Middle East & North Africa

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

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.
Iraqi Parliament Moves to Oust All U.S Troops from Iraq By Joaquin Flores, January 06, 2020
The Terrifying Rise of the Zombie State Narrative By Craig Murray, January 06, 2020
Tens of Thousands Rally Against War with Iran in over 70 Cities Across US By Emma Fiala, January 06, 2020
Iran
Disruptive Assassinations: Killing Qassem Soleimani. Trump Promises “Bombing 52 Iranian Sites” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 06, 2020
Trump Tries Real Hard to Start a War for Israel. “He Should be Impeached Because He is a War Criminal” By Kurt Nimmo, January 06, 2020
Targeted Assassination, Will Iran Seek “Strategic Revenge”? By Stephen Lendman, January 06, 2020
Trump’s Mass Deception on Iran By Stephen Lendman, January 06, 2020
War Again on the Front Burner By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 05, 2020
The Coming Attack on Iran? By Prince Kapone, January 05, 2020
Black Alliance for Peace Declares: If You Believe in Peace, Commit to Defeating the Warmongers. No War on Iran! By Black Alliance for Peace, January 05, 2020
Implications of the Trump Regime’s Assassination of Iran’s General Soleimani By Prof. Tim Anderson, January 05, 2020
Foul Murder of Another Nation’s Hero: An American Disgrace By Diana Johnstone, January 05, 2020
The Murder of General Suleimani. Trump Expected Public Applause. It Didn’t Happen… By Peter Koenig, January 05, 2020
Soleimani’s Assassination: An Act of Psychological Warfare By Douglas Valentine and Mostafa Afzalzadeh, January 05, 2020
UN Secretary General Guterres Fails to Condemn US Assassinations in Iraq By Stephen Lendman, January 05, 2020
Trump vs. Iran: Has the US Crossed the Escalation to War Rubicon? By Dr. Jack Rasmus, January 05, 2020
The Foremost State Sponsor of Terror, the United States of America: Assassination of Soleimani – What Next? By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, January 05, 2020
Censorship in Canada? Vanessa Beeley’s Talks on Syria By Prof. John Ryan, January 05, 2020
Neoliberalism and the Killing for Profit in Iraq By Bulent Gokay and Lily Hamourtziadou, January 04, 2020
A Major Conventional War Against Iran Is an Impossibility. Crisis within the US Command Structure By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 04, 2020
The War Hoax Redux. How to Start Another War By Edward Curtin, January 03, 2020
Israel’s Plan to Overthrow the King of Jordan, Annexing the West Bank and the Jordan Valley By Adnan Abu Amer, January 03, 2020
Turkey Transfers Ottoman Archives to the Palestinian Authority to Counter Israel’s Land Claims By QudsN, January 03, 2020
Trump Ordered the Assassination of Soleimani, and the Middle East Prepares for Possible War By Steven Sahiounie, January 03, 2020
No, a War with Iran Won’t Help Trump Win Re-Election By Andrew Korybko, January 03, 2020
America at War with Iran? Pentagon Ordered the Killing of IRGC Commander Qasem Soleimani By Arabi Souri, January 03, 2020
Major General Soleimani’s Assassination Isn’t Going to Start World War III By Andrew Korybko, January 03, 2020
The Soleimani Assassination: The Long-Awaited Beginning of the End of America’s Imperial Ambitions By Philip Giraldi, January 03, 2020
It’s About Time the ICC Initiates Probe into Israeli War Crimes By Michael Jansen, January 03, 2020
West Bank Settlers Attack Undercover Israeli Police Officers Disguised as Palestinians By The New Arab, January 03, 2020
America’s War for Global Domination By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 03, 2020
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act: Why Washington Is Both Corrupt and Ignorant By Philip Giraldi, January 03, 2020
A New Year and a New Trump Foreign Policy Blunder in Iraq By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 03, 2020
More US Fuel on the Middle East Fire: Trump Orders New Troop Deployment to the Region By Stephen Lendman, January 03, 2020
Video: US Sanctions and the Caesar Act, Oil and Gas, Chemical Weapons, and the Syrian Response By Bouthaina Shaaban and Arabi Souri, January 03, 2020
Shutter the Gigantic US Embassy in Iraq By Adam Dick, January 02, 2020
Syria and the Politicization of Human Rights: Double Vetoes and Paralysis at the UN Security Council By Carla Stea, January 02, 2020
Canada, Israel and the UN Security Council By Hanna Kawas, January 02, 2020
The UN Predicted Gaza Would be “Unliveable” by 2020. Israel’s Deliberate Plan to “Destroy Life” in Palestine? By Tania Hary, January 02, 2020
Israel Demolishes Newly Built Houses of Palestinian Families on New Year’s Day By Sondus Ewies and Mustafa Abu Sneineh, January 02, 2020
Palestinians Decry ICC Prosecutor’s Delay of Israeli War Crimes Investigation By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, January 02, 2020
US Military Bases in Turkey and Qatar May be Removed for Security Reasons By Steven Sahiounie, January 02, 2020
Iraq: America’s Other “Longest War” By Thomas L. Knapp, January 02, 2020
US Navy Chief Says Only ‘Regime Change’ in Iran Can Stop Country’s ‘Provocative Actions’ in Gulf By Mideast Discourse, January 02, 2020
Public Rage in Baghdad over US Terror-Bombing Strikes By Stephen Lendman, January 02, 2020
Netanyahu Seeking Immunity from Prosecution? By Stephen Lendman, January 02, 2020
Sat. Jan. 4 National Day of Action U.S. Troops Out of Iraq! By Answer Coalition, January 02, 2020
Donald Trump: “I Will Take the Oil” By Global Research News, January 01, 2020
Syria, Washington and the Kurds. “The Rojava Dream is Dead” By Prof. Tim Anderson, December 31, 2019
What May Follow US Terror-Bombing Strikes on Iraqi Sites? By Stephen Lendman, December 31, 2019
US Middle East Forever Wars By Stephen Lendman, December 31, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Prepares for Operation in Aleppo, Turkish Proxies Move to Libya By South Front, December 31, 2019
US Uses False Flag Op to Legitimize Bombing Iraq, Syria By Miri Wood, December 31, 2019
Video: Turkish Military Shelled Syrian Army Positions By South Front, December 31, 2019
The Importance of Knowing Bethlehem By James J. Zogby, December 31, 2019
The Syrian War: America’s “War on Terror” Exposed By Tony Cartalucci, December 31, 2019
Iraq Protesters Attack US Embassy over Air Strikes By Middle East Eye, December 31, 2019
Khashoggi
Scapegoats for Jamal Khashoggi By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 30, 2019
Syria Considers Suing Washington for Syrian Oil Theft and Violating Syria’s Sovereignty By Sarah Abed, December 30, 2019
WikiLeaks: Chemical Weapons Watchdog Ordered Deletion of ‘All Traces’ of Findings that Syrian ‘Chemical Attack’ May Have Been Staged By Cassandra Fairbanks, December 30, 2019
Political Instability and the Protest Movement: President of Iraq – The Decision Is Mine By Elijah J. Magnier, December 30, 2019
Merry Christmas, America! Let’s Remember the Children Who Live in Fear of Our Killer Drones By Elise Swain and Jon Schwarz, December 30, 2019
Trump Wants to Keep the Oil: Syria Mulls Suing US in International Court over ‘Stealing’ Country’s Oil By Tim Korso, December 30, 2019
Al Qaeda’s Idlib Stronghold: The Battle to Liberate Syria’s Idlib Province from US Supported Terrorists By Stephen Lendman, December 30, 2019
New WikiLeaks Documents Expose Doctoring of Chemical Weapons Report to Justify 2018 US Attack on Syria By Niles Niemuth, December 30, 2019
The OPCW Whistleblower Scandal: A Newsweek Reporter Resigns, A Counter-Narrative Won’t Die By Scott Ritter, December 30, 2019
Turkey Sending Troops to Libya? Erdogan Supported Tripoli Forces to Fight Trump Supported Haftar Forces? By Stephen Lendman, December 29, 2019
Get Ready to Fight Israel’s Next War. Asking America to do the “Dirty Work” By Kurt Nimmo, December 29, 2019
Israel’s Strike that Killed Nine Members of al-Sawarka Family. Mistakenly “Categorized as a Military Compound” By Middle East Eye, December 29, 2019
New Evidence of OPCW Manufactured Nonexistent Douma Chemical Weapons Incident, Syria Report, Promoted “Fake News” By Stephen Lendman, December 29, 2019
Depleted Uranium and Radioactive Contamination in Iraq: An Overview By Prof Souad N. Al-Azzawi, December 28, 2019
ISIS Is a US-Israeli Creation. Top Ten “Indications” By Makia Freeman, December 28, 2019
Trump Threatens Syria: Will POTUS Come to the Rescue of Al-Qaeda Terrorists in Idlib? By Miri Wood, December 27, 2019
Erdogan Recycles Idlib Terrorists from Syria to Libya, Trump Forces Relocated to Northern Iraq By Arabi Souri, December 27, 2019
Libya: Haftar’s Air Force Commander Drops Bombshell Confession: Jets from Egypt’s President Sisi, “French Specialists” Provide Support By Yeni Safak, December 27, 2019
Video: Russian Airstrikes Wipe Out Convoy of Turkish-backed Terrorists By South Front, December 27, 2019
‘Israel’ Puts Jordan Valley Annexation on Hold Fearing ICC Investigation By QudsN, December 27, 2019
Israel Discusses Denying ICC Staff Entry into Israel By IMEMC, December 27, 2019
Video: Army Liberates More Territory from Idlib Militants By South Front, December 27, 2019
Daily Life in Syria. The Eyes of the Syrian People By Rawan R. Mahmasa, December 26, 2019