Middle East & North Africa

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

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.
International Criminal Court
Bolton Is Spinning Israeli ‘Intelligence’ to Push for War Against Iran By Gareth Porter, May 13, 2019
‘Conditions for Surrender’: Palestinian FM Slams Trump Peace Plan By The New Arab, May 13, 2019
Trump Is Being Set-up for War with Iran By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, May 13, 2019
Does the U.S. Have the Right to Impunity? By Raúl Capote, May 13, 2019
Is America Ready for John Bolton’s War with Iran? By Scott Ritter, May 13, 2019
Iran and the Fairy Tale Atomic Bomb By Kurt Nimmo, May 12, 2019
The Zionist Idea Has Never Been More Terrifying than It Is Today By Rima Najjar, May 11, 2019
Rockets Remind the World of the 12-Year Blockade of 1.8 Million Gazans By Hans Stehling, May 11, 2019
Deal of the Century Adds “New” to the Four Thousand Year Old Name “Palestine” By Miko Peled, May 11, 2019
Why the U.S. Labeled Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a Terrorist Organization By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, May 10, 2019
Do EU Nations Side with the US over Iran on the JCPOA? By Stephen Lendman, May 10, 2019
Iran
The US and Iran Flex Their Muscles. The Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) One Year after US Withdrawal By Elijah J. Magnier, May 10, 2019
Pandering to Israel Means War with Iran By Philip Giraldi, May 09, 2019
Waging War on Iran without Turkey? Is Turkey Sleeping with the Enemy? The Russia -Turkey -Iran “Triple Entente” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 09, 2019
Pompeo in Baghdad to Pressure Iraq to Join Press Against Iran; Iraq Declines By Prof. Juan Cole, May 09, 2019
Video: Syrian Army Liberates Another Town in Northwestern Hama By South Front, May 09, 2019
When We Were the ‘Good Guys’: US Keeps Invoking World War II to Validate New Wars By Helen Buyniski, May 09, 2019
1,000 Israeli Soldiers to Arrive in Honduras to Train Troops, Police on Border Protection By Telesur, May 09, 2019
Bolton’s War. Escalating US Hostility against Iran. Seeking a Pretext for War By Paul R. Pillar, May 09, 2019
Iran to Even the Nuclear Score with the US By M. K. Bhadrakumar, May 08, 2019
Is the Iran Nuclear Deal Doomed? By Stephen Lendman, May 08, 2019
Syria Military Operation to Liberate Idlib Has Begun. Estimated 40,000 Terrorists in Idlib By Steven Sahiounie, May 08, 2019
Israel MK Calls for 1 Palestinian to be Killed for Each Rocket Fired By Middle East Monitor, May 08, 2019
Israel Damaged over 800 Gaza Homes in Three Days By PNN, May 08, 2019
Syria Testimonies: “The White Helmets Are More Dangerous than Any Terrorist” – Retired Schoolteacher, Mesyaf By Vanessa Beeley, May 08, 2019
Senior Trump Adviser Uses Fake Video to Defend Israel’s Attacks on Gaza By The New Arab, May 08, 2019
Iraqi Media: US Helicopters Drop Food & Medicine to ISIS in Anbar By Arabi Souri, May 08, 2019
Will the Trump Regime Attack Venezuela and Iran? By Stephen Lendman, May 08, 2019
Video: Multiple Casualties Reported Amid Clashes in Northwestern Hama By South Front, May 08, 2019
Syria Testimonies: A Mother’s Brave Testimony after Martyrdom of Her Son, Majed, 4th April 2019 By Vanessa Beeley, May 07, 2019
Named: The People Killed in Gaza and Israel this Weekend By Middle East Eye, May 07, 2019
Video: The Occupation of the American Mind. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict By Roger Waters, May 07, 2019
Video: Turkey-led Forces Suffer Casualties in Failed Attack on Kurdish YPG Positions By South Front, May 07, 2019
War Criminals
Bolton’s Vague Press Release Lays Foundation for Military Attack Against Iran By Whitney Webb, May 07, 2019
Ever More Complex EU Gas Pipeline Geopolitics By F. William Engdahl, May 06, 2019
How the West’s War in Libya Has Spurred Terrorism in 14 Countries By Mark Curtis, May 06, 2019
Gaza
Israel Has No Right of Self-Defense Against Gaza By Norman Finkelstein and Jamie Stern-Weiner, May 06, 2019
Around 70 Airstrikes within 12 Hours… Israel Violates the Gaza Strip: Pregnant Woman and Her Baby Girl Killed, Residential Buildings Targeted and Israeli Attacks Continue By Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, May 06, 2019
US Troops in Syria for the “Long Haul” Atop “A Lot of Oil Resources”: Pentagon Official By Zero Hedge, May 06, 2019
Israel’s Terrorists: The White Helmets Receive an Award By Philip Giraldi, May 06, 2019
Videos: Ten Rockets Were Launched from Gaza Strip at Israeli Targets By South Front, May 05, 2019
Israeli Ambassador Calls for the Criminalization of Antisemitic Speech By Jonathan Turley, May 04, 2019
Are the US and Israel Preparing for War in the Middle East? Lebanon is Next? By Elijah J. Magnier, May 03, 2019
What If Iran Retaliates and Shuts Down the Strait of Hormuz? By Scott Ritter, May 03, 2019
Forgotten War: Death Toll in Yemen to Reach 233,000 by End of Year By Al-Masdar News, May 03, 2019
Iran Designates as “Terrorists” All US Troops in the Middle East By Middle East Monitor, May 03, 2019
Video: Turkey Sponsored Militants Claim Russians Killed in Hama, Attack Hmeimim Air Base By South Front, May 03, 2019
Jordan on Edge Ahead of Unveiling of Trump’s “Peace Plan” for Palestine By Osama Al Sharif, May 03, 2019
Islamic State Celluloid: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Witch Doctors of Terrorism By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 02, 2019
The New York Times Apologizes for “Anti-Semitic” Cartoon While Enabling Racist Israeli Regime By Helen Buyniski, May 02, 2019
The US/NATO War to Demolish Syria By Comitato No Nato No Guerra, May 02, 2019
NATO Demolishes the Libyan State By Comitato No Nato No Guerra, May 01, 2019
Iran Rejects All Negotiations but Signals Domestic Differences: Its Confidence Remains Intact in the Face of Severe Sanctions By Elijah J. Magnier, May 01, 2019
US State Department Offers $4.5 Million Grant to “Investigate” Civilian Casualties in Syria and Iraq By South Front, May 01, 2019
Western Military Industrial Complex Creates Unreasonable Fear: Tactic to Divert Tax-Payers Money into Weapons Production By Mark Taliano and Basma Qaddour, May 01, 2019
Video: Haftar Forces Launch Push to Encircle Tripoli By South Front, April 30, 2019
US and NATO Attack Afghanistan and Iraq By Comitato No Nato No Guerra, April 30, 2019
America
Remembering the Revelations of US Torture at Abu Ghraib By Muhammad Hussein, April 30, 2019
Iran Appeals Directly to Trump: Your Advisers Dragging You into War By Zero Hedge, April 30, 2019
“Self-destruction”: Palestinians in East Jerusalem Forced to Demolish Own Homes By B'Tselem, April 30, 2019
Blame Palestinians for Gaza By Philip Giraldi, April 30, 2019
US Navy SEAL Officers Attempted to Cover Up Evidence of War Crimes By Josh Varlin, April 29, 2019
Sri Lanka: US-Saudi Terror Targets China’s Allies By Tony Cartalucci, April 29, 2019
Will New Netanyahu Coalition and Kushner’s “Deal” Bring Destruction to Jerusalem’s Golden Dome? By Miko Peled, April 29, 2019
Trump’s Crusaders March to War By Eric Margolis, April 28, 2019
Canada Gets Cozy with Repressive Middle East Monarchies By Yves Engler, April 28, 2019
Trump’s “Deal of the Century” For the Middle East? Which Century? By Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil, April 28, 2019
On 56th Friday of Great March of Return: Israeli Forces Wound 110 Civilians By IMEMC, April 28, 2019
The Rise of Israel’s Political Right and Its Possible Demise By Dr. Zuhair Sabbagh, April 27, 2019
China Challenges US Sanctions, Invites Syria to Belt and Road Project By Arabi Souri, April 27, 2019
Russia’s “Military Diplomacy” Might Succeed in Getting Turkey to Switch Sides By Andrew Korybko, April 26, 2019
War on Iran and Calling America’s Bluff By Pepe Escobar, April 26, 2019
Clouds Gather Above the Middle East: War or No War? By Elijah J. Magnier, April 26, 2019
US-backed Saudi Regime Beheads 37 Political Prisoners By Bill Van Auken, April 26, 2019
Preventing Palestine — A Political History from Camp David to Oslo By Jim Miles, April 25, 2019
Iran Is No One’s Colony: US Aggression Escalating to a Level that Threatens World War By Christopher Black, April 25, 2019
After 37 Executions, Canada Must Re-Examine Relations with Saudi Arabia By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, April 25, 2019
Israel-Palestine: The End of the Two-State Solution Dream By Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi and Katja Hermann, April 24, 2019
Israel Plans to Launch a Surprise War against Lebanon By Elijah J. Magnier, April 24, 2019
John Bolton Rumored Israeli attack on Lebanon. Going After Hezbollah Donors? By Kurt Nimmo, April 24, 2019