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.
Video: US Simulates A War with Iran Scenario By South Front, January 10, 2020
Washington Blames Iran for Ukraine Airliner Crash. Was the Plane Brought down by a Missile? By Stephen Lendman, January 10, 2020
Trump, Soleimani and Terrorism By Robert Fantina, January 10, 2020
Iraqi PM Asks US to Begin Withdrawal Process in Iraq By Almasdar News, January 10, 2020
A Window for Peace By Craig Murray, January 10, 2020
Surprise, Iraqi Resistance Bombs Green Zone! By Kurt Nimmo, January 09, 2020
Iraq PM Confirms Receiving ‘Signed’ US Pullout Letter. Has Washington decided upon Withdrawal? By Press TV, January 09, 2020
The State of the Iranian Crisis. Will Trump “Escalate” or “De-escalate”? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 09, 2020
The US vs. Iran: Who Won and Who Lost? By Andrew Korybko, January 09, 2020
Iran’s Strikes Against the U.S. Demonstrates the Unipolar System Is Truly Over By Paul Antonopoulos, January 09, 2020
The Deeper Story Behind the Assassination of Soleimani. Washington Threats to Engage in False flag Sniper Shootings. Iraq Prime Minister By Federico Pieraccini, January 09, 2020
Trump’s Awful, Dishonest Iran Speech By Daniel Larison, January 09, 2020
Iranian Messages Behind Attacking US Bases in Iraq and the Consequences By Elijah J. Magnier, January 09, 2020
Trump’s Iran ‘Punching Bag’: US Provocations to Continue. Baiting Iran to Escalate? By Dr. Jack Rasmus, January 09, 2020
Iran
US Regional Presence Makes Middle East Peace and Stability Unattainable By Stephen Lendman, January 09, 2020
The US Propaganda Machine Justifies the Assassination of Qassem Suleimani By Andre Damon and David North, January 09, 2020
Trump to De-Escalate: Intelligence Source By Pepe Escobar, January 09, 2020
Iran Takes 5th and Final JCPOA Rollback Step By Stephen Lendman, January 08, 2020
Iran’s Hero Has Fallen, and Now the World Is an Even More Dangerous Place By Andre Vltchek, January 08, 2020
American Leadership Is Discredited — Will a New Leader Step Forward? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 08, 2020
Video: Trump Calls Upon Iran: “We Should Work Together” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 08, 2020
Iran Targets US Base of Ain Al-Assad in Iraq By Syria News, January 08, 2020
Trump’s Assassination Disaster By Daniel McAdams, January 08, 2020
Escalation? Iranian Missiles Strike Two US Military Bases in Iraq, “Slap in the Face” to the US, according to Tehran By Stephen Lendman, January 08, 2020
Reciprocal Escalation! Out of Control By Hasan Abu Nimah, January 08, 2020
Major U.S. Military Contractors Stand to Reap Huge Windfalls from Escalation of Conflict with Iran By Sarah Anderson, January 07, 2020
On the Brink of War? By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, January 07, 2020
Trump and His Team Are Lying Their Way to War with Iran By Ryan Costello, January 07, 2020
Iran
Iranian Revenge Will Be A Dish Best Served Cold By Scott Ritter, January 07, 2020
Fragmentation in the “Axis of Resistance” Led to Soleimani’s Death By Elijah J. Magnier, January 07, 2020
Canadian Peace Congress Condemns Imperial War Crimes By Laura Savinkoff and Christopher Black, January 07, 2020
52 Stealth Fighter Jets Elephant Walk In Show Of Force Amid Threats Of War By Zero Hedge, January 07, 2020
US Blocks Iran’s Foreign Minister From Addressing UN Security Council By Telesur, January 07, 2020
Financial N-Option Will Settle Trump’s Oil War By Pepe Escobar, January 07, 2020
Trump has Placed the United States on a Collision Course with Iran By Donald Monaco, January 07, 2020
Video: Qassem Soleimani: Martyr of Iranian Revolution By South Front, January 07, 2020
Putin Should Take Control of the Iranian Situation Out of Israel’s Hands By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 07, 2020
“Yankee Go Home” Is Chanted in Baghdad after Parliament Asks for US Troop Expulsion By Steven Sahiounie, January 07, 2020
Lies, the Bethlehem Doctrine, and the Illegal Murder of Soleimani By Craig Murray, January 06, 2020
What Comes Next after the US Assassination of Qassem Soleimani? The Options By Elijah J. Magnier, January 06, 2020
UK Nuclear Sub ‘In Position to Strike Iran’ Amid Tensions over Soleimani’s Killing By Mideast Discourse, January 06, 2020
The US Assassination of Major General Qassem Suleimani Underscores the Urgent Need to Reenter the Iran Deal By Physicians for Social Responsibility, January 06, 2020
Attorney Who Sued Bush over Iraq War Says US Assassination of Soleimani Was a ‘Violation of Human Rights Law’ By Jake Johnson, January 06, 2020
Was Soleimani Framed by Trump? In Baghdad to Receive US Supported “De-escalation Proposal” from Saudi Arabia By South Front, January 06, 2020
The United States’ Assassination of Iranian Military Leader Violates International Law By Inder Comar, January 06, 2020
Assassination Is Not a Foreign Policy By Massoud Nayeri, January 06, 2020
Iraqi Parliament Moves to Oust All U.S Troops from Iraq By Joaquin Flores, January 06, 2020
The Terrifying Rise of the Zombie State Narrative By Craig Murray, January 06, 2020
Tens of Thousands Rally Against War with Iran in over 70 Cities Across US By Emma Fiala, January 06, 2020
Iran
Disruptive Assassinations: Killing Qassem Soleimani. Trump Promises “Bombing 52 Iranian Sites” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 06, 2020
Trump Tries Real Hard to Start a War for Israel. “He Should be Impeached Because He is a War Criminal” By Kurt Nimmo, January 06, 2020
Targeted Assassination, Will Iran Seek “Strategic Revenge”? By Stephen Lendman, January 06, 2020
Trump’s Mass Deception on Iran By Stephen Lendman, January 06, 2020
War Again on the Front Burner By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 05, 2020
The Coming Attack on Iran? By Prince Kapone, January 05, 2020
Black Alliance for Peace Declares: If You Believe in Peace, Commit to Defeating the Warmongers. No War on Iran! By Black Alliance for Peace, January 05, 2020
Implications of the Trump Regime’s Assassination of Iran’s General Soleimani By Prof. Tim Anderson, January 05, 2020
Foul Murder of Another Nation’s Hero: An American Disgrace By Diana Johnstone, January 05, 2020
The Murder of General Suleimani. Trump Expected Public Applause. It Didn’t Happen… By Peter Koenig, January 05, 2020
Soleimani’s Assassination: An Act of Psychological Warfare By Douglas Valentine and Mostafa Afzalzadeh, January 05, 2020
UN Secretary General Guterres Fails to Condemn US Assassinations in Iraq By Stephen Lendman, January 05, 2020
Trump vs. Iran: Has the US Crossed the Escalation to War Rubicon? By Dr. Jack Rasmus, January 05, 2020
The Foremost State Sponsor of Terror, the United States of America: Assassination of Soleimani – What Next? By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, January 05, 2020
Censorship in Canada? Vanessa Beeley’s Talks on Syria By Prof. John Ryan, January 05, 2020
Neoliberalism and the Killing for Profit in Iraq By Bulent Gokay and Lily Hamourtziadou, January 04, 2020
A Major Conventional War Against Iran Is an Impossibility. Crisis within the US Command Structure By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 04, 2020
The War Hoax Redux. How to Start Another War By Edward Curtin, January 03, 2020
Israel’s Plan to Overthrow the King of Jordan, Annexing the West Bank and the Jordan Valley By Adnan Abu Amer, January 03, 2020
Turkey Transfers Ottoman Archives to the Palestinian Authority to Counter Israel’s Land Claims By QudsN, January 03, 2020
Trump Ordered the Assassination of Soleimani, and the Middle East Prepares for Possible War By Steven Sahiounie, January 03, 2020
No, a War with Iran Won’t Help Trump Win Re-Election By Andrew Korybko, January 03, 2020
America at War with Iran? Pentagon Ordered the Killing of IRGC Commander Qasem Soleimani By Arabi Souri, January 03, 2020
Major General Soleimani’s Assassination Isn’t Going to Start World War III By Andrew Korybko, January 03, 2020
The Soleimani Assassination: The Long-Awaited Beginning of the End of America’s Imperial Ambitions By Philip Giraldi, January 03, 2020
It’s About Time the ICC Initiates Probe into Israeli War Crimes By Michael Jansen, January 03, 2020
West Bank Settlers Attack Undercover Israeli Police Officers Disguised as Palestinians By The New Arab, January 03, 2020
America’s War for Global Domination By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 03, 2020
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act: Why Washington Is Both Corrupt and Ignorant By Philip Giraldi, January 03, 2020
A New Year and a New Trump Foreign Policy Blunder in Iraq By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 03, 2020
More US Fuel on the Middle East Fire: Trump Orders New Troop Deployment to the Region By Stephen Lendman, January 03, 2020