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.
Gulf of Tonkin ‘Crisis’, Iranian Style By Robert Fantina, May 25, 2019
Saudi Ship of Death Halted in Europe By Steven Sahiounie, May 25, 2019
Iran’s Relations with India and Pakistan. Couldn’t Be More Different By Andrew Korybko, May 24, 2019
Turkish Weapons to Libya’s Government of National Unity (PNU): Key Obstruction for Haftar’s Offensive on Tripoli By Firas Samuri, May 24, 2019
Paul Bremer’s Legacy in Iraq Is Being Expanded Across the Arab World By Dr. Mustafa Fetouri, May 24, 2019
Peace with Iran Is a Good Thing By Renee Parsons, May 24, 2019
‘Without Putin, Syria Would Have Ceased to Exist’: Interview with Flemish Priest Living in Syria By Fr Daniel Maes and Eric van de Beek, May 24, 2019
Video: Al Qaeda Militants Develop Large-scale Advance on Syria Army Positions By South Front, May 23, 2019
Defunding UNRWA: Trump’s Legal Sleight of Hand against Palestine By Rima Najjar, May 23, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Is Repelling Large Militant Attack on Kafr Nabudah By South Front, May 23, 2019
Turkish Army Pullout Will Bring Peace to Northern Syria? By Firas Samuri, May 23, 2019
The Iraqi National Museum of Modern Art: Journey of Destruction By Ali I. al-Dulaimi, May 22, 2019
Newly Revealed Documents Show Syrian Chemical “Attacks Were Staged” By Dr. Theodore Postol and Institute for Public Accuracy, May 22, 2019
The Trump Administration “Panicked over Nothing”. Pompeo Exaggerated Claims. “Do They Think We are Stupid” By Daniel Larison, May 22, 2019
62 Organizations to U.S. Congress: Pass Legislation to Halt a “March to War” with Iran By NIAC Action, May 22, 2019
Do Iranian ‘Threats’ Signal Organized U.S.-Israel Subterfuge? By Gareth Porter, May 22, 2019
US Complicity in Israel’s Violations of International Law By James J. Zogby, May 22, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard: “I Don’t” Buy Report that Iran Wants to Strike U.S. Forces, Trump Looking for “Pretext” for War By Rep Tulsi Gabbard and George Stephanopoulos, May 21, 2019
All the Times John Bolton Called for War with Iran By Darius Shahtahmasebi, May 21, 2019
Netanyahu Took Trump to New Heights of Global Tension and Dropped Him By Elijah J. Magnier, May 21, 2019
US-Iran Showdown Is One False-Flag Attack Away from Global Calamity By Robert Bridge, May 21, 2019
Israel’s War Criminals in Their Own Words By Philip Giraldi, May 21, 2019
Video: Donald Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran By Ken Stone and Press TV, May 21, 2019
British Special Forces Join US Strike Group Against Iran By Al-Masdar News, May 21, 2019
NIAC Statement on Trump’s Tweet Threat to “End” Iran By NIAC Action, May 21, 2019
Backlash in US-China Trade War. China Defies Sanctions against Iran, Resumes Purchase of Iran Oil By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 21, 2019
Syria War Report: Hama Ceasefire Initiative Failed. Clashes Ongoing By South Front, May 21, 2019
Idlib-Based Uighur Terrorists Threatened Russian Forces in Syria By Andrew Korybko, May 21, 2019
The Killing of Children in Yemen: UNICEF’s Henrietta Fore’s Address to the UN Security Council By Henrietta Fore, May 21, 2019
In the Shadow of Douma Revelations, the Baghdad “Rocket Strike” Is an Obvious Fraud By Helen Buyniski, May 21, 2019
Tanker Attack Was Imaginary, but US Says Iran Did It By William Boardman, May 21, 2019
The Dead Don’t Die: They March to War By Pepe Escobar, May 20, 2019
Who Am I? By Mark Taliano, May 19, 2019
Syria: The White Helmets Are Terrorist Auxiliaries By Mark Taliano and Basma Qaddour, May 19, 2019
Iran and Why It Would be Insane for America to Go to War There By Richard Galustian, May 19, 2019
Trump Regime “War of Words” on Iran By Stephen Lendman, May 19, 2019
Analysis: There Is Little Hope that Europe Will Stand in the Way of a US War with Iran By Sean Bell, May 19, 2019
Targeting Iran. Manufactured Scenarios to Justify Military Aggression By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, May 19, 2019
America’s Most Pro-Israel Governor: Ron DeSantis Will Send More Florida Money to Israel By Philip Giraldi, May 19, 2019
The OPCW Chemical Watchdog: A US Imperial Tool. The CW Douma Incident in Syria By Stephen Lendman, May 19, 2019
Risk of Open Warfare? What Makes Iran Look Like an Immediate Threat By Paul R. Pillar, May 18, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Eliminated 45 Militants in Recent Clashes By South Front, May 18, 2019
Iraqi Parliament Poised to Evict US Troops By Jason Ditz, May 18, 2019
Trump – from China to Iran to Venezuela – Threats and Sanctions Everywhere – A Chronicle of Disorganized Chaos Foretold By Peter Koenig, May 17, 2019
Netanyahu’s Acts of Provocation and Destruction Including Violence against Civilians Constitute Both a War Crime and Terrorism By Hans Stehling, May 17, 2019
Top Ten Differences Between the Iraq War and Trump’s Proposed Iran War By Prof. Juan Cole, May 17, 2019
Israel Firm Meddled in Africa, Asia and Latin America Elections By Middle East Monitor, May 17, 2019
War and Peace: Bolton and Trump Tell a Confused Story About Possible Military Action against Iran By John Mecklin, May 17, 2019
Amnesty International’s “Kangaroo Report” on Human Rights in Syria By Rick Sterling, May 17, 2019
The Pompeo Bolton Tag Team from Hell By Renee Parsons, May 17, 2019
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Congress Wants to Steal $1.68 Billion from Iran By Kurt Nimmo, May 17, 2019
Video: Houthis Strike Key Saudi Oil Pipeline Amid Growing Concern over Nearing US-Iranian Armed Conflict By South Front, May 16, 2019
Undermining Trump-Bolton War Narrative, British General Says No Evidence of ‘Increased Threat’ from Iran By Jake Johnson, May 16, 2019
Marco Rubio: Salesman for Neocon Total War on Iran By Kurt Nimmo, May 16, 2019
Military and Opposition Forces Reach Agreement in Sudan While Tensions Persist By Abayomi Azikiwe, May 16, 2019
During Nakba Commemoration Protests: “Israeli Forces Wound 144 Palestinian Civilians, Including 49 Children, 4 Women and 1 Paramedic” By IMEMC, May 16, 2019
Video: Syria Al Qaeda Militants Lose More Territory after Failed Counter-attack By South Front, May 16, 2019
Target Iran! By Prof. Francis A. Boyle, May 16, 2019
Israel Was Forced on Palestinians . Trump Deal is a US Rubber Stamp of the Status Quo By Rima Najjar, May 15, 2019
Washington Pushes to Brink of War against Iran By Bill Van Auken, May 15, 2019
Ten Points on Palestine’s Nakba and ‘Israel’s’ Illegitimacy By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, May 15, 2019
‘Music of Dead, Bombed-out Buildings Must be Heard’ — Gaza Artists Hold Anti-Eurovision Concert in Building Destroyed by Israeli Attack By Ahmad Kabariti, May 15, 2019
Israel Driving Trump White House to Catastrophic War against Iran By Hans Stehling, May 15, 2019
Evidence that Douma ‘Chemical Attack’ Was Staged: OPCW’s Unpublished Engineers’ Report By Tim Hayward, May 15, 2019
Warnings of ‘Gulf of Tonkin 2.0’ as Trump Officials Blame Iran for Oil Tanker Attacks By Jake Johnson, May 15, 2019
White House Reviews US Military Plan for 120,000 Troops for Iran War By Jason Ditz, May 15, 2019
Leaked Document Pokes More Holes in Establishment Syria Narrative By Caitlin Johnstone, May 15, 2019
Modern Merchants of Death: Spyware and Human Rights By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 15, 2019
Further Evidence US Attacked Syria Based on False Flag By Tony Cartalucci, May 15, 2019
President Bolton Plans to Send 120,000 Troops to Middle East By Kurt Nimmo, May 15, 2019
Trump Intent on Erasing Palestine By Elson Concepción Pérez, May 14, 2019
Tel Aviv Is Afraid of “The Axis of Resistance” By Prof. Tim Anderson and The Syria Times, May 14, 2019
The Deal of the Century: Trump Team and Netanyahu Conspire to Sell out the Palestinians By Philip Giraldi, May 14, 2019
The Media’s Handling of Bolton’s Iran Threats, Recalls the Run-Up to the Iraq War By Ben Armbruster, May 14, 2019
We Take to the Streets of Tel Aviv to Demand an End to the Siege on Gaza By Gush Shalom, May 14, 2019
Maximum Pressure in the Strait of Hormuz: The US-Iran Standoff By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 14, 2019
Bomb Iran Halfway Back to the Stone Age By Eric Margolis, May 14, 2019
Pompeo Meeting EU Counterparts on Iran By Stephen Lendman, May 14, 2019
The CIA: Keepers of the Hit Lists. War Crimes as Policy By Douglas Valentine, May 13, 2019
Israel ‘Has Arrested over 50,000 Children Since 1967’ By The New Arab, May 13, 2019