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.
The Virus of Sanctions: Flattening the Curve By George Capaccio, March 31, 2020
Call for Intervention Before It Is Too Late: PCHR Warns that Gaza’s Healthcare System Would Collapse in Case of Coronavirus Outbreak By Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, March 31, 2020
Video: Syria and Turkey Ramp Up Preparations for New Military Confrontation By South Front, March 31, 2020
Murphy Organizes Senate Effort to Call for Ease of US Sanctions Hindering Response to COVID-19 By US Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, March 30, 2020
Netanyahu Uses Coronavirus to Lure Rival Gantz Into ‘Emergency’ Government By Jonathan Cook, March 30, 2020
US ‘Granting Waivers’ to Release Iranian Assets for Coronavirus Fight: Iranian Sources By Rohollah Faghihi, March 30, 2020
US Sanctions Against Iran: Double Illegitimacy at the Time of Covid-19 By Saïdeh Khadir, March 30, 2020
US Senators Request to Ease Sanctions Against Venezuela, Iran By Telesur, March 30, 2020
With a Quarter of the World’s Population Under US Sanctions, Countries Appeal to UN to Intervene By Alan MacLeod, March 30, 2020
U.S. Troops Out of Iraq By Mairead Maguire, March 30, 2020
Trump Regime Plotting More War in Iraq? By Stephen Lendman, March 30, 2020
Video: Kurdish Militias Start New Dangerous Game in Northern Syria By South Front, March 29, 2020
Video: The Istanbul Canal as an Instrument of Erdogan’s Multipolarity By South Front, March 29, 2020
Lockerbie’s Only Convict May be Exonerated Posthumously By Dr. Mustafa Fetouri, March 27, 2020
Video: Mighty “Moderate Rebels” Pressure Turkish Army in Idlib. US-led Coalition Is Crumbling By South Front, March 27, 2020
Recognizing and Resisting the “Hasbara Pandemic” By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, March 27, 2020
Coronavirus in Gaza: Just 40 ICU Beds for Two Million People Under Siege By David Hearst, March 27, 2020
As the World Turns Its Attention to the Pandemic, Israel Is Moving Forward with Military Raids By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, March 26, 2020
US Media Defends Al Qaeda in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, March 26, 2020
Video: Unfortunate Adventures of Turkish Army in Idlib By South Front, March 26, 2020
Video: SDF Releases Tens of ISIS Members in Eastern Syria. Turkey, Russia Struggle with Idlib De-escalation By South Front, March 25, 2020
How ‘Defense’ Contractors Lobbied for War in Yemen and Reaped the Profits from Death and Destruction By Ben Barbour, March 25, 2020
Video: Impressive Successes of Houthis in Yemeni War Amid Saudi Oil Gamble By South Front, March 24, 2020
Coronavirus: Punishing America’s Enemies By Philip Giraldi, March 24, 2020
The pro-Western World Uyghur Congress (WUC) Is Being Used “To Detonate the World” By Andre Vltchek, March 23, 2020
U.S. and Iraq: The Hidden History By Richard Becker, March 23, 2020
Pompeo and Netanyahu Paved a Path to War with Iran, and They’re Pushing Trump Again By Gareth Porter, March 23, 2020
Coronavirus: Israel’s Mossad Acquires 100,000 ‘Unusable’ Test Kits By Lubna Masarwa and Mustafa Abu Sneineh, March 23, 2020
Video: ‘Moderate Rebels’ Bite Hand that Feeds Them. 2 Turkish Soldiers Killed in Idlib By South Front, March 22, 2020
Netanyahu’s Power Grab By Stephen Lendman, March 22, 2020
Stop Tightening the Thumb Screws against Iran. A Humanitarian Message By Kathy Kelly, March 20, 2020
Thousands of Israeli Soldiers Quarantined Due to Coronavirus By Middle East Monitor, March 20, 2020
Iraqi Politics in a Storm, Heading Towards Instability and Chaos By Elijah J. Magnier, March 20, 2020
Video: ISIS Threat Revives in Eastern Syria. Idlib Militants Kill Each Other Over Security Zone Deal Contradictions By South Front, March 20, 2020
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