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.
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
JCPOA (Nuclear) Negotiations with Iran Are a Test of the EU’s Geopolitical Credibility By Padraig McGrath, September 05, 2019
US-NATO-Israel Threats against Iran. Israel’s Nuclear Weapons By Stephen Lendman, September 04, 2019
Remembering Sophie Tucker’s Hit Song ‘My Yiddishe Momme’, the Very Antonym of Netanyahu’s Zionist State By Hans Stehling, September 04, 2019
Undermining Israeli Deterrence: Hezbollah Is Preparing to Shoot Down a Drone. Netanyahu’s “Election War” By Elijah J. Magnier, September 04, 2019
US, UK and France May be Complicit in War Crimes in Yemen By Thomas DeLorenzo, September 04, 2019
ISIS R Us. US-NATO Support ISIS and Al Qaeda Globally By Mark Taliano, September 04, 2019
Israel: “Wiped off The Map”. The Rumor of the Century, Fabricated by the US Media to Justify An All out War on Iran By Arash Norouzi, September 04, 2019
Hezbollah Won’t Tolerate Israeli Aggression By Stephen Lendman, September 04, 2019
Video: Russia Accuses US of Sabotaging Idlib Ceasefire By South Front, September 04, 2019
Israel Threatens to Use Nuclear Weapons to ‘Wipe Out’ Its Enemies By Middle East Monitor, September 03, 2019
Video: Hezbollah Strikes Israeli Military Vehicle Amid Escalation in Southern Lebanon By South Front, September 03, 2019
Heightened Israeli-Lebanese Tensions. A “Declaration of War” by Israel according to President Michel Aoun By Stephen Lendman, September 03, 2019
US and Israeli Collectors Buy Up What Remains of Yemen’s Ancient Heritage By Ahmed AbdulKareem, September 03, 2019
The West’s “Humanitarian” Claims as Syrian War Nears Endgame By Tony Cartalucci, September 02, 2019
Refugee Lessons: Let Us be Free Like the Birds! By Saad Abdllah, September 02, 2019
Syria Law Enforcement Makes Another Huge “Captagon” Amphetamine Drug Bust By Miri Wood, September 02, 2019
Israeli Border Provocation Moves Plan for Regional War Forward By Kurt Nimmo, September 02, 2019
One Last Ceasefire before Oblivion for Jihadists in Syria By Tom Luongo, September 02, 2019
Video: Israeli State Sponsored Torture of Young Non-Jewish Children By A.M.A Television, September 02, 2019
Israel Is Hiding Its Soldiers and Hezbollah Is Winning Without Firing a Shot – So Far By Elijah J. Magnier, September 02, 2019
Putin Balances Turkish Fighter Jet Interest with Syria’s Fight Against Terrorism By Sarah Abed, August 31, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Further Advances in Greater Idlib By South Front, August 31, 2019
Video: Yemen’s Houthis Carry Out Drone Strike on Saudi Capital By South Front, August 31, 2019
Heroin Addiction in America Spearheaded by US-led War on Afghanistan By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 31, 2019
Video: Militants’ Failed Terror Attack in Eastern Idlib Ends in Disaster By South Front, August 30, 2019
Iran
Iran: The Lifting of Sanctions, Is a Rouhani-Trump Meeting Imminent? By Peter Koenig and Press TV, August 30, 2019
Israeli Attacks on Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. Netanyahu’s Election Strategy By Steven Sahiounie, August 29, 2019
Will Hezbollah Respond to Israel? When? And at What Cost? By Elijah J. Magnier, August 29, 2019
Lying for Israel: Why Nearly Everyone in Washington Does It By Philip Giraldi, August 29, 2019
“Israel” Will Never Let Iran Build a Pipeline to Syria Unless Russia Is Involved By Andrew Korybko, August 29, 2019
Syrian Army Liberates Entire Hama Governorate and Idlib’s Khan Sheikhoun By Sarah Abed, August 29, 2019
‘We Are Waiting for War’: Lebanese Say Israel Has Gone Too Far By Andre Vltchek, August 29, 2019
Video: “Dawn of Idlib”: Syrian Army’s Offensive in Northwestern Syria By South Front, August 28, 2019
Multiculturalism, In Morocco, Difference Is a Strength By Caroline Kirk, August 28, 2019
Video: Syrian Army (SAA) Works to Secure Recent Gains in Idlib By South Front, August 28, 2019
U.S. Africa Command Marks a Controversial Return to Libya By Alaeddin Saleh, August 28, 2019
US Military
US/Israel Upping the Stakes for More Middle East War By Stephen Lendman, August 28, 2019
US Removes Palestine Authority from List of Countries By Telesur, August 28, 2019
Israel Has Attacked Lebanon and Syria – So What? By Andre Vltchek, August 28, 2019
Israel’s Infamous USS Liberty Attack By Stephen Lendman, August 27, 2019
Does Israel Interfere in American Elections? By Philip Giraldi, August 27, 2019
Video: Military Escalation in the Middle East. Israel Carries Out Strikes on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq By South Front, August 27, 2019
G7 Nations at Odds on Iran? Macron to Lead G7 Discussions with Tehran in Defiance of Washington? By Stephen Lendman, August 27, 2019
The Putin-Erdogan Summit Will Influence the Syrian End Game By Andrew Korybko, August 27, 2019
Who Is Behind Blowing Up Ammunition Warehouses in Iraq? Iran Is the Target By Elijah J. Magnier, August 26, 2019
Turkey Affirms Its Claim on Cyprus Oil and Gas By Irina Slav, August 26, 2019
Illegal Activity of Western Special Forces in Syria By Firas Samuri, August 26, 2019