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.
Trump Regime Planning War on Iran Based on Big Lies and Deception? By Stephen Lendman, June 19, 2019
US Preparing “Assault” Against Iran By Peter Symonds, June 19, 2019
Who Are the Arsonists of the Petrol Tankers in the Gulf? By Manlio Dinucci, June 19, 2019
Video: 200 Israeli Nuclear Weapons Targeted against Iran By Manlio Dinucci, June 19, 2019
False Identities Become the New Weapon: War with Iran Promoted by Fake Journalists By Philip Giraldi, June 18, 2019
U.S. Sanctions: Economic Sabotage that Is Deadly, Illegal and Ineffective By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, June 18, 2019
Video: Turkish Artillery Struck Syrian Army Positions Near Idlib By South Front, June 18, 2019
The Trump-Bolton Duo Is Just Like the Bush-Cheney Duo: Warmongers Using Lies to Start Illegal Wars By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay, June 18, 2019
Gulf of Oman Recalls Gulf of Tonkin Lies. The Use of “Deepfake Videos” Could Lead to Global War By Steven Sahiounie, June 18, 2019
Our Reality Can Beat Up Your Reality. Spreading False News Stories on Iran By Helen Buyniski, June 17, 2019
Pompeo’s False Flag Refuted By Japanese Media: Tanker Hit by Flying Object, Not Mine – Confirms Onsite Worker By Joaquin Flores, June 17, 2019
Trump Offered to Suspend Sanctions While Negotiating with Iran, Khamenei Rejected the Offer: More Attacks Expected By Elijah J. Magnier, June 17, 2019
Israeli Government Establishes ‘Trump Heights’ Development on Stolen Land in Golan By Celine Hagbard, June 17, 2019
Trump’s Middle East ‘Deal of the Century’ Pushed Back Again By Richard Becker, June 17, 2019
False-Flagging the World to War: A Gulf of Tonkin Incident in the Gulf of Oman By Timothy Alexander Guzman, June 17, 2019
US, Israel and Saudis Pushing for War on Iran? By Stephen Lendman, June 16, 2019
The Bully Who Cried “Iran!” By Daniel Larison, June 16, 2019
US Accuses Iran. Will the Real Bombers Please Stand Up. Japan’s PM Abe: The Danger of “An Accidental Conflict” By Eric Margolis, June 16, 2019
Plenty of Fish in Gaza Sea, but Not for Palestinians By Entsar Abu Jahal, June 16, 2019
India Embraces Israel in Unprecedented Anti-Palestine Vote at the UN By Middle East Monitor, June 16, 2019
Provocations in the Gulf of Oman: Will John Bolton Get His War on Iran? By Michael Welch, Prof Michel Chossudovsky, Pepe Escobar, and Yves Engler, June 16, 2019
NATO Warfare in Syria: Creating and Exploiting Desperation By Mark Taliano, June 15, 2019
Video: Mysterious Attacks on Oil Tankers Around Persian Gulf By South Front, June 15, 2019
The Gulf of Credibility. False Flag, Ludicrous Allegation. Iran Rescued the Crew of the Japanese Tanker By Craig Murray, June 15, 2019
Trump Regime Lurching Toward Possible War on Iran? By Stephen Lendman, June 15, 2019
Israeli Submarines Suspected of Sabotaging Shipping in Gulf of Oman. In Case of Conflict with Iran, Oil Prices could Double Overnight By Hans Stehling, June 15, 2019
Pompeo’s “Tanker Narrative” against Iran.“Thank God my Enemy is so Stupid”! By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, June 15, 2019
Israel, America and Britain: Building a Pretext to Wage War on Iran, Setting the Scene for a Broader War? By Dr. David Halpin, June 14, 2019
“Activities of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem”: Britain Says Releasing a 1941 Document About Palestine Might ‘Undermine Security’ By Tom Suarez, June 14, 2019
‘Deja Vu’ of Iraq War Lies: Mike Pompeo Blames Iran for Tanker Attack Without A Shred of Evidence By Jake Johnson, June 14, 2019
Timing of Gulf of Oman Attacks: Washington Aimed to Kill Historic Iran-Japan Talks in Tehran, Oil Tankers en Route to Japan By Ben Norton, June 14, 2019
Why I’m Optimistic About the ‘Deal of the Century’. “Palestinian Struggle Centre Stage of Arab Politics” By David Hearst, June 14, 2019
Pompeo Blames Iran for Likely Gulf of Oman False Flag By Stephen Lendman, June 14, 2019
False Flag Incident in the Gulf of Oman? By Stephen Lendman, June 14, 2019
Video: Cruise Missile Strike on Saudi Airport Marks Start of New Round of Escalation in the Middle East By South Front, June 14, 2019
Convenient “Tanker Attacks” as US Seeks War with Iran By Tony Cartalucci, June 13, 2019
Video: Israeli Military Continues Strikes on Syria By South Front, June 13, 2019
Syrian Families Released from the Infamous Rukban Concentration Camp By Arabi Souri, June 13, 2019
US Senators Meet with Jewish Leaders in Semi-secret Annual Event By Alison Weir, June 12, 2019
Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Is Trump’s Informal Ambassador to Iran, but He Wants More Than to Mediate By Andrew Korybko, June 12, 2019
A Russian-American-Israeli Meeting of National Security Advisors in Jerusalem: Syria and Iran on the Table By Elijah J. Magnier, June 12, 2019
India Now Supports Israel at the UN against Palestine. Are They Allies? By Andrew Korybko, June 12, 2019
The Last Bastion of Al Qaeda in Syria: US Propaganda Blitz Ahead of Idlib’s Liberation By Tony Cartalucci, June 12, 2019
Media Paints Jihadist Commander Who Pledged Allegiance to ISIS as a Soccer Star with the Voice of an Angel By Alexander Rubinstein, June 11, 2019
Turkey’s “Military Multipolarity”: US Ally and NATO Heavyweight to Purchase Russia’s S-400 Air Defense System By Andrew Korybko, June 11, 2019
India Complies with US Sanctions against Iran, Iran Keeps Begging It to Reconsider By Andrew Korybko, June 11, 2019
Video: Al Qaeda Militants Suffer Large Casualties in Clashes in Northern Hama By South Front, June 11, 2019
Sudan: Chaos Unleashed. Color Revolution By Andrew Korybko, June 10, 2019
The Most Crucial Pipeline of the Middle East? By Vanand Meliksetian, June 10, 2019
Trump Threatens Turkey: Pull Out of S-400 Deal with Russia, Or Else. Ankara Intimates Pulling out of NATO By Stephen Lendman, June 09, 2019
Israel’s Attack on The USS Liberty: An Act of War, A False Flag, A Gross Betrayal By Craig McKee, June 09, 2019
USS Liberty 1967: Israel Murdered U.S. Sailors and Tried to Sink Their Ship … A Failed False Flag Attack Against the U.S. By Washington's Blog, June 08, 2019
An Israeli Double-Feature: 52nd Anniversary of Israel’s Attack on the USS Liberty By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, June 08, 2019
Video: Al Qaeda Militants Use Turkish Weapons, Equipment in Hama Advance By South Front, June 08, 2019
New Evidence Proves Israel Attacked USS Liberty With Orders to Kill 294 Americans By Aaron Nelson, June 08, 2019
Video: Syrian, Russian Forces Pound Militants in Greater Idlib By South Front, June 07, 2019
Washington’s “Malicious Intent”: Trump and Son-in-Law Kushner’s “Deliberate” Ignorance of Palestinian History By Rima Najjar, June 07, 2019
‘We Will Soon Pray There’: Israeli Minister Urges Jewish Settlers to Enter Al-Aqsa (The Temple Mount) By Middle East Eye, June 06, 2019
Fundamental Palestinian Rights: Trump’s “Deal of the Century” “No-Peace/ Peace Plan”, Derogating “The Right of Return” By Stephen Lendman, June 06, 2019
US Forces Destroy Syrian Oil While Enforcing Sanctions By Steven Sahiounie, June 06, 2019
Coalition Airstrikes against Syria and Iraq: “Counting” Civilian Casualties, Fake Atrocity Narratives By Mark Taliano, June 06, 2019
Why Trump Now Wants Talks with Iran By Pepe Escobar, June 06, 2019
Video: US-Sponsored Kurdish Militia Burn Wheat Fields in Northern Syria By Arabi Souri, June 05, 2019
ISIS Remnants Regroup and Attack Syrian Army Posts in the Desert with U.S. Help By Arabi Souri, June 05, 2019
Kushner-Trump Family Plan for an Enlarged Israel, Ridiculed as the ‘Confidence Trick of the Century’ By Hans Stehling, June 05, 2019
EU Sued at International Criminal Court over Mediterranean Migration Policy – As More Die at Sea By Maurice Stierl, June 05, 2019
Video: War Propaganda and US Military Buildup Against Iran By South Front, June 05, 2019
Trump’s Bellicosity Sells Weapons but Also Boosts Iran and the Palestinian Cause By Elijah J. Magnier, June 04, 2019
Israel Continues Its Interference in the Syrian Crisis By Firas Samuri, June 04, 2019
A Second Israeli Election Proves Netanyahu’s Grip on Power Is Slipping By Jonathan Cook, June 04, 2019
Ancient Plants: Reflections on Palestinian Life from the Galilee Mountains By Hatim Kanaaneh, June 04, 2019
Saudi-led Air Strikes Destroyed Nearly 400 Hospitals in Yemen By Paul Antonopoulos, June 04, 2019
Video: Israeli Military Intensifies Attacks on Syria By South Front, June 04, 2019
Pompeo’s Phony Outreach to Iran By Stephen Lendman, June 03, 2019
Scandalous Details of Trump’s ‘Deal of Century’ for Palestine By Press TV, June 03, 2019
US-Iran: Inverted Reality, Real War. America’s Al Qaeda Mercenaries. Iran is Fighting the Largest State Sponsor of Terror By Tony Cartalucci, June 03, 2019
Making Prayer Safer: 94% of Homeland Security (DHS) Grants to Enhance Security Goes to Jewish Groups By Philip Giraldi, June 03, 2019
No Chemical Attacks in Syria. Misleading Public Opinion. Blaming Bashar Al Assad. The Media’s “Humanitarian” Pro-War Narrative By Margaret Kimberley, June 03, 2019
Half of Black Caucus Signs on to Israeli Stance on Syria, in Defiance of Black Public Opinion By Glen Ford, June 03, 2019
Trump, Netanyahu and Boris Johnson Would Cause Global Instability… War in the Middle East? By Hans Stehling, June 03, 2019