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.
The Deep State “Entrapment of President Trump”: Competing Factions within the Military intelligence Complex By Junaid S. Ahmad, January 13, 2020
ISIS and Israel Praise Trump’s Assassination of Iranian Top General Soleimani By Sarah Abed, January 13, 2020
Pompeo’s Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Provocation to War By Gareth Porter, January 13, 2020
Illegality of US Foreign Policy, Pre-emptive Force and Qasem Soleimani By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 13, 2020
British Universities Invest in Israeli Apartheid By Asa Winstanley, January 13, 2020
UN Security Council Extends Aid Runs for Al Qaeda in Idlib By Vanessa Beeley, January 13, 2020
The West Is Run by Barbarians By Peter Koenig, January 13, 2020
US Resurrecting ISIS in Iraq? By Stephen Lendman, January 13, 2020
Strikes in Iraq and Syria: US Terror for the New Year By Tony Cartalucci, January 13, 2020
The Facts About Iran and Terrorism By Larry Johnson, January 13, 2020
U.S. Media Says Russia the True Winner in Hostilities Against Iran By Paul Antonopoulos, January 13, 2020
New Poll Shows Most Americans Oppose Trump’s Iran Agenda By Stephen Lendman, January 13, 2020
World at Risk By Ed Lehman, January 13, 2020
Did Pompeo Dupe Trump into the Soleimani Hit? By Mike Whitney, January 13, 2020
Why Iran “Came Clean” Regarding Its Role in the UIA-752 Tragedy By Andrew Korybko, January 12, 2020
Additional 6 Months Granted to NATO Terrorists North of Syria by the UN Security Council By Miri Wood, January 12, 2020
U.S. Media Outlets Fail to Disclose U.S. Government Ties of ‘Iranian Journalist’ Echoing Trump Talking Points By Eli Clifton, January 12, 2020
Iran’s Accidental Downing of a Ukrainian Plane Is Already Being Used to Smear MH-17 Skeptics By Max Parry, January 12, 2020
Israel
US Envoy: Next Plan Is to Let Israel Annex West Bank By Middle East Monitor, January 12, 2020
Only 23% of American Voters Can Identify Iran on the World Map By Rashaan Ayesh, January 12, 2020
Invoking the United Nations’ Historic “Uniting for Peace” Resolution 377 Before Trump Embroils Us in War with Iran By Dimitri Lascaris, January 12, 2020
This Iranian War Vet Has Some Advice for Trump: Don’t Play Checkers with the Grandmasters of Chess By Habib Ahmadzadeh, January 12, 2020
In Stunning Reversal, Iran Admits Accidentally Shooting Down Ukrainian Passenger Jet By Zero Hedge, January 12, 2020
US Plans Permanent Occupation of Iraq By Stephen Lendman, January 12, 2020
Iraq – Why Doesn’t the US Move Out Despite the Iraqi Parliament’s Decision? By Peter Koenig, January 11, 2020
A New Middle East “Made in Iran” is About to be Born? By Elijah J. Magnier, January 11, 2020
Ten Ways Trump’s Actions Against Iran Hurt Americans, the Region and the World By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 11, 2020
What’s Behind Boeing Crash in Iran? By South Front, January 11, 2020
U.S. Now at War Against Iraq and Iran By Global Research News, January 11, 2020
From Resistance to Assistance: Little Pushback to Trump’s Iran Assassination By Alan MacLeod, January 10, 2020
America’ System of “Checks, Balances and Reality” Crumbles as It Seeks War with Iran: Send in Pope Francis, Not the Marines By John Stanton, January 10, 2020
Savage. Brutal. After the Assassination of Soleimani, Can We Just Admit that the United States Has No Morality at All? By Dr. Robert P. Abele, January 10, 2020
Iraq Gives the US Its Marching Orders. What Part of “Go Home” Don’t You Understand? By Steven Sahiounie, January 10, 2020
Trump Administration had Set a Trap for Soleimani By Joyce Nelson, January 10, 2020
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