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.
War Criminals
Bolton’s Vague Press Release Lays Foundation for Military Attack Against Iran By Whitney Webb, May 07, 2019
Ever More Complex EU Gas Pipeline Geopolitics By F. William Engdahl, May 06, 2019
How the West’s War in Libya Has Spurred Terrorism in 14 Countries By Mark Curtis, May 06, 2019
Gaza
Israel Has No Right of Self-Defense Against Gaza By Norman Finkelstein and Jamie Stern-Weiner, May 06, 2019
Around 70 Airstrikes within 12 Hours… Israel Violates the Gaza Strip: Pregnant Woman and Her Baby Girl Killed, Residential Buildings Targeted and Israeli Attacks Continue By Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, May 06, 2019
US Troops in Syria for the “Long Haul” Atop “A Lot of Oil Resources”: Pentagon Official By Zero Hedge, May 06, 2019
Israel’s Terrorists: The White Helmets Receive an Award By Philip Giraldi, May 06, 2019
Videos: Ten Rockets Were Launched from Gaza Strip at Israeli Targets By South Front, May 05, 2019
Israeli Ambassador Calls for the Criminalization of Antisemitic Speech By Jonathan Turley, May 04, 2019
Are the US and Israel Preparing for War in the Middle East? Lebanon is Next? By Elijah J. Magnier, May 03, 2019
What If Iran Retaliates and Shuts Down the Strait of Hormuz? By Scott Ritter, May 03, 2019
Forgotten War: Death Toll in Yemen to Reach 233,000 by End of Year By Al-Masdar News, May 03, 2019
Iran Designates as “Terrorists” All US Troops in the Middle East By Middle East Monitor, May 03, 2019
Video: Turkey Sponsored Militants Claim Russians Killed in Hama, Attack Hmeimim Air Base By South Front, May 03, 2019
Jordan on Edge Ahead of Unveiling of Trump’s “Peace Plan” for Palestine By Osama Al Sharif, May 03, 2019
Islamic State Celluloid: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Witch Doctors of Terrorism By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 02, 2019
The New York Times Apologizes for “Anti-Semitic” Cartoon While Enabling Racist Israeli Regime By Helen Buyniski, May 02, 2019
The US/NATO War to Demolish Syria By Comitato No Nato No Guerra, May 02, 2019
NATO Demolishes the Libyan State By Comitato No Nato No Guerra, May 01, 2019
Iran Rejects All Negotiations but Signals Domestic Differences: Its Confidence Remains Intact in the Face of Severe Sanctions By Elijah J. Magnier, May 01, 2019
US State Department Offers $4.5 Million Grant to “Investigate” Civilian Casualties in Syria and Iraq By South Front, May 01, 2019
Western Military Industrial Complex Creates Unreasonable Fear: Tactic to Divert Tax-Payers Money into Weapons Production By Mark Taliano and Basma Qaddour, May 01, 2019
Video: Haftar Forces Launch Push to Encircle Tripoli By South Front, April 30, 2019
US and NATO Attack Afghanistan and Iraq By Comitato No Nato No Guerra, April 30, 2019
America
Remembering the Revelations of US Torture at Abu Ghraib By Muhammad Hussein, April 30, 2019
Iran Appeals Directly to Trump: Your Advisers Dragging You into War By Zero Hedge, April 30, 2019
“Self-destruction”: Palestinians in East Jerusalem Forced to Demolish Own Homes By B'Tselem, April 30, 2019
Blame Palestinians for Gaza By Philip Giraldi, April 30, 2019
US Navy SEAL Officers Attempted to Cover Up Evidence of War Crimes By Josh Varlin, April 29, 2019
Sri Lanka: US-Saudi Terror Targets China’s Allies By Tony Cartalucci, April 29, 2019
Will New Netanyahu Coalition and Kushner’s “Deal” Bring Destruction to Jerusalem’s Golden Dome? By Miko Peled, April 29, 2019
Trump’s Crusaders March to War By Eric Margolis, April 28, 2019
Canada Gets Cozy with Repressive Middle East Monarchies By Yves Engler, April 28, 2019
Trump’s “Deal of the Century” For the Middle East? Which Century? By Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil, April 28, 2019
On 56th Friday of Great March of Return: Israeli Forces Wound 110 Civilians By IMEMC, April 28, 2019
The Rise of Israel’s Political Right and Its Possible Demise By Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh, April 27, 2019
China Challenges US Sanctions, Invites Syria to Belt and Road Project By Arabi Souri, April 27, 2019
“Theater Iran Near Term” (TIRANNT). The Ongoing Planning of War against Iran By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, April 27, 2019
Russia’s “Military Diplomacy” Might Succeed in Getting Turkey to Switch Sides By Andrew Korybko, April 26, 2019
War on Iran and Calling America’s Bluff By Pepe Escobar, April 26, 2019
Clouds Gather Above the Middle East: War or No War? By Elijah J. Magnier, April 26, 2019
US-backed Saudi Regime Beheads 37 Political Prisoners By Bill Van Auken, April 26, 2019
Preventing Palestine — A Political History from Camp David to Oslo By Jim Miles, April 25, 2019
Iran Is No One’s Colony: US Aggression Escalating to a Level that Threatens World War By Christopher Black, April 25, 2019
After 37 Executions, Canada Must Re-Examine Relations with Saudi Arabia By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, April 25, 2019
Israel-Palestine: The End of the Two-State Solution Dream By Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi and Katja Hermann, April 24, 2019
Israel Plans to Launch a Surprise War against Lebanon By Elijah J. Magnier, April 24, 2019
John Bolton Rumored Israeli attack on Lebanon. Going After Hezbollah Donors? By Kurt Nimmo, April 24, 2019
The Path to War with Iran Is Paved with Sanctions By Joe Cirincione and Mary Kaszynski, April 24, 2019
Julian Assange Exposed the Crimes of Powerful Actors, Including Israel By Alison Weir, April 24, 2019
Iranian
US Sanctions Got India to Ditch Iran, Will Washington Get It to Ditch Russia Too? By Andrew Korybko, April 24, 2019
Aramco IPO
Can Saudi Arabia Still Sway the Oil Market? By Tsvetana Paraskova, April 24, 2019
French Ambassador Says Trump “Deal of the Century” Is DOA, Calls Israel ‘Apartheid State’ By Whitney Webb, April 23, 2019
Iran Not Backing Down: IRGC Navy Vows to Block US Ships from Important Waterway By Telesur, April 23, 2019
Oil Shortage Crisis Might Force the Syrian State to Liberate East Euphrates By Arabi Souri, April 23, 2019
Video: Chemical Weapons Warehouse Exploded in Western Aleppo By South Front, April 23, 2019
Stop the Ongoing U.S. Economic Terrorism against Iran and Help Its People! By Jan Oberg, April 22, 2019
Trump and Pakistan’s PM Khan Might Have Just Ruined Iran-India Relations By Andrew Korybko, April 22, 2019
Air Force Deploys Stealth Fighters to the Middle East for the First Time By Zero Hedge, April 22, 2019
Trump’s Dangerous Game: New Blockade of Iran Could Skyrocket Oil Prices Across the World By Telesur, April 22, 2019
Why I’m Glad Netanyahu Won By James J. Zogby, April 22, 2019
US Defeat in Syria Transforms into Campaign of Spite. “ISIS Was a Creation of the West” By Tony Cartalucci, April 21, 2019
Failed States and Militias: General Khalifa Haftar Moves on Tripoli By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, April 21, 2019
Everyone Could Celebrate Easter in Jerusalem Except Palestinian Christians By WAFA, April 21, 2019
Yemen War Death Toll Surpasses 70,000 By ACLED, April 21, 2019
President Assad Receives Russia’s Special Envoy to Syria By Arabi Souri, April 20, 2019
US Involvement in the War against Yemen: Trump’s Veto By Ken Stone and Tasnim News Agency, April 20, 2019
The “Deal of the Century”: The Palestinian Cause Is behind Iran and Hezbollah’s Success By Elijah J. Magnier, April 20, 2019
Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau Congratulates Netanyahu: There Will Never Be Two States. By Jim Miles, April 20, 2019
What Venezuela’s Tragic Predicament Teaches Iran By Rostam Pourzal, April 20, 2019
Trump Thanks Gen. Haftar For “Securing Libya’s Oil Resources” Amid Tripoli Fighting By Zero Hedge, April 20, 2019
WikiLeaks: Iraqi Children in U.S. Raid Shot in Head, U.N. Says By Matthew Schofield, April 19, 2019
Trump’s Shameful Yemen Veto Defines His Presidency By Daniel Larison, April 19, 2019
The “Deal of the Century”: The US Wants To Enable Netanyahu to “Officially” Occupy the West Bank By Elijah J. Magnier, April 18, 2019
Pompeo is “Setting the Stage for a War with Iran” By The Real News Network, April 18, 2019
Displaced Syrians Returning from Refugee Camps in Jordan By Arabi Souri, April 18, 2019
EU Rejects Israeli Claim to Syrian Golan By IMEMC, April 18, 2019
Moscow’s Strategy in the Middle East: Geopolitics and the Versatility of Diplomacy By Federico Pieraccini, April 18, 2019
U.S. Continues Supplying Military Aid to Kurdish Forces in Northern Syria against Turkey, a US Ally and NATO Member State By Firas Samuri, April 18, 2019
Video: Israel’s Magic Lamp: Iron Dome Missile Defense By South Front, April 18, 2019