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.
Bolivia Says It Plans to Renew Diplomatic Ties with Israel By Middle East Eye, November 29, 2019
Trump Imperils the Peace Process By William Bell, November 29, 2019
Video: Is Northeastern Syria Turning into A Death Trap for Russia? By South Front, November 29, 2019
Britain’s Chief Rabbi Is Helping to Stoke Antisemitism against Corbyn By Jonathan Cook, November 29, 2019
Iran May be the Only Winner in Iraq By Philip Giraldi, November 29, 2019
Turkey Holds NATO Hostage Until Syria-related Demands Are Met By Sarah Abed, November 29, 2019
Occupied Palestine: The Most Enduring Media Cover-up By Alison Weir, Margaret Flowers, and Kevin Zeese, November 28, 2019
Syrian Army Bombs Kurdish Tankers Smuggling Oil to Turkey, A Message to Trump By Arabi Souri, November 28, 2019
Are We on the Path to War? – Middle East Heats Up While Viewers Watch the Impeachment By Philip Giraldi, November 28, 2019
Video: The Revolution Business: Does the USA Sponsor “Color Revolutions” and “Regime Change”? By Journeyman Pictures, November 27, 2019
Turkey Rejects US Demand to Return Russian S-400s By Stephen Lendman, November 27, 2019
Boris Johnson’s Tory Party Manifesto Vows to Ban Boycott Campaigns (BDS) against Israel By Areeb Ullah, November 27, 2019
The Role of British Universities in Supporting Israel’s Demolitions of Palestinian Homes By Tom Anderson, November 27, 2019
Video: “Les cendres de la guerre” with Dr. Ayssar Midani By Mark Taliano, Ayssar Midani, and Michel Collon, November 27, 2019
Trump and Netanyahu: A Tale of Two Criminals By Robert Fantina, November 27, 2019
Syria: 70% of Internally Displaced (IDP) Families Have Returned to Their Liberated Villages in Idlib Province By Arabi Souri, November 27, 2019
Iran’s Barter Trade Deals with China, By-Passing the US-Dollar, “Dedollarizing” Her Economy By Peter Koenig, November 27, 2019
Video: Tense Situation in Northeastern Syria. Russian and Turkish Forces Continue “Joint Patrols” By South Front, November 26, 2019
The Problem with Israeli Settlements Is Not that They Are Illegal. It’s that They Are Immoral. By Prof. Peter Beinart, November 26, 2019
Eroding Free Expression in Israel Updated By Stephen Lendman, November 26, 2019
Is Netanyahu Ready to Inflame War to Escape His Legal Troubles? By Jonathan Cook, November 26, 2019
Pompeo Gives Away the Palestinian West Bank By Philip Giraldi, November 26, 2019
Netanyahu’s Real Crimes By James J. Zogby, November 26, 2019
Iran’s ‘Only Crime Is We Decided Not to Fold’ By Pepe Escobar, November 26, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Developing Advance in Southern Idlib By South Front, November 26, 2019
History of US-Israel Relations, The State Department’s “Fact Sheet”. A War of “Terror Alliance” By Stephen Lendman, November 25, 2019
The White Helmets: How the U.S. Has Sponsored Terrorists in Syria By Abdallah Samir, November 25, 2019
Attacking Palestine’s Future. “Omnipresent are the Prison Guard Towers, the Barbed Wire, the Israeli Soldiers” By Greg Shupak, November 25, 2019
International Law Is Clear on One Point: Israel’s Settlements Are Illegal By Prof. Richard Falk, November 25, 2019
Iran Social Unrest: Protests and Carefully Planned Provocations By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, November 25, 2019
WikiLeaks Exposes Doctored OPCW Report on Alleged Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria By Stephen Lendman, November 24, 2019
Zionist Rewriting of History of Palestine by Israel’s Ministry of Defense By Middle East Eye, November 24, 2019
Trump’s Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support By Prof. Stephen Zunes, November 24, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Uses Tactical Ballistic Missiles against Al Qaeda Militants Weapons’ Depots By South Front, November 24, 2019
Donald J. Trump and The Deep State By Prof Peter Dale Scott, November 24, 2019
Is the Middle East Beginning a Self-Correction? By Alastair Crooke, November 22, 2019
The Desolation of Yemen. The Forgotten War By Daniel Larison, November 22, 2019
Lies Which the West Manufactures and Then Consumes By Andre Vltchek, November 22, 2019
Video: Israel Conducts Wide-scale Strikes on Syria By South Front, November 21, 2019
Syria
Leaked Memo Shows the U.S. Still Does Not Understand Turkey’s Syria Operation By Paul Antonopoulos, November 21, 2019
Trump’s New Policy on Israeli Settlements Is Illegal and Self-Serving By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, November 21, 2019
The Lebanese Color Revolution Is a Defining Moment for the Resistance By Andrew Korybko, November 21, 2019
UK Government Hid Torture and Killing of Civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq by British Soldiers By Telesur, November 21, 2019
Video: Protest Movements in Iran By South Front, November 21, 2019
United States Imperialism in North Africa: Continued Military and Economic Subversion By Abayomi Azikiwe, November 20, 2019
Turkey’s ‘White Elephants’: S-400s or Patriots? By Andrew Korybko, November 20, 2019
Video: Kurdish Radicals Try to Burn Russian-Turkish Patrol By South Front, November 20, 2019
Video: Complex and Unstable Geopolitics in Syria. Further Escalation in Southern Idlib By South Front, November 19, 2019
Occupied Palestine: From BDS to ODS. The Project of a One Democratic State (ODS) By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, November 19, 2019
America’s Arms Sales Addiction: 50-Year History of U.S. Dominance of the Middle Eastern Arms Trade By William D. Hartung, November 19, 2019
UK Government Accused of Covering Up War Crimes in Iraq By Johanna Ross, November 19, 2019
Trump Regime Calls Illegal Israel Settlements Legal By Stephen Lendman, November 19, 2019
U.S. Continues to Draw Lines in Eastern Mediterranean By Paul Antonopoulos, November 19, 2019
Iran’s Protests Are Grassroots, Not Foreign-Driven, and that’s the Real Problem By Andrew Korybko, November 19, 2019
New Zealand Even Hand against Palestine: Jacinda Adern, that Tweet, and Gaza By Julie Webb-Pullman, November 19, 2019
NATO Terrorism in Syria and Other War Crimes: 15 Martyred in Al-Bab By Miri Wood, November 19, 2019
Uranium Exposure: Despite Rising Tide of Birth Defects, Fallujah Shuns Iraq Protests in Fear of Backlash By Alex McDonald, November 19, 2019
After Al-Baghdadi, Islamic State Is Being Headed by Shura Council By Nauman Sadiq, November 18, 2019
Washington Threatens Egypt with Sanctions Over Russian Su-35 Fighter Jet Purchase By Sarah Abed, November 18, 2019
Yemen: Letter from a Father Who Calls for Justice By Abraham AbdulKarim, November 18, 2019
Hasakah: Syrian Arab Army Deploys Over 200 Kms on Borders with Turkey By Arabi Souri, November 17, 2019
The Role of Russia’s Military Police in Syria. The Deal between Russia and Turkey? By Steven Sahiounie, November 17, 2019
Video: With Russia’s Support Syrian Army Kicks Off New Offensive in Southern Idlib By South Front, November 16, 2019
White Helmets
Karma: British “White Helmets” Co-Founder Dead in Turkey By Tony Cartalucci, November 15, 2019
Who Was the Founder of the White Helmets? Was He Killed by the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh)? By Nauman Sadiq, November 15, 2019
War on Syria
Syria’s Opposing Parties By Mark Taliano and Tasnim News Agency, November 15, 2019
Encountering Peace – A Personal Note of an Israeli Peace Activist During the Gaza Rockets By Gershon Baskin, November 15, 2019
Western Terrorists Are Coming Home to Roost By Steven Sahiounie, November 14, 2019
Can the EU’s New Sanctions Against Turkey Force the Cyprus Issue to Finally be Resolved? By Paul Antonopoulos, November 14, 2019
This Olive Tree in Bethlehem Has Stood for 5,000 Years – and this Man Is Defending It By Shatha Hammad, November 13, 2019
Geopolitical Bombshell: Major New Oil Discovery in Iran By Stephen Lendman, November 13, 2019
US Is the Source of, Not “Solution” to Syrian War By Tony Cartalucci, November 12, 2019
After Sochi Summit, What Prospects for Africa-Russia Relations? By Kester Kenn Klomegah, November 12, 2019
Video: Massive US Military Convoy Consisting of 172 Vehicles Heads to Raqqa and Aleppo By Almasdar News, November 12, 2019
Video: Turkish-led Forces Resumed Advance in Northeastern Syria By South Front, November 12, 2019
Israel Is Silencing the Last Voices Trying to Stop Abuses Against Palestinians By Jonathan Cook, November 12, 2019
The US Sells Fake “Humanitarian” Warfare: “Responsibility to Protect” Syria (R2P) By Mark Taliano and Prof. Tim Anderson, November 12, 2019
Significant Progress Toward Political Settlement in Syria? By Stephen Lendman, November 12, 2019
Gaza Specialist Doctors Emigrate Due to Israel Siege By Middle East Monitor, November 11, 2019
US Congressional Panel Outlines Next Phase of Dirty War on Syria: Occupy Oil Fields and Block Reconstruction By Ben Norton, November 11, 2019