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.
No Ceasefire/Ceasefire in Northern Syria. The Pentagon Will Use Overwhelming Force to Maintain US Control over Syrian Oil By Stephen Lendman, November 01, 2019
“The Caliph”, a CIA Blockbuster Between Fiction and Reality By Manlio Dinucci, November 01, 2019
The Baghdadi Scam By Margaret Kimberley, November 01, 2019
Trump’s Plan to Pillage Syrian Oil, Blatant Violation of International Law By Sarah Abed, November 01, 2019
Video: Turkish Forces Advance Further South of Ras Al-ayn By South Front, November 01, 2019
Trump Slides an American Foot in the Door in Syria By Steven Sahiounie, November 01, 2019
Trump Is Not the First, and Will Not be the Last, US Politician to Exploit, then Drop the Kurds By Michael Jansen, November 01, 2019
Rebuilding Syria – Without Syria’s Oil By Pepe Escobar, November 01, 2019
Who Is the Unknown Jihadist Named as Islamic State’s New Caliph? By Nauman Sadiq, November 01, 2019
250K Yemenis at Brink of Death from Hunger By Daily Sabah, November 01, 2019
Lebanon’s “Revolution” Is Without Revolutionary Ideology By Dr. Ali Kadri, October 31, 2019
Syrian Woman to Ivanka: “How Shameless, You Are Proud Your Father Murders Us” By Miri Wood, October 31, 2019
Is There a Color Revolution in the Making in Lebanon? By Sonja van den Ende, October 31, 2019
“Debt Forgiveness” and The Rosetta Stone – What Does It Say? By Bryant Brown, October 31, 2019
Yemen Runs Out of Fuel and Last Hospitals Close By Randi Nord, October 31, 2019
Video: Turkish-backed Forces Shell Russian Military Police in Northeastern Syria. US Says “We are not Going to Abandon (Our) Oil Fields” By South Front, October 31, 2019
Who is Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi? From Al-Zarqawi to Al-Bagdahdi: “The Islamic State” is a CIA-Mossad-MI6 “Intelligence Asset” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 31, 2019
Video: Kurdish SDF Withdraw, Syrian Army Reinforces Positions on Turkish Border, US Forces Remain in Eastern Bank of Euphrates By South Front, October 30, 2019
‘Attention Must be Paid’ to the Sufferings of the Palestinian People By James J. Zogby, October 30, 2019
Who Was the “Bigger Terrorist”: Al-Baghdadi or Osama Bin Laden? By Nauman Sadiq, October 30, 2019
“We’re Keeping the Oil” says Trump: Military Conflict Between Russia and the US Looms in Northeast Syria By Steven Sahiounie, October 30, 2019
Beirut Is Burning: Rebellion Against the Elites Has Commenced By Andre Vltchek, October 30, 2019
Fake Narratives as Cover for High Crimes. The Al Baghdadi ISIS-Daesh “Fairytale” By Mark Taliano, October 30, 2019
Iran
Iranians Struggling to Access Medical Treatment Under Weight of US Sanctions: Report By Umar A Farooq, October 30, 2019
Trump’s Phony Pretext to “Protect” Syria against ISIS: US Occupation and Plunder of Syrian Oil Prevails By Stephen Lendman, October 30, 2019
War on Syria
Syria: The Launch of a Constitutional Committee – A Sign of Hope for Syrian People By Peter Koenig and Press TV, October 30, 2019
UAE Steals Endangered Trees from Yemen’s Socotra By Middle East Monitor, October 30, 2019
Secret Document Reveals Plans for Civil War in Lebanon, Israeli False Flags, and Invasion By Randi Nord, October 30, 2019
Yemen and The Militarization of Strategic Waterways By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 30, 2019
Endless Occupation and Plunder of Syria: U.S. Terrorism in the Name of “Going After the Terrorists” By Stephen Lendman, October 29, 2019
Camp Bucca, Abu Ghraib and the Rise of Extremism in Iraq By Kathy Kelly, October 29, 2019
Trump Flip-Flops on Syria Withdrawal. Again. By Rep. Ron Paul, October 29, 2019
Israel’s New Moves to Airbrush the Occupation By Jonathan Cook, October 29, 2019
Trump’s “Mission Accomplished”: US Forces Kill “Terror Mastermind” Al-Baghdadi? PR Success For POTUS By South Front, October 29, 2019
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
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