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.
The Ansarullah’s Aramco Drone Strike versus “The Real Act of War” against Yemen By Andrew Korybko, September 19, 2019
Who Needs John Bolton? Trump’s Neocons Are Determined to Go to War Against Iran By Timothy Alexander Guzman, September 19, 2019
Disputing Trump Claims, Japan Says No Evidence Iran Was Behind Saudi Attack By Jake Johnson, September 19, 2019
Here Is How China-US Trade War Impacts Iran By Salman Rafi Sheikh, September 19, 2019
Saudis Show Off Charred Junk, Insist Iran Responsible for Aramco Attack. Will Trump Unleash the Dogs of War? By Kurt Nimmo, September 19, 2019
Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel? By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, September 19, 2019
Mohamed Bin Salman
Houthi Rebels Overturned the Middle East Geopolitical Chessboard By Pepe Escobar, September 19, 2019
U.S. and Russia Battle It Out over this Huge Iraqi Gas Field By Simon Watkins, September 18, 2019
Syria: Terrorist Attacks, More NATO Weapons and War Crimes By Miri Wood, September 18, 2019
Latest Astana Peace Process Summit Highlights U.S. and Israel’s Role in Prolonging Syrian Conflict By Sarah Abed, September 18, 2019
Turkey’s “Refugee City” Proposal for Syria Amounts to Demographic Engineering By Andrew Korybko, September 18, 2019
Video: US, Saudi Sources Claim Attack on Saudi Oil Was Launched from Iran By South Front, September 18, 2019
Will Trump Take Neocon Bait and Attack Iran over Saudi Strike? By Rep. Ron Paul, September 17, 2019
Iraq Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr and Iran: A Long Love-Hate Relationship By Elijah J. Magnier, September 17, 2019
Trump Awaits Orders from Saudis; and Why the Houthis Could Have Done It By Prof. Juan Cole, September 17, 2019
Netanyahu Has Resisted Peace for 23 Years, but the Resistance Movement Is Getting Stronger By Steven Sahiounie, September 17, 2019
Iran
Trump Locked and Loaded Against Iran or Just Bluster? By Stephen Lendman, September 17, 2019
Russia-Saudi Relations: Putin’s S-400 Sales Pitch to Saudi Arabia By Andrew Korybko, September 17, 2019
Aramco IPO
Impact of Yemeni Attack on Saudi ARAMCO Oil Facilities By Peter Koenig and Press TV, September 17, 2019
Israel Spies and Spies and Spies By Philip Giraldi, September 17, 2019
Trump: Saudi Arabia’s Bitch By Kurt Nimmo, September 17, 2019
Sanders Warns Trump Against Illegal Iran Strike By Bryant Harris, September 17, 2019
US Supported Syria “Rebels” Fire Live Rounds at Syrian Families in Rukban Concentration Camp By Arabi Souri, September 16, 2019
The Barbarity of US-NATO, War Propaganda and the “Rule of International Law” By Mark Taliano, September 16, 2019
The Ansarullah’s Drone Strike against Saudi Arabia’s Oil Facilities Was a Classic “David vs. Goliath” Moment? By Andrew Korybko, September 16, 2019
Iranian Drones Launched from Iraq Carried Out Attacks on Saudi Oil Plants By David Hearst, September 16, 2019
Eighteen Years after 9/11, Has Al-Qaeda Won the War on Terrorism? By Peter Ford, September 16, 2019
“Drone Attack” on Saudi Oil – Who Benefits? By Tony Cartalucci, September 16, 2019
Trump Exploits Drone Attacks on Saudi Oil Facilities to Threaten War Against Iran By Peter Symonds, September 16, 2019
Oiling for War: The Houthi Attack on The world’s Largest Oil Processing Facility at Abqaiq in Saudi Arabia By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, September 16, 2019
The Adelsons May Have Cut Ties with Netanyahu More than a Year Ago–And No One Noticed By Marsha B. Cohen, September 16, 2019
US Military
Pre-election Stunt. Possible US-Israeli Defense Pact? Netanyahu Fighting for his Political Life By Stephen Lendman, September 15, 2019
Sen. Graham Wants to Bomb Iran in Response to Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil By Kurt Nimmo, September 15, 2019
US Sponsored War: Formidable Yemeni Houthi Fighters Strike Back By Stephen Lendman, September 15, 2019
Trump the Clueless: Israel is Not Spying on Me By Kurt Nimmo, September 15, 2019
Video: Imperial Wars of Aggression. Interview with Syrian Scientist Dr. Ayssar Midani By Ayssar Midani and Mark Taliano, September 14, 2019
Video: The Arabian Peninsula’s “New Cold War”. The UAE-Saudi Confrontation in Southern Yemen By South Front, September 13, 2019
Iran Trumps Trump By Michael Jansen, September 13, 2019
Is the War in Syria Over? Netanyahu Meets Putin By Stephen Lendman, September 13, 2019
Trump in Denial over Israeli Spying on the White House By Stephen Lendman, September 13, 2019
Joe Biden: New Level of Iraq War Lies. “Yes, I did oppose the war before it began.” By Sam Husseini, September 13, 2019
Schizoid Man: Trump Considers Throwing Money at Iran By Kurt Nimmo, September 13, 2019
Video: Russia Resumes Strikes on Terrorists in Idlib By South Front, September 13, 2019
Video: “Syria will Win this War for Nation-state Sovereignty, for Religious Pluralism, for Civilization” By Ayssar Midani and Mark Taliano, September 13, 2019
Hostile UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria. Totally Disregards US-NATO Crimes against Humanity By Stephen Lendman, September 12, 2019
Post-Bolton Thaw in US Relations with Iran? By Stephen Lendman, September 12, 2019
Afghanistan: 18 Years of US-NATO Occupation. The Decision to Invade Afghanistan was Taken on 9/12 By James Corbett, September 12, 2019
Erdogan Breaks Silence: Says the US Sent 30,000 Truckloads of Weapons to Syria By Zero Hedge, September 12, 2019
Assad Government Saves Christianity in Syria By Mark Taliano, September 12, 2019
Iran Together with a “Club of Countries Subjected to Sanctions”, in Solidarity Against US “Economic Terrorism” By Peter Koenig and Press TV, September 12, 2019
Iran’s CPEC-Parallel Pipeline Plans (E-CPEC+) Could Ruin India’s Regional Vision By Andrew Korybko, September 12, 2019
Netanyahu Repeated His Vow to Annex West Bank Land if Reelected By Stephen Lendman, September 12, 2019
How Israel Steals Palestine’s Offshore Oil and Gas Revenues. Outright Theft. Billions of Dollars Stolen By UNCTAD, September 11, 2019
Will Iran be a Full Nuclear Power by the End of 2020? No Return to the 2015 Agreement By Elijah J. Magnier, September 11, 2019
Video: Hezbollah Shoots Down Israeli Drone over Lebanon By South Front, September 11, 2019
Damascus Strongly Condemns US-Turkish Joint Military Patrols in Northeastern Syria By Sarah Abed, September 10, 2019
Netanyahu Cries Wolf About a Nonexistent Iranian Nuclear Threat — Again By Stephen Lendman, September 10, 2019
Netanyahu Risks Triggering an Unwinnable War to Avoid Losing Election By Jonathan Cook, September 10, 2019
Denmark Announces Increased Military Contributions and NATO Support in Syria and Beyond By Sarah Abed, September 10, 2019
Video: Turkey Expands Its Military Presence in Northern Syria By South Front, September 10, 2019
Trump Hits Lebanon Bank with His Favorite Econo-Political Battering Ram By Marwa Osman, September 09, 2019
Revisiting Stuxnet: The Israeli-American Computer Virus that Started Cyber-Warfare By Philip Giraldi, September 09, 2019
Both Israel and Hezbollah Imagined a Horrid Black Hole and Stopped… By Andre Vltchek, September 09, 2019
A Secret US-Iran Deal over Oil Supplies to Syria By Elijah J. Magnier, September 09, 2019
Dilma Rousseff
Inside Story of the First Iran Nuclear Deal. Lula By Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Pepe Escobar, September 09, 2019
Netanyahu Fighting for His Political Life By Stephen Lendman, September 09, 2019
Will China Invest in Iran’s Transport and Industrial Infrastructure? There are Reasons to be Skeptical By Andrew Korybko, September 08, 2019
Video: US Seeks to Destabilize Southern Syria By South Front, September 08, 2019
Washington’s “Maximum Pressure” Campaign against Iran. “Unorthodox Tactics” Include Piracy, Bribery and Extortion By Sarah Abed, September 07, 2019
Looking Back to Move Forward: The First Pan-African Cultural Festival in Algeria, 1969 By Abayomi Azikiwe, September 06, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Prepares Security Operation in Western Aleppo By South Front, September 06, 2019
New U.N. Report Highlights US, UK, France War Crimes in Yemen Since 2014 By Sarah Abed, September 06, 2019
Trump’s Anti-Iran “Blood Money” Offer: “$15 Million for Any Person Who Helps Us Disrupt the Financial Operations of Iran’s IRGC-Qods Force” By Stephen Lendman, September 06, 2019
Gaddafi vs the West: Two Revolutions on the Wrong Side of History By Garikai Chengu, September 06, 2019
Biden Claims that He Voted for Iraq War and Then “Immediately” Opposed It By Jonathan Turley, September 06, 2019
Israeli Officials Consider Attacking Iran, Believing Trump Won’t Oppose It By Jason Ditz, September 06, 2019
9/11, Drug Money, Oil Resources and the Invasion of Afghanistan: Michael Ruppert Refutes the Official 9/11 Story By Michael Welch and Michael Ruppert, September 05, 2019
JCPOA Commitments: Iran will Increase its Nuclear R & D By Stephen Lendman, September 05, 2019
Video: “Mighty Israeli Army” Abandoned Military Facility after Hezbollah Anti Tank (ATGM) Strike By South Front, September 05, 2019
The End of the “Greater Middle East Project”: The Case of Kurdistan By United World International, September 05, 2019