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.
Video: Syria Threatens to Strike ‘Tel Aviv Airport’ By South Front, January 24, 2019
Jamal Khashoggi
Did Khashoggi Really Die? By F. William Engdahl, January 23, 2019
Syrian “Threats” & “Israeli” Actions: Rhetoric vs. Reality By Andrew Korybko, January 23, 2019
Is a Land Swap Between Turkey and Syria Being Brokered by Russia? By Nauman Sadiq, January 23, 2019
WMD Take Two: Chemical Weapons Claims in Syria By Prof. Tim Anderson, January 23, 2019
Libya: Another Year of Bloody Crisis Caused by Western Meddling By Dan Glazebrook, January 23, 2019
UN: 254 Palestinians Killed, 23,000 Injured in Gaza Protests By Middle East Monitor, January 23, 2019
Video: Analysis of Israeli Strike on Syrian Pantsir-S1 Air Defense System By South Front, January 23, 2019
A Morally Right Decision: Support the BDS Movement, Do Not Allow Israelis to Enter Malaysia for Sport Event By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, January 23, 2019
“Islamic Fundamentalism”: Unraveling a Vague and Ambiguous Term Used by Western Mainstream Media Against Islam and Muslims By Prof. Henry Francis B. Espiritu, January 23, 2019
Video: ISIS Suicide Bomber Hits US-led Coalition Convoy in Northeastern Syria By South Front, January 23, 2019
A Tale of Two Walls By Philip Giraldi, January 22, 2019
Palestinians
Michelle Alexander on Palestinian Suffering and Injustice. Accuses America of being Run by Criminals By Stephen Lendman, January 22, 2019
Ottawa’s Support of US-led War, Opposition to BDS: More Admissions and Canada’s National Disgrace By Mark Taliano, January 22, 2019
Video: Kurdish Political Leadership Reveals Ten Demands to Damascus By South Front, January 22, 2019
Trump’s Midterm Electoral Defeat and Syria Withdrawal By Nauman Sadiq, January 22, 2019
Media Falsehoods about Syria By Rick Sterling, January 22, 2019
Israel Says It Struck Iranian Military Targets in Syria By Middle East Eye, January 21, 2019
US Threatens to Sanction Lebanon if They Participate in Rebuilding Syria By Leith Aboufadel, January 21, 2019
Human Rights Activists Condemn Britain’s ‘Shameful’ War Games with Israeli Air Force By Phil Miller, January 21, 2019
US Training Saudi and UAE Pilots for Combat in Yemen By Stephen Lendman, January 21, 2019
Video: Two Years Ago Today the Plasco Building Demolition Killed 22 Innocent People in Iran By AE911Truth, January 21, 2019
Video: Syrian Military Reinforces Positions in Northwestern Hama By South Front, January 20, 2019
Israel Has Been Weakened by the War on Syria: Only 5% of the Iranian and Hezbollah Arsenal Has Been Destroyed in Syria By Elijah J. Magnier, January 20, 2019
US Will Retain a Military Base in Syria Despite Withdrawal By Nauman Sadiq, January 20, 2019
CIA Covert Operative William Barr Nominated by Trump for Attorney General. His Role in the Iran Contra Affair By Larry Chin, January 19, 2019
Video: 4 Americans Killed, 3 Injured in ISIS Attack in Manbij By South Front, January 18, 2019
Manbij False Flag: The Empire Devours Its Own Soldiers By Nauman Sadiq, January 17, 2019
Israel’s Top Commander Finally Spills Secrets of “Invisible War” in Syria By Zero Hedge, January 17, 2019
Final Steps in Syria’s Successful Struggle for Peace and Sovereignty By Federico Pieraccini, January 17, 2019
Medical Consequences of Drone Attacks against Gaza: Amputation Injuries By Hanne Heszlein-Lossius, Yahya Al-Borno, and et al., January 17, 2019
U.S. House Passes Bill to Nominate “Anti-Semitism” Head to Monitor Criticism of Israel By Alison Weir, January 17, 2019
Video: Chemical Attack Preparations in Idlib De-escalation Zone By South Front, January 17, 2019
Video: Turkey, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham Work to Defend ‘Syrian Revolution’ By South Front, January 17, 2019
Democratic Media: For the People, By the People By Mark Taliano, January 15, 2019
The US Institute of Peace… Promotes Endless Syrian War By Tony Cartalucci, January 15, 2019
Benefiting Israel Tops US Congressional Agenda By Philip Giraldi, January 15, 2019
Are U.S. Newspapers Biased Against Palestinians? Analysis By Dorgham Abusalim, January 15, 2019
Entering a Major Regional Re-set – The Syria Outcome Will Haunt Those Who Started this War By Alastair Crooke, January 15, 2019
Trump, Bolton and the Syrian Confusion By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 15, 2019
White House Asked for Options to Strike Iran After Baghdad Attack: Report By Middle East Eye, January 14, 2019
Video: Netanyahu Claims “Depots Full of Iranian Weapons” Destroyed in Syria By South Front, January 14, 2019
Grim Middle East Reality. Permanent US Occupation. American Forces will Stay Indefinitely By Stephen Lendman, January 14, 2019
Anger Among Iraqi Kurds as Syria Adds Masrour Barzani to Terror List By Adnan Abu Zeed, January 14, 2019
Syria. The Force of Civilization By Marinella Correggia, January 13, 2019
Video: 5 British Soldiers Reportedly Killed in ISIS Attack By South Front, January 12, 2019
The US Five-point ‘Non-Paper’ for Syria Delivered by Bolton to Turkey By Ragip Soylu, January 12, 2019
Someone’s Finally Going to Jail over the Panama Papers: A Turkish Journalist Who Reported True Facts from Them By Boing Boing, January 12, 2019
Richard Dearlove Helped Blair Kill Millions. The Security Services Are a Danger to Our State and Society By Craig Murray, January 12, 2019
The Middle East: A Review of Geopolitical Structures, Vectors of Power Dynamic By Karsten Riise, January 12, 2019
Who’s Trying to Pull a “Russiagate” on Netanyahu? By Andrew Korybko, January 12, 2019
Secret Russian-Kurdish Negotiations in Moscow: Turkey Has Defined Its Options and Washington Is Trying to Gain Time By Elijah J. Magnier, January 12, 2019
Video: Al-Qaeda Defeats Another Turkish-backed ‘Opposition’ Group By South Front, January 11, 2019
Video: Turkey Wants US Military Bases in Northern Syria By South Front, January 10, 2019
Human Rights Defenders Call Out Israel on Dangerous Herbicides Sprayed over Gaza By IMEMC, January 10, 2019
Why Did Tripoli Issue Arrest Warrants for Libya’s Top Post-2011 Actors? By Al Arabiya, January 09, 2019
Trump
Typhoid John Bolton Spreads “Neocon Infection” at the White House By Kurt Nimmo, January 09, 2019
Video: Al Qaeda in Syria Expands Further in Idlib De-escalation Zone By South Front, January 09, 2019
With Golan at Stake, Netanyahu, Bolton Set Trump Straight on US Syria Withdrawal Plan By Whitney Webb, January 09, 2019
The War on Syria: Are the White Helmets preparing another Chemical Weapons False Flag? By Mark Taliano, January 09, 2019
War Criminals at Large By Dr. Daniele Ganser, January 09, 2019
Trump’s Neocons Reverse His Syria Withdrawal Plan By Rep. Ron Paul, January 09, 2019
US Israel-Palestine “Peace Deal”: $250bn Compensation by Arab States for “Jewish Property Left Behind” By Middle East Monitor, January 08, 2019
Israel Seeks $250 Billion Compensation Related to Stealing Historic Palestine By Stephen Lendman, January 08, 2019
Are Netanyahu’s Days as Israel’s Prime Minister Numbered? Fraud and “Lavish Gifts from Wealthy Supporters” By Stephen Lendman, January 08, 2019
CBC Scrutiny of Jewish National Fund (JNF). Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, January 08, 2019
$100 Billion in Weapons to the Saudis Buys a World Full of Hurt By George D. O’Neill, Jr., January 07, 2019
Trump’s “Anti-Terrorist Strike” in Yemen Serves Domestic and International Purposes By Andrew Korybko, January 07, 2019
Video: Russian Warplanes Strike Terrorists in Idlib De-escalation Zone By South Front, January 07, 2019
An Iran Policy of Regime Change in All But Name By Daniel Larison, January 07, 2019
‘The Decision Is Taken’: Brazil to Move Its Embassy to Jerusalem, Says Bolsonaro By Middle East Eye, January 06, 2019
Global Research News Hour: Global Economy, Geo-Politics, Militarization. The Most Significant Stories of 2018, Projections for 2019 By Michael Welch, Rick Rozoff, Andy Lee Roth, Dr. Jack Rasmus, and Dmitry Orlov, January 05, 2019
Iraq Rejects Iran Sanctions and US Troop Presence By Jim Carey, January 05, 2019
Video: Military Situation in Syria, Intra-militant Struggle for Idlib Enters New Stage By South Front, January 05, 2019
“The Machine of Perpetual War Acceptance”: Veteran NBC Journalist Resigns in Protest over One-Sided Coverage By Jonathan Turley, January 04, 2019
Has Trump Been Outmaneuvered on Syria Troop Withdrawal? By Richard H. Black, January 04, 2019
Syria and Afghanistan: Two Different Realities By Andre Vltchek, January 04, 2019
Syria: The Western Rogue States Must Confess Their Crimes Against Humanity and be Held Accountable By Vanessa Beeley, January 03, 2019
More Reckless Behavior by Israel: Netanyahu Plays by His Own Rules. Christmas Day Air Raids against Syria By Philip Giraldi, January 03, 2019
Trump Bows to Domestic Pressure by Delaying His Withdrawal from Syria; A Storm Is Gathering in the Levant By Elijah J. Magnier, January 03, 2019