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.
America Created Al-Qaeda and the ISIS Terror Group By Garikai Chengu, October 28, 2019
Idlib
Al-Baghadi and the U.S. Special Ops Raid. Hurras al-Din Regrouping of Islamic State in Syria’s Idlib? By Nauman Sadiq, October 28, 2019
ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Killed? Trump’s Dubious Announcement. “Fake Politics”? By Stephen Lendman, October 28, 2019
How Saudi Arabia’s Propaganda War on Iran Has Reached a New Level of the Absurd By Timothy Alexander Guzman, October 28, 2019
Rabbinical Association Comes Out in Support of a US Congress Bill that Protects Palestinian Children By Michael Arria, October 28, 2019
Hillary Clinton: “We Created Al Qaeda”. The Protagonists of the “Global War on Terrorism” are the Terrorists By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 28, 2019
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Made and Killed by the CIA By Marc Vandepitte, October 28, 2019
New War for Oil? Trump to Occupy Oil-Rich Syrian Province with Tank Corps, Asks for Kurdish Displacement There By Prof. Juan Cole, October 28, 2019
US Troops Are Staying in Syria to ‘Keep the Oil’ – and Have Already Killed Hundreds Over It By Ben Norton, October 28, 2019
ISIS Chief Al-Baghdadi Killed on Turkish Border while Fleeing Idlib By Nauman Sadiq, October 28, 2019
Forever War Propaganda: Trump and the Death of al-Baghdadi By Kurt Nimmo, October 28, 2019
Malaysia to Open Embassy to Palestine By Middle East Monitor, October 28, 2019
Video: How Effective is Iran’s Air Defense Sytem? Fending Off US-Israeli Missile and Drone Attack By South Front, October 27, 2019
The United Nations as an “Instrument of War”: The Russia-China Veto Has Protected Syria from Obliteration. What Comes Next? By Carla Stea, October 27, 2019
The Saudi Oil Attack: Geo-Political Theatrics By Hassanal Noor Rashid, October 27, 2019
US Tries to Reverse Syrian Fortunes with “Baghdadi Raid” By Tony Cartalucci, October 27, 2019
Did John McCain Meet with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Alleged Head of the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh)? By Global Research News, October 27, 2019
Video: Russia Deploys Large Number of Troops, Equipment in Northern Syria By South Front, October 27, 2019
Controlling the Narrative on Syria: Turkish Aggression, Kurdish Independence, and Honouring the White Helmets By Michael Welch, Vanessa Beeley, Laith Marouf, and Chris Cook, October 27, 2019
Al Baghdadi: The US Couldn’t Wish for a Greater Ally By Tony Cartalucci, October 27, 2019
US Reoccupation of Northern Syria? Turkish Aggression Halted? By Stephen Lendman, October 25, 2019
Clashes in Northeastern Syria Put Turkish-Russian Memorandum at Risk By Sarah Abed, October 25, 2019
US Special Forces’ Secrets Fall into Hands of Russians as Kurds Side with Syria By Joseph Fitsanakis, October 25, 2019
Iraq Takes International Legal Action to Kick Unauthorized US Forces Out By Telesur, October 25, 2019
Video: How Russian-Turkish ‘Safe Zone’ Deal Shapes Course of Syrian Conflict By South Front, October 25, 2019
‘Unacceptable Practices’ in the OPCW’s Investigation of the Alleged Chemical Attack in Douma, Syria on April 7th 2018 By Courage Foundation, October 25, 2019
Erdogan Wants the Bomb By Manlio Dinucci, October 24, 2019
Lebanon Protest Movement: Demanding Total Change of State’s Political Framework By Michael Jansen, October 24, 2019
Canada’s Seizure, Sale and Disbursement of Iranian Assets Are Acts of a Hooligan and Wrecker of International Law By Steve Rutchinski, October 24, 2019
Syria
Trump and Erdogan Are Alike: Both Are ‘Thin-Skinned’ and Relied on ‘Deplorables’ to Win By Philip Giraldi, October 24, 2019
The White Helmets: A Terrorist Organization Supported by the Trump Administration By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, October 24, 2019
Vladimir Putin, Syria’s Pacifier-in-Chief By Pepe Escobar, October 24, 2019
U.S. Anti-war Movement Should Stay Focused on Getting U.S. Out of Syria By Sara Flounders, October 24, 2019
How Kurdish Independence Underpins Israel’s Plan to Reshape the Middle East By Jonathan Cook, October 23, 2019
The Kurds: Washington’s Weapon of Mass Destabilization in the Middle East By Sarah Abed, October 23, 2019
“Erdogan Stole Syrian Factories, Oil and Wheat and Today He Is Stealing Syrian Land”. President Al-Assad By Hamda Mustafa, October 23, 2019
Russian/Turkish Agreement on Northern Syria By Stephen Lendman, October 23, 2019
Video: Erdogan, Putin Reach ‘Historical Deal’ on Northern Syria By South Front, October 23, 2019
The Russian-Turkish Deal on Syria: Who Won and Who Lost? By Andrew Korybko, October 23, 2019
As Trump Aids and Abets Turkey’s War Crimes, the UN Must Act By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, October 23, 2019
Video: US Troops Remain in Syria to Protect Oil Fields from ‘Terrorists’? By South Front, October 23, 2019
Why Did Trump Give the Green Light to Turkish Intervention in Northern Syria? Framed by Russia? By Nauman Sadiq, October 23, 2019
Islamic State in Asia: ‘Unintentional’ Consequences of Turkey’s Syria Operation By Paul Antonopoulos, October 22, 2019
Putin-Erdogan Meeting Aims to Organise Differences and Shorten the Gap Between Allies By Elijah J. Magnier, October 22, 2019
The Mother of Messes in Syria By Eric Margolis, October 22, 2019
US Syria Pullout Leaves Troops in North and South By Stephen Lendman, October 22, 2019
Syrian Journalist: The West, Led by the US, Knows Erdogan Has Been Supporting ISIS for Years, Yet Chooses to Ignore this By MEMRI - Middle East Media Research Institute, October 22, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Takes Control of Abandoned US Bases By South Front, October 22, 2019
“No Angels”: Kurdish Militias, “Betrayal” and the Campaign to Destroy Syria By Adeyinka Makinde, October 21, 2019
Is Erdogan Using Chemicals in Syria Again? By Steven Sahiounie, October 21, 2019
US Ditches Kurdish Proxies in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, October 21, 2019
The US Has Backed 21 of the 28 ‘Crazy’ Militias Leading Turkey’s Brutal Invasion of Northern Syria By Max Blumenthal, October 21, 2019
Detailed Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations By If Americans Knew, October 21, 2019
The Four A’s of American Policy Failure in Syria By Scott Ritter, October 21, 2019
Stop the Turkish Invasion of Syria. US Out of Syria and the Middle East By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, October 21, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard Is Right, and Nancy Pelosi Wrong. It Was US Democrats Who Helped Cultivate the Barbarism of ISIS By Jonathan Cook, October 21, 2019
US Syria Pullout? A Saigon Moment? By Stephen Lendman, October 21, 2019
Ceasefire Ends, Talks on Syria Between Erdogan and Putin Begin By Sarah Abed, October 21, 2019
Trump’s Disgraceful Letter to Erdogan By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, October 21, 2019
Securing US Interests Through US Military Build-up in Saudi Arabia By Askiah Adam, October 21, 2019
Trump Hands Oil & Gas to Syria & Russia As He Claims “We’ve Taken Control of the Oil in the Middle East” By Prof. Juan Cole, October 21, 2019
Greater Middle East Project of Chaos: The Management of Savagery By Roger D. Harris, October 20, 2019
US/Turkey Deal on Syria, Like Carving Up Cuba Scene from the Godfather Trilogy By Stephen Lendman, October 20, 2019
The Road to Damascus: How the Syria War Was Won By Pepe Escobar, October 20, 2019
Video: Turkish-funded Syrian National Army and Myth of United Syrian Opposition By South Front, October 20, 2019
Iran Is Almost Encircled by at Least 45 American Military Bases. Who is Really Threatening Whom By Shane Quinn, October 20, 2019
Video: Assad Troops Deploy on Border Amid 120-hour Ceasefire By South Front, October 20, 2019
Video: Terrorists’ Air Force: Improvised Attack Drones in Syria and Iraq By South Front, October 20, 2019
Canada’s Elections Campaign 2019: The Issues Nobody is Talking About By Michael Welch, Yves Engler, Ken Stone, and Joyce Nelson, October 19, 2019
Winners and Losers in the Turkish Attack on Syria. Russia is the Most Successful Player By Elijah J. Magnier, October 18, 2019
The Syrian Debacle Is Actually Well Planned Chaos By Brandon Smith, October 18, 2019
Contradictory US/Turkey Ceasefire in Northern Syria. Turkey is Playing the US and Russia Cards Simultaneously By Stephen Lendman, October 18, 2019
Death, Bloodshed, and Misery in Yemen By Kathy Kelly, October 18, 2019
It’s Curtains for US in Syria. Russia, Iran Owe Big Thanks to Erdogan By M. K. Bhadrakumar, October 18, 2019
The Russian Masterpiece in Syria: Everyone Wins By Federico Pieraccini, October 18, 2019
Syrian Army Entered Ayn al-Arab at the Borders with Turkey By Arabi Souri, October 18, 2019
Contrary to Israeli Military Statement: 9 Year Old Child Abd a-Rahman Was Shot in the Head with Live Ammunition By B'Tselem, October 18, 2019
US-Greece-US: Lines Being Drawn by the U.S. in the Eastern Mediterranean, against Turkey and Russia? By Paul Antonopoulos, October 18, 2019
US Military Unlikely to Withdraw from Eastern Syria and Its Oil Fields By Almasdar News, October 18, 2019
“Voices from Syria”: Syria’s War for Humanity By Mark Taliano, October 17, 2019