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.
Iran Increases Economic and Political Collaboration with Latin American Allies By Sarah Abed, July 29, 2019
Dying to Forget – Oil, Power, Palestine, & the Foundations of U.S. Policy in the Middle East By Jim Miles, July 29, 2019
Boris Johnson Approved £1.2 Billion Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia as Bombs Rained Down on Yemen By Andrew Smith, July 29, 2019
When Will Ayanna Pressley Realize that “the Pain” She Feels Is the Identical Pain Palestinians Feel? By Rima Najjar, July 28, 2019
Video: Russian, Syrian Warplanes Bomb Al Qaeda Positions in Western Aleppo By South Front, July 28, 2019
Turkey Deports Syrian Refugees to Idlib During Airstrikes By Steven Sahiounie, July 28, 2019
Iranian Monarchists Praise the Shah’s Brutal Rule on the Anniversary of His Death By Kurt Nimmo, July 28, 2019
Agricultural Literacy: A Solution to Youth Idleness and Unemployment By Anya Karaman, July 27, 2019
Trump Regime Pressuring Turkey to Keep Its S-400s Nonoperational By Stephen Lendman, July 27, 2019
Did Trump Just Threaten to Attack Iran with Nukes? “We’re Ready for the Absolute Worst” Says Trump By Scott Ritter, July 26, 2019
The Kremlin’s “Balancing Act”: Russia’s Ties with both Israel and Iran By Andrew Korybko, July 26, 2019
Unilateral Surrender? Hollow Mahmoud Abbas Suspension of Agreements with Israel By Stephen Lendman, July 26, 2019
Geopolitical Insanity: US War on Iran “Could Go Either Way” Says Trump By Pepe Escobar, July 26, 2019
Birthright Does Not Apply to Palestinians in Jerusalem By Daoud Kuttab, July 26, 2019
Did John Bolton Light the Fuse of the UK-Iranian Tanker Crisis? By Gareth Porter, July 26, 2019
Iran: How Bolton tricked Clueless UK Conservatives into Confrontation with Tehran By Prof. Juan Cole, July 25, 2019
Trump Vetoes Congress Bid to Block Saudi and UAE $8bn Arms Sales By Middle East Eye, July 25, 2019
Iran Imposes Its Rule of Engagement: “An Eye for an Eye” By Elijah J. Magnier, July 25, 2019
End Forever War? Divest Zionism. US Congress Passes Resolution which Violates Constitution By Kurt Nimmo, July 25, 2019
Imperial Duplicity and Mass Murder By Mark Taliano, July 25, 2019
Aleppo Rebuilding Its Infrastructure, 1216 Projects Since Eliminating Terror By Arabi Souri, July 25, 2019
Lebanon’s New Work Permit Laws, Directed against Palestinians and Syrian Refugees By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, July 25, 2019
Trump’s Demented Foreign Policy: How to Kill Ten Million Afghans and Not Win… By Pepe Escobar, July 24, 2019
Canada Must Condemn Israeli Demolition of Palestinian Homes By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, July 24, 2019
Iran Seizure of a British Tanker. More than Tit for Tat. Towards a War Scenario? By Peter Koenig, July 24, 2019
Turkey’s Multipolar Turn: Ankara and Beijing Come to Terms on Uyghurs Issue By United World International, July 23, 2019
Phony Blame Game: Russia Linked to Iran’s UK Tanker Seizure? By Stephen Lendman, July 23, 2019
Does the U.S. Army Intend to Leave Syria? By Adel Karim, July 23, 2019
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The Oil Crisis Saudi Arabia Can’t Solve By Dr. Cyril Widdershoven, July 23, 2019
‘The Bolton Gambit Succeeded’: Critics Warn Top Trump Adviser Has Put UK on Path to War with Iran By Jake Johnson, July 23, 2019
Will Persian Gulf ‘Tanker War’ Become a Shooting War? By Rep. Ron Paul, July 23, 2019
The Middle East Is Heading Towards “Maximum Danger”. Khamenei’s “Three Directives” for Iran By Elijah J. Magnier, July 23, 2019
US-led War of Terror Against Syria, Attrition Terrorism Phase By Miri Wood, July 23, 2019
Do You Choose the Truth or War Propaganda? Your Choice Makes a Difference. By Mark Taliano, July 23, 2019
Video: Gulf Conflict Report: Prospects of War Between Iran and the US By South Front, July 23, 2019
War Propaganda: Iran Sleeper Cells Ready to Kill Brits By Kurt Nimmo, July 23, 2019
The War on Yemen Just Went from Bad to Worse for Saudi Arabia By Andrew Korybko, July 22, 2019
Anglo-Persian Confrontation. Britain’s Impounding of Iran’s Grace Supertanker. Former UK Foreign Minister on Britain’s “Mistreatment of Iran” By Stephen Lendman, July 22, 2019
Washington’s Bully Tactics Have Failed to Persuade Tehran to Negotiate a New Nuclear Deal By Sarah Abed, July 21, 2019
Erdogan, Cyprus and the Future of NATO By F. William Engdahl, July 21, 2019
Piracy or War? By Christopher Black, July 21, 2019
Aleppo: Glorious Rebuilding, Despite Illicit Western ‘Sanctions’ By Miri Wood, July 21, 2019
What Makes Iran Strong Enough to Stand Against a Superpower Like the USA? By Elijah J. Magnier, July 21, 2019
How Corporate Media Are Fueling a New Iran Nuclear Crisis By Gareth Porter, July 21, 2019
Is Trump Psychologically Deranged? By Stephen Lendman, July 20, 2019
Trump Regime Bans Sale of F-35 Fighter Jets to Turkey for Purchasing Russian S-400s By Stephen Lendman, July 20, 2019
Israel’s Choice for U.S. President By Philip Giraldi, July 19, 2019
Sudan’s Agreement on Political Declaration Leaves Many Unanswered Questions By Abayomi Azikiwe, July 19, 2019
Media Lies About Iran Deal, Headlines Repeat Unfound State Department Claims By Dave DeCamp, July 18, 2019
Video: Waiting for New Idlib Offensive. US Continues to Provide Syria Rebels with Weapons and Military Supplies By South Front, July 18, 2019
New Zealand’s Role at the Biggest US Bombing Base in the Middle East By Darius Shahtahmasebi, July 18, 2019
How Iranian MEK Went from US Terror List to Halls of Congress By Ali Harb, July 18, 2019
Trump Outreach: Pandering to Christian Zionism, “Preparing the Nation for An Inevitable War”? By Philip Giraldi, July 18, 2019
BDS in the Face of Israeli Apartheid By Palestinian BDS National Committee, July 18, 2019
Provoking War? British Hijack Iranian Ship, Another Day, Another Dangerous Provocation By Tony Cartalucci, July 17, 2019
Towards an India-US-Israel Alliance directed against Iran? Prime Minister Modi “Pivots to the West” By Andrew Korybko, July 17, 2019
Moscow’s “Military Diplomacy” in the Middle East: A Major Headache for the US By Andrew Korybko, July 16, 2019
How Iran’s Soviet Era Air Defense System Shot Down America’s Global Hawk UAV over Strait of Hormuz By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 16, 2019
The UK Must Release the Iranian Tanker; The UAE’s Mission to Tehran By Elijah J. Magnier, July 16, 2019
FBI Surveillance of Iranians After the 1988 Downing of Flight 655 By Paul Gottinger, July 16, 2019
How the Goliath of the Jerusalem Settler Movement Persuaded the World It’s Really David By Jonathan Cook, July 16, 2019
Cruelty Prompts Trump’s Deal of the Century in the Middle East By Prof. Stuart Rees, July 16, 2019
Trump, Netanyahu, Pence and Bolton: The Four Horsemen of the Nuclear Apocalypse By Hans Stehling, July 16, 2019
Revanchist Israel Bent on Territorial Expansion. Towards “Greater Israel”? By Stephen Lendman, July 15, 2019
“Radiating Insecurity”: Will Europe Stand with “US Hooliganism”, or Stand by Its Treaty Obligations to Iran? By Elijah J. Magnier, July 15, 2019
More Families Freed from US Controlled Rukban Concentration Camp in Northern Syria By Miri Wood, July 15, 2019
America Pours “Oil into Fire” in Persian Gulf. Strategic Waterways. Control of Strait of Hormuz By M. K. Bhadrakumar, July 15, 2019
Strained US-Iraq Relations: Pompeo Considers Baghdad Embassy Pullout “Permanent”: Officials By Bas News, July 15, 2019
US Waterboards Iran and Then Asks for Talks: Former IAEA Head By The Iran Project, July 15, 2019
Turkey’s Purchase of Russian S-400 Air Defense System: A Blow to the US War Machine By Stephen Lendman, July 15, 2019
Syria Calls on Civilized World to Intervene in Turkey Cultural Aggression By Miri Wood, July 15, 2019
The S-400: Turkey Calls Trump’s Bluff By Eric Margolis, July 15, 2019
Guess Which Government Creates the Most Refugees in the World? By Makia Freeman, July 15, 2019
Iran Faces US Aggression and European Hypocrisy, but this Time It’s Ready By Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, July 15, 2019
Trump Advisors Giuliani and Bolton Support MEK, the Iran Terrorist Organization By Kurt Nimmo, July 14, 2019
Oil Prices Rise in Response to the U.S.-Iran Tensions in the Gulf By Steven Sahiounie, July 14, 2019
Britain’s Betrayal: Siding with Trump Against Iran By Stephen Lendman, July 14, 2019
Shifting Alliances: Is Turkey Now “Officially” an Ally of Russia? Acquires Russia’s S-400. Exit from NATO Imminent? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 13, 2019
Trump, Brits Tireless in Attempt to Get War on Iran Going By Kurt Nimmo, July 13, 2019
Europe and the JCPOA: International Hypocrisy, Will the US Start a Disastrous War in the Middle East? By Robert Fantina, July 13, 2019