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.
Palestine – “Deal of the Century” – or Fraud of the Century? By Peter Koenig, February 04, 2020
Video: Syrian Army Offensive in Greater Idlib By South Front, February 03, 2020
The U.S. War on Iran and Venezuela: Interview with Ajamu Baraka By Ajamu Baraka and The Organizer, February 03, 2020
Libya and the Modern Colonial Legacy of the Berlin Conference By Abayomi Azikiwe, February 03, 2020
“Deal of the Century” Greenlights Israeli Annexation, Apartheid, and Subjugation of Palestinians By Sarah Abed, February 03, 2020
Do Not be Indifferent to the Proposed Rape of Palestine by the Trump-Netanyahu Family! By Hans Stehling, February 03, 2020
These Chains Will be Broken – Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons By Jim Miles, February 03, 2020
Video: Turkey’s Madman Erdogan Sends NATO Troops to Defend al-Qaeda Terrorists in Idlib By Arabi Souri, February 03, 2020
Imperialism and Liberation Strategies in the Middle East By Pal Steigan, February 03, 2020
UN Assembly
UN Rejects Trump’s Annexation Scheme? By Stephen Lendman, February 03, 2020
How Iran Decided to Bomb US Bases and How Trump Avoided All Out War By Elijah J. Magnier, February 03, 2020
US Deploys “Usable” Nuclear Weapon Amid Continuing War Threats Against Iran By Bill Van Auken, February 03, 2020
Massive Rejection of Trump’s Plan in Palestine, Jordan, Yemen By Telesur, February 03, 2020
Palestine: Legally Overriding a UN Security Council Veto. In Response to Trump’s Annexation Scheme By Stephen Lendman, February 03, 2020
Trump’s “peace deal” for Israel, and it is breathtaking By Craig Murray, February 03, 2020
Palestinians Have Only One Option Left: Stay and Fight By David Hearst, February 02, 2020
Maneuvering Hell for Our Advantage By Robert C. Koehler, February 01, 2020
Trump’s Annexation Scheme: A Stake in the Heart of the Moribund Two-State Solution and Peace By Stephen Lendman, January 31, 2020
US Announces Three New Military Bases in Iraq After Iraqis Demand Full Withdrawal By Alan MacLeod, January 31, 2020
More Fallout from Trump’s Annexation Scheme of the Century By Stephen Lendman, January 31, 2020
Trump and Putin Made this the Best Week Ever for Netanyahu By Andrew Korybko, January 31, 2020
Gaza Is Already Unliveable: Help the Freedom Flotilla Sail Against the Inhuman Blockade of Gaza By Freedom Flotilla Coalition, January 31, 2020
The Deliberate Destruction of Gaza’s Agriculture: Severe Damage to Crops Following Aerial Herbicide Spraying by Israel By Gisha, January 31, 2020
Putin - Erdogan, RIA Novosti
Erdogan’s Outburst Against Russia Reveals Frustration By Paul Antonopoulos, January 31, 2020
Video: Syria Army Advance on Saraqib. Liberated Areas held by Al Qaeda (Hayat Tahir al Sham) By South Front, January 30, 2020
Book Review By Gideon Polya, January 30, 2020
Video: Syria Army Develops Momentum in Idlib and Aleppo. Turkish Military Convoy Enters Syria By South Front, January 30, 2020
Trump’s Skewed Vision Gives Israel Everything It Wants By Michael Jansen, January 30, 2020
JCPOA Nuclear Agreement Collapsing Due to Western Bad Faith By Padraig McGrath, January 30, 2020
How Not to Fight Antisemitism By Independent Jewish Voices, January 30, 2020
Russian Delegation Reminds US that Occupied Golan Heights Is Syrian Territory By Almasdar News, January 30, 2020
US Sanctions Bar Iran from Accessing $5B Energy Export Revenue By Tsvetana Paraskova, January 30, 2020
Netanyahu Formally Indicted By Stephen Lendman, January 30, 2020
Trump Regime’s Annexation Scheme of the Century Unveiled By Stephen Lendman, January 30, 2020
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