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: 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
“The Judaization of Jerusalem”:  How it Works Undermining the Sanctity of both Muslim and Christian Holy Sites in Al-Quds By Rima Najjar, June 03, 2019
How Mainstream U.S. Media Is Failing Us on Trump and Bolton’s March to War with Iran By Ben Armbruster, June 03, 2019
Rising Tensions, US Strike Group to the Gulf. Iran Once Again Passes IAEA Nuclear Inspections By Middle East Eye, June 02, 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu: The Fugitive Crime Minister By Yossi Gurvitz, June 02, 2019
Is Saudi Arabia Joining Trump’s Political Game? By Azaz Zaman, June 02, 2019
8-10 Million Iranians Died over Great Famine Caused by British Empire (1917-1919), Documents Reveal By Sadegh Abbasi, June 02, 2019
“Fort Trump”: Permanent US Military Base in Poland By South Front, June 01, 2019
US State Department’s “Updated Maps” Show Golan Heights as Part of Israel By Al-Masdar News, June 01, 2019
US-led Coalition Admission of 1,300 Civilian Deaths in Iraq and Syria By Amnesty International and Donatella Rovera, June 01, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Cracks Down on ISIS Cells Near Palmyra By South Front, May 31, 2019
Upcoming Trilateral Russia -Israel -US National Security Advisors Summit. Focus on Syria and Iran By Andrew Korybko, May 31, 2019
US Forces in Syria Causing Catastrophic Effects on Civilians Held in Rukban Concentration Camp By Arabi Souri, May 31, 2019
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory By Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, May 31, 2019
The Hangman of the Middle East: US-backed Regime in Egypt Hands Down Nearly 2,500 Death Sentences By Bill Van Auken, May 31, 2019
Al-Jaafari: It Is Syria’s Duty and Right to Protect Its Citizens from Terrorism By Hamda Mustafa, May 31, 2019
Stripped of Their Rights: Understanding the Gaza Strip By Rima Najjar, May 30, 2019
How Yesterday Resembles Today: Iran Confronted the US in the Straits of Hormuz in the 1980s By Elijah J. Magnier, May 30, 2019
Trump’s Decision to Arm the Saudis Against Iran Will End in Disaster By Daniel R. DePetris, May 30, 2019
Daesh Terror Group Burns 5,000 Acres of Crops Across Iraq: Official By Daily Sabah, May 30, 2019
U.S. Government Seeks NGO Help for Removing Iran from Syria By Dr. Michael Brenner, May 30, 2019
Former Israeli Defense Minister Confirms Israeli Collaboration with ISIS in Syria By Richard Silverstein, May 30, 2019
Will America Go to War? Trump’s Middle East Troop Dispatch Is Nothing More than Chest-thumping By Andrew Korybko, May 29, 2019
The Ever Dependable Bully on Embassy Row; Venezuela and Iraq Are No Longer Worlds Apart By Barbara Nimri Aziz, May 29, 2019
Video: Syria Ambassador Jaafari at UN Security Council: “Words may Lie, but Actions will always Tell the Truth” By Dr. Bachar al-Jaafari, May 29, 2019
If Trump Really Only Wants ‘No Iranian Nukes,’ then He Should Just Rejoin the Nuclear Deal By Prof. Juan Cole, May 29, 2019
Military Madness: German Hi Tech Weapons for Israel By Hans Stehling, May 29, 2019
Robert Stuart vs the BBC: “Saving Syria’s Children”. Was the Video Footage “Real” or “Staged”? By Susan Dirgham and Rick Sterling, May 29, 2019
Turkish Dreams of a “Radical Islamic Annex” in Northern Syria Fade Away By Steven Sahiounie, May 28, 2019
Turkey Shoots Itself in the Foot by Providing Syrian “Opposition” with Advanced Weapons By Ahmad Al Khaled, May 28, 2019
US Policy Toward Iran Is All About Regime Change By Stephen Lendman, May 27, 2019
Palestinian Economic Development Under Zionist Settler Colonialism By Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh, May 27, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Delivers Blow to Al Qaeda Militants, Takes Back Kafr Nabudah By South Front, May 27, 2019
Sophisticated Media Distortion of Palestinian Protest and Israeli Power By Ahmed Abu Artema, May 27, 2019
US-Backed Terrorists “Struggle” after Returning from Syria. The ISIS and America’s Terrorist Foreign Legions By Ulson Gunnar, May 27, 2019
The World: What Is Really Happening By Craig Murray, May 27, 2019
An “Emergency” to Send Billions in Weapons to the Saudis By Gary Leupp, May 27, 2019
An Attack on Iran Would Violate US and International Law By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, May 27, 2019
Trump Regime Demand for Palestinian Surrender. Washington’s “Peace Process” is a Colossal Hoax By Stephen Lendman, May 27, 2019
It Is Indifference of the Israelis that Is Killing People By Andre Vltchek, May 27, 2019
The Western Media is Key to Syria Deceptions, Al Qaeda Propaganda By Jonathan Cook, May 27, 2019
Bipartisan Thirst for More War: 75% of US Congress Calls on Trump to Boost Intervention in Syria, to ‘Pressure’ Iran and Russia By Ben Norton, May 26, 2019
New Syria Chemical Attack Blamed on Government. Reports Fostered Divisions Among U.S. Allies By Firas Samuri, May 26, 2019
Western Media Parrot Flawed Narrative on UAE Fujairah “Sabotage”. Iran Taking the Blame By Alireza Hashemi, May 26, 2019
War On Iran — What Can Be Done By Christopher Black, May 26, 2019
Accusations of Chemical Weapons Use by the Syrian Army Nullified by Fact-Checking By Ahmad Al Khaled, May 26, 2019
The US Is Aware the Confrontation with Iran Is over a Large Geographical Area By Elijah J. Magnier, May 26, 2019
Trump Regime Heightens Middle East Tensions By Stephen Lendman, May 25, 2019