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.
Iraqi Parliament: Immediate US Withdrawal Due to Its Violation of the Agreement By Elijah J. Magnier, January 23, 2020
As If Bombing Is Not Enough … Poison Is the New Israeli Weapon in Gaza By Robert Inlakesh, January 23, 2020
Iraqi President Denounced for Meeting with Trump in Davos By Stephen Lendman, January 23, 2020
Hard Evidence on Torture and Ill-Treatment Against Palestinian Detainees at Israeli Interrogation Centers By Addameer, January 22, 2020
US Officials Admit Covert Tech Program Is Fueling Iran Protests By Zero Hedge, January 22, 2020
Video: Dozens Army Troops Killed, Injured in Idlib Clashes By South Front, January 22, 2020
OPCW Inspector Debunks Doctored Syria Report. “The Chemical Weapons Incident That Never Occurred” By Stephen Lendman, January 22, 2020
Netanyahu Drumming Up Opposition to ICC as World Leaders Descend on Israel By Middle East Eye, January 22, 2020
Former Nuremberg War Crimes Prosecutor on the Immoral Killing of the Iranian General. By Benjamin B. Ferencz, January 22, 2020
How Are Iran and the “Axis of the Resistance” Affected by the US Assassination of Soleimani? By Elijah J. Magnier, January 22, 2020
US Violated Unspoken Rule of Engagement with Iran By Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil, January 22, 2020
Netanyahu and Gantz Vow Jordan Valley Annexation By Stephen Lendman, January 22, 2020
Propaganda and Lies: Iran and Ukrainian Flight PS752 By Kurt Nimmo, January 21, 2020
Libyan Peace Talks and Russian Diplomacy 101 By Strategic Culture Foundation, January 21, 2020
Lisa Nandy MP: My Plans as the New Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East By Lisa Nandy, January 21, 2020
Iran Threatens to Quit NPT if EU Pursues Reimposition of Security Council Sanctions By Stephen Lendman, January 21, 2020
NATO Terrorist Attacks Continue in Aleppo; Drones Hit Near Lattakia By Miri Wood, January 21, 2020
Video: Author of Leaked OPCW Engineering Report on Douma Speaks at UN Security Council By Dave DeCamp, January 21, 2020
Pompeo to Iraq: If You Kick Us Out, We Will Bury You By Mike Whitney, January 21, 2020
Knesset to Consider Netanyahu’s Bid for Immunity from Prosecution By Stephen Lendman, January 21, 2020
Video: Thousands of Turkish Proxy Fighters Flood into Libya Amid Berlin Peace Talks By South Front, January 21, 2020
Moroccan Agriculture and Rural Development By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, January 21, 2020
Berlin Conference Has Not Brought Peace to Libya By Paul Antonopoulos, January 21, 2020
The Libya Conference and “The New Scramble for Africa” By Johannes Stern, January 20, 2020
Israel and Bedouins Face Off in the Negev Desert By Jack Dalton, January 20, 2020
More to the Flight 752 Tragedy than First Appearances Suggest By James ONeill, January 20, 2020
US Boosts Funding of Tech Companies to Help Anti-Tehran Protests By Katrina Manson, January 20, 2020
General Haftar Still Holds All the Cards After Berlin’s Libya Summit By Andrew Korybko, January 20, 2020
The Mad Geopolitics of Israel’s EastMed Gas Pipeline By F. William Engdahl, January 20, 2020
Trump Threatens to Kill Iran’s Spiritual Leader By Kurt Nimmo, January 19, 2020
2019 Year in Review: From Corporate Capture of Social Media to Trump’s War Agenda to Climate Change By Michael Welch, Abby Martin, Robbie Martin, and Andy Roth, January 19, 2020
Pompeo Says Gangland-Style Hit on Soleimani Was “Restoration of Deterrence” By Mike Whitney, January 19, 2020
Iran – The EU – The Three Trigger Dispute Mechanism in the Iran Nuclear Deal and Trump’s Bluff By Peter Koenig, January 19, 2020
Video: Turkish Invasion of Libya? Erdogan Sends Troops By South Front, January 18, 2020
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