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.
Mirage Named INSTEX and the Iran Sanctions Regime: Review over European JCPOA Report By Mehrnews, July 04, 2019
Depleted Uranium: An Iraqi Scientist Speaks Out on the Lingering Effects of Radioactive Weapons By Edward Fox, July 04, 2019
Syria’s Second S-200 Debacle in Less than a Year Shows How Desperate It’s Becoming By Andrew Korybko, July 03, 2019
The JCPOA Nuclear Deal: Why Europe Cannot Use the ‘Snap Back’ Mechanism Against Iran By Mehrnews, July 03, 2019
Trump Imagines a Quick US War with No Plan B, but Overlooks Iran’s Possible Plan B By Elijah J. Magnier, July 03, 2019
The Unwritten History of Israel’s Alliance with Iran’s Shah Dictatorship By Eitay Mack, July 03, 2019
We’re Just Beginning to Grasp the Toll of the Islamic State’s Archaeological Looting in Syria By Prof. Fiona Greenland, James Marrone, Oya Topçuoğlu, and Tasha Vorderstrasse, July 03, 2019
Iran Playing with Fire? By Stephen Lendman, July 02, 2019
Russia and Israel Are Allies? By Andrew Korybko, July 02, 2019
Provoking Iran Over and Over: US “Throwing Kitchen Sink” at Islamic Republic By Makia Freeman, July 02, 2019
NIAC Statement on Iran Surpassing Enriched Uranium Stockpile Limit By NIAC Action, July 02, 2019
Trump’s Peace Plan Has Been Designed to Fail – Exactly Like Its Predecessors By Jonathan Cook, July 02, 2019
A Universal Program of Action for Peace By Massoud Nayeri, July 02, 2019
This Celebrated Western-funded Nonprofit Collaborated with al-Qaeda to Wage Lawfare on Syria By Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton, July 01, 2019
The Iran Nuclear Deal: Letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres By Global Research News, July 01, 2019
The Lie of the Century. Kushner’s 136 Pages of Lies. Palestinians have No Rights Whatsoever By Jafar M. Ramini, July 01, 2019
Videos: Israeli Strikes on Damascus and Homs Injure and Kill Many Civilians By South Front, July 01, 2019
America’s “Limited Wars” – Are They Good for Israel? By Philip Giraldi, July 01, 2019
Israel’s Latest Strikes in Syria Prove that the US-Russia-Israel Jerusalem National Security Summit Was a Success By Andrew Korybko, July 01, 2019
UN Caught Sending 24,000 Tons of Infested and Rotten “Aid” to Starving Yemenis By Randi Nord, July 01, 2019
Pentagon, NATO and Israel’s IDF Operate as an Air Force for Jihadists in Syria and Elsewhere By Stephen Lendman, July 01, 2019
Military Coup in Sudan, Overthrow of President Al-Bashir: Transitional Process Impeded by Domestic and International Factors By Abayomi Azikiwe, July 01, 2019
“People Without a Country”: Palestinians Seen ‘Stateless’ in Kushner’s Economic Plan: Analyst By Tasnim News Agency and Hussein Askary, July 01, 2019
UAE: “We Don’t Have Evidence” that Iran Carried Out Tanker Attacks By The Maritime Executive, July 01, 2019
To Avoid War, the US Must Stop the Sanctions against Iran and Return to the JCPOA By Mehrnaz Shahabi, June 30, 2019
Washington’s Infatuation with Iran’s Mujahedin-e Khalq (M.E.K) Terrorist Organization By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, June 30, 2019
General Haftar Is Trying to Trick Turkey into Overextending Itself in Libya By Andrew Korybko, June 30, 2019
Persian Peril: Brinkmanship in the Post-INF Treaty Era By Michael Welch, Scott Ritter, and Bruce Gagnon, June 30, 2019
Crisis in Northern Syria: A Look Inside the Real Idlib Today By Steven Sahiounie, June 29, 2019
JCPOA Talks Fall Short, US Middle East Military Buildup. Bolton Seeks Partners for War on Iran By Stephen Lendman, June 29, 2019
“Rise and Kill First.” – The Secret Israeli Worldwide Assassination Program. Book Review By Brett Redmayne-Titley, June 28, 2019
2 Soldiers Killed in Fresh Shelling on Turkish Observation Post By South Front, June 28, 2019
Investigate Egypt’s Former President Morsi’s Death By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, June 28, 2019
Was There Ever an Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program? By Gareth Porter, June 28, 2019
Iran Has Warned to Target Arab Countries in Case of War: The US “Like a Lion in a Persian Story” By Elijah J. Magnier, June 28, 2019
Monsters Walk the Earth. Why These Three Countries Are the Real Troika of Evil By Philip Giraldi, June 28, 2019
Children “Too Frail to Even Cry”: The War in Yemen and Its Bounty of Suffering By George Capaccio, June 28, 2019
Video: US-backed Forces Came with “List of Demands” to Damascus By South Front, June 28, 2019
Waking Up to Empire and “False Flags” By Barry Kissin, June 27, 2019
The US-Iran Tension: The US May Never Attack Iran? The Fear of Retaliation By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, June 27, 2019
“They Decided to Kill Him”: Egyptian Officials Threatened Morsi Days Before Death By David Hearst, June 27, 2019
Iran and Tajikistan – Towards Pragmatic Relations? By Omid Rahimi, June 27, 2019
US War of Words on Iran Heads Toward Turning Hot By Stephen Lendman, June 27, 2019
Hawks Behind Trump’s Back By Steven Sahiounie, June 27, 2019
Bipartisan Congressional Effort to Prevent War on Iran? By Stephen Lendman, June 26, 2019
Childish Diplomacy: Donald Trump’s New Play Against Iran By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 26, 2019
The Shameful “Deal of the Century”. By Dr. Elias Akleh, June 26, 2019
Arms Dealers and Lobbyists Get Rich as Yemen Burns By Barbara Boland, June 26, 2019
Trump Announces Sanctions on Ayatollah Khomeini, Who Died in 1989 By Middle East Monitor, June 26, 2019
Falling Oil Profits Drive U.S. War Threats Against Iran? By Bill Dores, June 26, 2019
Egypt’s Former President Morsi Died, or Was Murdered, While Reciting a Patriotic Poem in a Cage By Andre Vltchek, June 26, 2019
Trump Imposes New Sanctions Amid Continuing War Threat Against Iran By Bill Van Auken, June 26, 2019
“Overwhelming Will Mean Obliteration”, according to Trump: A World Gone Mad, A Demented Head of State, Total Destruction of Iran is Contemplated? By Hans Stehling, June 26, 2019
Russia-Israel-US National Security Chiefs Meet Behind Closed Doors in Jerusalem: Moscow Seeks Iran-Israel “Compromise” By Maxim A. Suchkov and Marianna Belenkaya, June 26, 2019
Trump Rejected Attacking Iran: ‘We Don’t Need Any More Wars’ By Jason Ditz, June 26, 2019
Sanctions against Palestinians Are the Secret to Clinching the “Deal of the Century” By Andrew Korybko, June 26, 2019
John Bolton’s Blueprint for War on Iran By Stephen Lendman, June 26, 2019
In Israel the Push to Destroy Jerusalem’s Iconic Al-Aqsa Mosque Goes Mainstream By Whitney Webb, June 26, 2019
Will the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Extend into the Middle East? By Andrew Korybko, June 25, 2019
U.S. Rejectionist Policy Toward Palestinian Participation, Rights By Rima Najjar, June 25, 2019
Iran
Video: Trump Stopped Strike on Iran, but Tensions Continued to Grow By South Front, June 25, 2019
How to Start an Unnecessary War: Targeting Iran Started Before 2016 By Philip Giraldi, June 25, 2019
Iran Barred from Closed UN Security Council Session Pertaining the US Threats against Iran By Stephen Lendman, June 25, 2019
How Iran Decided to Down a US Drone and Narrowly Averted War by Sparing Another US Plane By Elijah J. Magnier, June 25, 2019
Revealed: UK Approved £14m in Arms Sales to Israel During Gaza Protests By Dania Akkad, June 25, 2019
Most Democratic Candidates Still Afraid to Criticise Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Rights By James J. Zogby, June 25, 2019
Behind the Syrian Network for Human Rights: How an Opposition Front Group Became Western Media’s Go-to monitor By Max Blumenthal, June 25, 2019
Trump “Rethinks”, Abruptly Calls Off Military Strike: US Credibility Dented in Iran Standoff. The Danger of Escalation Remains By M. K. Bhadrakumar, June 24, 2019
Memo to the President: Is Pompeo’s Iran Agenda the Same as Yours? By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, June 24, 2019
Bolton Is in Israel Conferring with Netanyahu How to Provoke US Attack on Iran By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, June 24, 2019
As Conflict with Iran Escalates, Path to Peace Can be Found By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, June 24, 2019
Iran and the Dangers of Nuclear War. The Risk of a US Preemptive War By Stephen Lendman, June 24, 2019
Secret US-Russia-Israel National Security Summit in Jerusalem: What is the Hidden Agenda? By Andrew Korybko, June 24, 2019
Be Thankful for Trump’s Iran Indecision… For Now By Kurt Nimmo, June 23, 2019
Trump Has a $259 Million Reason to Bomb Iran By Eli Clifton, June 23, 2019
Provoking Iran Could Start a War and Crash the World Economy By Federico Pieraccini, June 23, 2019
War Propaganda and the US-NATO “War of Terror” Against Syria and Its People By Mark Taliano, June 23, 2019
Germany vs. Iran – Has Germany Sold Out to the Devil? By Peter Koenig, June 23, 2019
Trump Told Iran of Imminent Attack, Then Offered Talks By Jason Ditz, June 23, 2019
Iran Had the Legal Right to Shoot Down US Spy Drone By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, June 23, 2019