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.
Aleppo: Where Hospitals Were Turned into Sharia Gaols By Gail Malone, June 23, 2019
Crazed US Government: As We Face “Armageddon” the Western World Is Leaderless By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, June 23, 2019
Ongoing Genocide and the Plight of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Internationally By Michael Welch and John Schertow, June 23, 2019
How Close Was the Trump Regime to Waging War on Iran? By Stephen Lendman, June 22, 2019
Video: The US Has Threatened Several Times to Stage an Attack and Blame It on Iran By The Corbett Report, June 22, 2019
Has India Abandoned Palestine? By Askiah Adam, June 22, 2019
Britain and Oman: Will Their Growing Special Relationship Survive Succession? By Mark Curtis, June 22, 2019
Back from Iran War Brink: Trump Wants to Walk Back Iran Crisis that He Created with Severe US Sanctions By Prof. Juan Cole, June 22, 2019
Shift in Military Alliances: America Declares War on Turkey? #NATOExit? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, June 21, 2019
Trump Threatens to Attack Iran, Then Pulls Back By Stephen Lendman, June 21, 2019
Bias, Lies and Videotape: Doubts Dog ‘Confirmed’ Syria Chemical Attacks By Scott Ritter, June 21, 2019
Iran and US Officials Attend a Russian Security Forum but Nobody Is Talking About It By Federico Pieraccini, June 21, 2019
US Exceptionalism: Exploiting Certain Syrians, Ignoring Others By Eva Bartlett, June 21, 2019
Video: Gulf Conflict: Iran Shot Down US Global Hawk. Houthis Struck Saudi Power Plant with Cruise Missile By South Front, June 21, 2019
Iran Goes for “Maximum Counter-pressure”. Is Closing the Strait of Hormuz an Option? By Pepe Escobar, June 21, 2019
America’s New Strategic Ally: India’s Naval Deployment to the Persian Gulf. Directed against Iran? By Andrew Korybko, June 21, 2019
The USS Liberty Revisited By Elias Davidsson, June 20, 2019
Video: ISIS Command and Control Center Raided by Syrian Forces By Arabi Souri, June 20, 2019
Sanctions Are “Genocidal”, and They Are America’s “Favorite Weapon” By Justin Podur, June 20, 2019
Media Black-Out on Arab Journalists and Civilians Beheaded in Syria by Western-Backed Mercenaries By Eva Bartlett, June 20, 2019
UK Court of Appeal Finds Government Broke Law over Saudi Arabia Arms Sales By CAAT - Campaign Against Arms Trade, June 20, 2019
Forget Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’. Israel Was Always on Course to Annexation By Jonathan Cook, June 20, 2019
Daesh-like “Scorched Earth” Terror Policy Sets Syrian and Iraqi Agricultural Land Ablaze. By Sarah Abed, June 20, 2019
Iran Downs Hostile US Spy Drone in Its Airspace By Stephen Lendman, June 20, 2019
Trump Against War on Iran? By Stephen Lendman, June 20, 2019
Egypt’s El-Sisi Regime Let Mohamed Morsi Die from Medical Neglect By Stephen Lendman, June 20, 2019
Video: New Al Qaeda Militant Attack in Hama Ends in Disaster By South Front, June 20, 2019
America’s War against Iran: The Insidious Role of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) Terrorist Entity By Robert Fantina, June 19, 2019
Idlib and the War of Terror Against the Syrian People. Ambassador Jaafari’s Statement at UN Security Council By Dr. Bachar al-Jaafari, June 19, 2019
Overthrown in a 2013 Military Coup, The Passing of Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi: Man vs. Myth By Andrew Korybko, June 19, 2019
In Defence of Jeremy Corbyn’s Brave and Lonely Stand on Calls for War Against Iran By Peter Oborne, June 19, 2019
Video: Tanker War in Persian Gulf and US-Iranian Conflict By South Front, June 19, 2019
The War of Oil Tankers By Dr. Elias Akleh, June 19, 2019
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