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.
Truth About Syria.”How Could Corporate Journalists Get Away with Their Lies…” By Alison Banville, October 17, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Entering Kobani and Raqqa By South Front, October 17, 2019
Could Turkish Aggression Boost Peace in Syria? Has Triggered Exit of US, Britain and France By Firas Samuri, October 17, 2019
US Plot to Transfer Thousands of ISIS Terrorists from Syria to Iraq By Drago Bosnic, October 17, 2019
US Finally Bombs French Factory in Syria Infamous for Funding ISIS By Tony Cartalucci, October 17, 2019
Winners and Losers in the Turkish Attack on Kurds in Syria? By Elijah J. Magnier, October 17, 2019
Russia-Africa Summit: The Roadmap to Africa, Shift in Geopolitical Relations By Kester Kenn Klomegah, October 17, 2019
Uneasy Damascus/Kurdish Alliance By Stephen Lendman, October 17, 2019
More Than 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza Have Bone Infections after Being Shot by Israeli Forces By Jewish Voice for Peace, October 17, 2019
Bashar al-Assad Government Poised to Fulfill the Promise of Regaining all Syrian Territory By Steven Sahiounie, October 17, 2019
Video: Syrian Kurds’ Protection Deal with Assad Explained By South Front, October 17, 2019
Will Iran be the Next to Withdraw from Syria? By Andrew Korybko, October 17, 2019
U.S., NATO, Turkey Out of Syria! By Sara Flounders, October 17, 2019
Why Withdrawing US Troops from Northern Syria Is Good By Rick Sterling, October 17, 2019
Israel Prepares to Turn Bedouin Citizens into Refugees in Their Own Country By Jonathan Cook, October 17, 2019
Winners and Losers in the Turkish Attack on Kurds in Syria By Elijah J. Magnier, October 16, 2019
U.S. Sanctions Could Push Turkey to Leave NATO By Paul Antonopoulos, October 16, 2019
Stable Ignoramus Trump: Kurds Didn’t Help US Win World War II By Kurt Nimmo, October 16, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Taking Control of Key Positions in SDF-held Area By South Front, October 16, 2019
Trump OK’s Sanctions on Turkey By Stephen Lendman, October 15, 2019
One Rocket Provoked the US Withdrawal: Details of the Kurdish-Russian-Syrian Deal By Elijah J. Magnier, October 15, 2019
Trump Wants to End the “Stupid Wars”? By Philip Giraldi, October 15, 2019
In Pictures: What If Palestine Had Its Own Currency? By Maha Hussaini, October 15, 2019
Trump Dumps the Kurds: US and Russian Officers “Coordinate Military Movements” in Northeastern Syria By Steven Sahiounie, October 15, 2019
Syria Has Restored 1554 Schools Completely Destroyed by NATO Sponsored Terrorists By Arabi Souri, October 15, 2019
Saudi Arabia Is Opening Its Doors: But What Will You See Once There? By Andre Vltchek, October 15, 2019
Erdogan Holding 50 US Tactical Nukes ‘Hostage’ as Trump Authorizes Sanctions By Zero Hedge, October 15, 2019
Trump’s Bankrupt Syria Policy: Civilians Will Pay the Price By Vassilis K. Fouskas and Bulent Gokay, October 15, 2019
The United States Is Unlikely to Desire Conflict with a Formidable Iran By Shane Quinn, October 15, 2019
Video: Turkish Offensive in Northern Syria Pushed Kurds into Hands of Assad and Moscow. War Report By South Front, October 15, 2019
Kurds Face Stark Options after US Pullback from Northern Syria By Pepe Escobar, October 15, 2019
Trump Imposes Sanctions on Turkey in Response to Ankara’s “Operation Peace Spring” in Syria By Sarah Abed, October 15, 2019
Turkish Incursion into Syria: US Abandons Kurds By Tony Cartalucci, October 15, 2019
Lessons Not Learned from History Can Kill You. How the US Dumps Its Allies By Kim Petersen, October 14, 2019
Uninhabitable: Gaza Faces Moment of Truth By Jonathan Cook, October 14, 2019
Kurds Ally with Damascus Against Turkish Aggression By Stephen Lendman, October 14, 2019
Proposed US Sanctions against Turkey. Why? Washington Supports Turkish Aggression in Northeast Syria By Stephen Lendman, October 13, 2019
Are You Ready to Die? The US Military/ Security Complex Wants Tensions to Increase… By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, October 13, 2019
Erdogan War Crimes, SDF Atrocities, No Reconciliation By Miri Wood, October 13, 2019
One Year after Khashoggi’s Brutal Murder: Business as Usual? By Medea Benjamin, October 13, 2019
Turkey’s “Operation Peace Spring” Rages on Creating a Chaotic Battlefield in Northeastern Syria By Sarah Abed, October 13, 2019
Video: Turkish Forces Confront Kurdish Armed Groups in Northeastern Syria By South Front, October 13, 2019
Cynical Enterprises: The Kurds Await Their Fate, Betrayed by the US By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 11, 2019
Video: Syrian Forces Deployed against Turkish Invasion, US backed SDF Forces Seek Cooperation with Damascus Against Turkey By South Front, October 11, 2019
Video: Turkey’s “Operation Peace Spring”. US Withdraws. Turkey Invades Northeastern Syria. Bombs US Supported YPG Forces By South Front, October 11, 2019
‘Where Can I Go?’ The Threat of Annexation of Palestinian Lands in the Jordan Valley By EA Cassie, October 11, 2019
Is “Operation Peace Spring” a Trap Sprung by Trump on Turkey? By Andrew Korybko, October 11, 2019
Crises in Iraq and Haiti Expose the Failure of Militarized Neoliberalism By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, October 11, 2019
US and Russia Fail to Condemn Turkish Aggression in Syria. Moscow and Washington Exercise Their UNSC Veto in Favor of Turkey’s Invasion of Northern Syria By Stephen Lendman, October 11, 2019
“This House Was My Life, but I Saw It Smashed into Rubble Because I Am Palestinian” By Medical Aid for Palestinians, October 11, 2019
World Leaders Condemn Turkey’s “Operation Peace Spring” and Demand Exercising Restraint By Sarah Abed, October 11, 2019
U.S. “Military Aid” to Al Qaeda, ISIS-Daesh By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 10, 2019
The War on Syria Continues. Iran Is Next? By Mark Taliano, October 10, 2019
The Dirty War on Syria: Washington, Regime Change and Resistance By Prof. Tim Anderson and James Corbett, October 10, 2019
Turkey Invades? Erdogan Seeks Annexation of Northern Syria Territories By Stephen Lendman, October 10, 2019
Iran and the UN General Assembly: Mediation Efforts, Militant Threats, and Multilateral Cooperation By Andrew Korybko, October 10, 2019
Sanctioning Away Free Speech: Americans Meet with Iranians at Their Peril By Philip Giraldi, October 10, 2019
US Forces Will Not Likely Withdraw from Syria this Year. The Kurds Remain the Biggest Losers By Elijah J. Magnier, October 10, 2019
Israel Prepares to Deport BDS Co-founder Omar Barghouti By Jonathan Ofir, October 10, 2019
Egyptian Protests: A US-Fuelled “Arab Spring” Reboot? By Tony Cartalucci, October 10, 2019
British Unions Vote to Boycott Israel By Glen Davies, October 09, 2019
Who Are the Real Friends of the Troops? By Jacob G. Hornberger, October 09, 2019
Video: US Troop Withdrawals? Washington Green-light to Turkish Incursion into Northeastern Syria By South Front, October 09, 2019
Trump Escalated Wars He Inherited By Stephen Lendman, October 08, 2019
US Plans Permanent Occupation of Syrian Territory? By Stephen Lendman, October 08, 2019
Can the US Starve Hezbollah of Funds? By Elijah J. Magnier, October 08, 2019
Video: Idlib Militants Retreating to Turkish Border By South Front, October 08, 2019
A Blow to US… China to Invest $280bn in Iran Sectors Targeted by Sanctions By Middle East Monitor, October 07, 2019
The US-Iran Silent War Is Transformed into an “Iraq Uprising” By Elijah J. Magnier, October 07, 2019
Turkey’s Safe-zone and Refugee Peace-corridor in Syria Is a Cover for Encroachment and Territorial Expansion By Sarah Abed, October 07, 2019
Iraq Protests: Spontaneous or Made in the USA? By Stephen Lendman, October 07, 2019
If 4 Nuclear WMD Are More than Adequate for Israel’s Defence – Why Is It Armed with an Estimated 400? By Hans Stehling, October 07, 2019
An Open Letter to “Science and Global Security” By Rick Sterling, October 06, 2019
US Press Horrified by Trump’s “Shoot Migrants in the Legs” but Ignores What Israeli Snipers Do to Palestinian Protesters By Prof. Juan Cole, October 06, 2019
The Post 9/11 Era and The “Global War on Terrorism”: “You are Either with Us, or with the Terrorists” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Bonnie Faulkner, October 06, 2019
Can Holy Synod Vote Fairly Under Pressure from Constantinople? By Sophia Iliadi, October 06, 2019
Video: Iran Foils Attempt to Assassinate Commander of QODS Force By South Front, October 06, 2019
Hong Kong versus Iraq Protests By Stephen Lendman, October 06, 2019
The Russia-Israel Spy Scandal Puts Iran in an Uncomfortable Position By Andrew Korybko, October 06, 2019
Israel is an Undeclared Nuclear Weapons State By Hans Stehling, October 05, 2019