
Will Baghdad Defy Washington? Iraqi Parliament Contemplates Buying Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense System By Paul Antonopoulos, January 16, 2020
What’s the Point of NATO if You Are Not Prepared to Use It Against Iran? By Philip Giraldi, January 16, 2020
In Honor of Martin Luther King: “The Pursuit of Peace” and MLK’s Historic Analysis of “American Militarism” By Barry Kissin, January 16, 2020
US War of Terror Continues: Assassinating Iran’s Top Anti-ISIS General By Tony Cartalucci, January 16, 2020
Libya: Before and After Muammar Gaddafi. Dramatic Collapse in the Standard of Living By Telesur, January 16, 2020
Who Targeted Ukraine Airlines Flight 752? Iran Shot It Down but There May be More to the Story By Philip Giraldi, January 16, 2020
Tracked, Targeted, Killed: Qassem Soleimani’s Final Hours By Suadad al-Salhy, January 16, 2020
Middle Eastern Wars Have Always Been About Oil By Washington's Blog, January 15, 2020
George H.W. Bush’s Complicity in the 1991 “Highway of Death” Iraq Massacre. By Joyce Chediac, January 15, 2020
Britain, France and Germany (E3) Trigger JCPOA Dispute Mechanism, a Hostile Action Against Iran By Stephen Lendman, January 15, 2020
Ceasefire Failure as Haftar Leaves Russia to Resume Military Operations in Libya By Paul Antonopoulos, January 15, 2020
Persian Peril: The Assassination of Qasem Soleimani and the Prospect of War with Iran By Michael Welch, Glenn Michalchuk, and Pepe Escobar, January 15, 2020
The Human Catastrophe of War By Massoud Nayeri, January 15, 2020
Unintended Consequences: Did Trump Just Give the Middle East to China and Russia? By F. William Engdahl, January 15, 2020
1983 CIA Document Reveals Plan To Destroy Syria, Foreshadows Current Crisis By Zero Hedge, January 15, 2020
Permanent War and Poverty or Widespread Truth Awareness? By Mark Taliano, January 14, 2020
Video: How and Why Iran Shot Down Ukrainian Boeing By South Front, January 14, 2020
Putin’s Orthodox Christmas Visit to Damascus Plays Up Assad’s Syria as Enclave of Peace – While Rest of Middle East Burns By Scott Ritter, January 14, 2020
164 “Peace-Keeping” Military Bases Worldwide: US Bases in Iraq Advance Its Regional Imperium By Stephen Lendman, January 14, 2020
US Defense Secretary Esper Says Trump Lied to Justify Killing Soleimani By Arabi Souri, January 14, 2020
Trump and Esper: No Evidence, Just a “Sneaky Feeling”. Time for the Invaders to Go Home By Steven Sahiounie, January 14, 2020
Iran to Sue the US and Trump for Killing General Soleimani By Stephen Lendman, January 14, 2020
US to Iraq: ‘Vote All You Want, We’re Not Leaving!’ By Rep. Ron Paul, January 14, 2020
Trump and Congress Double Down on Demonizing Iran By Philip Giraldi, January 14, 2020
Seems Increasingly Likely Trump Just Made Up the ‘Imminent Threat’ Posed by Soleimani By Andrea Germanos, January 14, 2020
Russia’s Unsuccessful Libyan Peace Summit Was a Good Start By Andrew Korybko, January 14, 2020
Trump Sends a “Death Threat” to Iraq’s Prime Minister. By Renee Parsons, January 13, 2020
Iraq Remains US Occupied Territory, “We’re Not Leaving Unless…” Says Trump By Stephen Lendman, January 13, 2020
Ukraine Airliner Tragedy: Memories of Iran Air Flight 655 Shootdown, Cubana Flight 455 Attack By Brett Wilkins, January 13, 2020
U.S. Now at War Against Iraq and Iran By Eric Zuesse, January 13, 2020
The War in Libya: The Cease-Fire Initiative of Erdogan and Putin By Hassan Mansour, January 13, 2020
Turkish-backed GNA Leader Fayez al-Sarraj Is on the Verge of Losing Tripoli By Paul Antonopoulos, January 13, 2020
The Deep State “Entrapment of President Trump”: Competing Factions within the Military intelligence Complex By Junaid S. Ahmad, January 13, 2020
ISIS and Israel Praise Trump’s Assassination of Iranian Top General Soleimani By Sarah Abed, January 13, 2020
Pompeo’s Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Provocation to War By Gareth Porter, January 13, 2020
Illegality of US Foreign Policy, Pre-emptive Force and Qasem Soleimani By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 13, 2020
British Universities Invest in Israeli Apartheid By Asa Winstanley, January 13, 2020
UN Security Council Extends Aid Runs for Al Qaeda in Idlib By Vanessa Beeley, January 13, 2020
The West Is Run by Barbarians By Peter Koenig, January 13, 2020
US Resurrecting ISIS in Iraq? By Stephen Lendman, January 13, 2020
Strikes in Iraq and Syria: US Terror for the New Year By Tony Cartalucci, January 13, 2020
The Facts About Iran and Terrorism By Larry Johnson, January 13, 2020
U.S. Media Says Russia the True Winner in Hostilities Against Iran By Paul Antonopoulos, January 13, 2020
New Poll Shows Most Americans Oppose Trump’s Iran Agenda By Stephen Lendman, January 13, 2020
World at Risk By Ed Lehman, January 13, 2020
Did Pompeo Dupe Trump into the Soleimani Hit? By Mike Whitney, January 13, 2020
Why Iran “Came Clean” Regarding Its Role in the UIA-752 Tragedy By Andrew Korybko, January 12, 2020
Additional 6 Months Granted to NATO Terrorists North of Syria by the UN Security Council By Miri Wood, January 12, 2020
U.S. Media Outlets Fail to Disclose U.S. Government Ties of ‘Iranian Journalist’ Echoing Trump Talking Points By Eli Clifton, January 12, 2020
Iran’s Accidental Downing of a Ukrainian Plane Is Already Being Used to Smear MH-17 Skeptics By Max Parry, January 12, 2020
Israel
US Envoy: Next Plan Is to Let Israel Annex West Bank By Middle East Monitor, January 12, 2020
Only 23% of American Voters Can Identify Iran on the World Map By Rashaan Ayesh, January 12, 2020
Invoking the United Nations’ Historic “Uniting for Peace” Resolution 377 Before Trump Embroils Us in War with Iran By Dimitri Lascaris, January 12, 2020
This Iranian War Vet Has Some Advice for Trump: Don’t Play Checkers with the Grandmasters of Chess By Habib Ahmadzadeh, January 12, 2020
In Stunning Reversal, Iran Admits Accidentally Shooting Down Ukrainian Passenger Jet By Zero Hedge, January 12, 2020
US Plans Permanent Occupation of Iraq By Stephen Lendman, January 12, 2020
Iraq – Why Doesn’t the US Move Out Despite the Iraqi Parliament’s Decision? By Peter Koenig, January 11, 2020
A New Middle East “Made in Iran” is About to be Born? By Elijah J. Magnier, January 11, 2020
Ten Ways Trump’s Actions Against Iran Hurt Americans, the Region and the World By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 11, 2020
What’s Behind Boeing Crash in Iran? By South Front, January 11, 2020
U.S. Now at War Against Iraq and Iran By Global Research News, January 11, 2020
From Resistance to Assistance: Little Pushback to Trump’s Iran Assassination By Alan MacLeod, January 10, 2020
America’ System of “Checks, Balances and Reality” Crumbles as It Seeks War with Iran: Send in Pope Francis, Not the Marines By John Stanton, January 10, 2020
Savage. Brutal. After the Assassination of Soleimani, Can We Just Admit that the United States Has No Morality at All? By Dr. Robert P. Abele, January 10, 2020
Iraq Gives the US Its Marching Orders. What Part of “Go Home” Don’t You Understand? By Steven Sahiounie, January 10, 2020
Trump Administration had Set a Trap for Soleimani By Joyce Nelson, January 10, 2020