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.
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
Video: Syrian Army Repelled Large Attack in Northern Hama. UK Claims Iran Attempted to Capture Its Tanker By South Front, July 13, 2019
“Go Forth and Lie” Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad By Miko Peled, July 12, 2019
India Doubles Down on Its Military Alliance with Israel By Andrew Korybko, July 12, 2019
Iran vs. Spineless Europe. How far will US-western Threats Go? By Peter Koenig, July 12, 2019
Political Agreement in Sudan Sets Stage for Interim Governing Council By Abayomi Azikiwe, July 12, 2019
OIL: The Missing Three-Letter Word in the Iran Crisis By Michael T. Klare, July 12, 2019
Many Democrats are Now Opposed to US-Israel “Friendship”: Senator Elizabeth Warren By Kurt Nimmo, July 11, 2019
Joe Biden Didn’t Just Vote for the 2003 Iraq Invasion—He Helped Lead the March to War By Branko Marcetic, July 11, 2019
Former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman: ‘Our Conflict Is with the Entire Muslim World, with the Entire Arab World’ By Middle East Monitor, July 11, 2019
Canada Joins Campaign to Stifle Criticism of Israel By John Clarke, July 11, 2019
Iran Declares War on the USA’s Covert Influence in Iraq By Elijah J. Magnier, July 11, 2019
Ongoing Atrocities in Syria. Missile Attacks Directed against Civilians By Miri Wood, July 11, 2019
Video: Prospects of War in the Persian Gulf Region By South Front, July 11, 2019
Israel’s Scheme to Bury the Nakba. “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine” By Stephen Lendman, July 10, 2019
Turkey’s Erdogan Meet’s China’s Xi: Sultan Shines in the Court of the Dragon King By Pepe Escobar, July 10, 2019
Remembering the 2014 Israeli Offensive Against Gaza By IMEMC, July 10, 2019
In Pictures: The Devastated City of Mosul Two Years On By Billy Briggs, July 10, 2019
Iran Rightfully Increases Uranium Stockpiles and Enrichment Beyond JCPOA Limits By Sarah Abed, July 10, 2019
Israeli Occupation, Colonialism and Apartheid By Stephen Lendman, July 09, 2019
Europe Freaks Out Over Minuscule Iranian Uranium Enrichment By Kurt Nimmo, July 09, 2019
Despite Talk of Promoting Democracy Trudeau in Bed with Repressive UAE Monarchy By Yves Engler, July 09, 2019
Frog-Marching Trump Toward War on Iran By Rep. Ron Paul, July 09, 2019
What Is the Biggest Lie About the Syrian War? Western War Propaganda, Regime Change, Terrorism By Mark Taliano and Cindy Sheehan, July 09, 2019
On Whose Orders Did Oman’s Foreign Minister Visit Syria? By Andrew Korybko, July 09, 2019
Could Trump’s Tricks Boost His Ratings and Settle the Syrian Conflict? By Firas Samuri, July 08, 2019
US and Europe to Iran: Do as We Say, Not as We Do — Or Else! By Stephen Lendman, July 08, 2019
The JCPOA Crisis Isn’t About Nukes at All. Embedding US Strategic Influence Worldwide By Andrew Korybko, July 08, 2019
Export License System Lets ‘Illegal’ Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Continue By Billy Briggs, July 08, 2019
US Call for German Troops in Syria Angers Berlin By The New Arab, July 08, 2019
A Secret Meeting to Plot War? By Philip Giraldi, July 08, 2019
Netanyahu Compares Iranian Uranium Enrichment to Nazi Invasion of the Rhineland By Kurt Nimmo, July 08, 2019
Cheated by the JCPOA, Iran No Longer Trusts Europe and Is Heading towards Full Withdrawal By Elijah J. Magnier, July 08, 2019
Nobody Is Talking About the Sanctions Against Syria! By Arabi Souri, July 08, 2019
Turkey’s ‘Middle Corridor’ Looking to Integrate with China’s ‘Belt and Road’ (BRI) By Andrew Korybko, July 06, 2019
Iran Calls UK Seizure of Its Oil Tanker “Maritime Piracy” By Stephen Lendman, July 06, 2019
Hypocrisies About Refugees By Eric Zuesse, July 06, 2019
Video: British Marines Seized Iranian Oil Tanker By South Front, July 06, 2019
Trump Orders More Suffering on Syrian Civilians. US-EU Supported Terrorists’ Control of Oil and Gas Wells By Steven Sahiounie, July 06, 2019
Canadian Firm’s Lobbying Contract with Sudan Military Rulers May Face Police Probe By Middle East Eye, July 05, 2019
Video: Dozens Militants Killed in Airstrikes on Greater Idlib By South Front, July 05, 2019
Voices from Syria’s Rukban Refugee Camp Belie Corporate Media Reporting By Eva Bartlett, July 05, 2019
The Un-submersible US-Iran Stalemate By Pepe Escobar, July 05, 2019
Does Justin Trudeau Hate Palestinians? By Yves Engler, July 05, 2019
Iran to Reach the Mediterranean Through the Proposed Iran-Iraq-Syria Railway Corridor By Arabi Souri, July 04, 2019
War Crimes in Libya, Acts of Revenge by Government of National Accord (GNA): Forensics Confirm Executions by GNA Militias at Gharyan Hospital By Al Marsad, July 04, 2019
Goodbye Dollar, It Was Nice Knowing You! By Philip Giraldi, July 04, 2019
EU Allied with Trump Regime Sanctions on Iran. Failure of the INSTEX (EU-Iran) Trade Exchange Mechanism By Stephen Lendman, July 04, 2019