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.
The Last Battle for Libya By Richard Galustian, April 08, 2019
There’s Something Rotten in Virginia: Israel Is a Malignant Force in Local Politics By Philip Giraldi, April 08, 2019
The World Watches as Netanyahu First Annexes Jerusalem, then the Golan, Now the Occupied Territories By Hans Stehling, April 08, 2019
Why Designating the Iranian Rev. Guards Terrorists Would Paint a Big Red Target on US Troops in Iraq By Prof. Juan Cole, April 08, 2019
Trump’s Neocons See Erdogan as Their Ticket to a Region-Wide Middle East War By Mike Whitney, April 08, 2019
This Israeli Election Is Between the Right Wing and the Even More Right Wing By Jonathan Cook, April 08, 2019
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Revealed: The Full Extent of US Arms Deals with Saudi Arabia and UAE By Frank Andrews, April 07, 2019
Why Israel Is Seen on Campus, in Both Europe and the US, as Treating the United Nations with Total Contempt By Hans Stehling, April 06, 2019
Video: Russian Jets Pound Idlib Terrorists, Kurdish Rebels Attack Turkish Proxies By South Front, April 05, 2019
Saudis Threaten to Ditch Petrodollar as “Nuclear Option” to Block NOPEC Bill By Zero Hedge, April 05, 2019
Video: Israeli Air Strikes on Syria: Weapons, Effects, Consequences By South Front, April 05, 2019
Trump Administration Demands that Turkey Cancel Purchase of Russian S-400 Air Defense Missiles By Stephen Lendman, April 05, 2019
The Veto: Documentary Film Exposing Western Media Propaganda War Against Syria By Vanessa Beeley, April 05, 2019
Video: Syrian Military Sends Reinforcements to Fight ISIS in Central Desert By South Front, April 04, 2019
Syria Will Not Liberate the Occupied Golan for Decades to Come By Elijah J. Magnier, April 04, 2019
Committee: Israel Testing Medicines on Palestinian Prisoners By Middle East Monitor, April 04, 2019
Pro-Israeli Power Rolls over Washington By Philip Giraldi, April 03, 2019
Like Libya and Syria, Venezuela Is Not “Just About Oil” By Andre Vltchek, April 03, 2019
Electoral Dirty Tricks in Israel. Fake Social Media Promoting Likud and PM Netanyahu By Stephen Lendman, April 02, 2019
Will the UK Continue to Launch Strikes Against ISIS in Syria? By Chris Cole, April 02, 2019
Video: US Says Syrian Army Must Withdraw from Golan Heights’ Contact Line By South Front, April 02, 2019
‘I Love Israel’: Bolsonaro Nudged by Netanyahu to Recognize Embassy Move During Visit By Julia Kassem, April 02, 2019
Global Arms Trade: USA Increases Dominance; Arms Flows to the Middle East Surge, Says SIPRI By SIPRI, April 02, 2019
The Palestinian Political Scene is in a State of Paralysis: “The People Reject Normalization with Israel” By Abdel Bari Atwan and Mohsen Abdelmoumen, April 01, 2019
Syria: Suspected Al-Qaeda Chemical Attack in Northern Hama and Al Skeilbiyyeh Bells Ring in Defiance By Vanessa Beeley, April 01, 2019
Hawks Clamoring to Attack Iran By Dr. Emile Nakhleh, April 01, 2019
Al Qaeda Affiliated Armed Factions May Resort to Chemical Attacks in Syria’s Idlib, Russia Warns By Ahmad Al Khaled, April 01, 2019
Israeli Violence Against Peaceful Palestinian Demonstrators By Stephen Lendman, April 01, 2019
Trump’s Golan Move Is Inconsistent with International Law. Virginian State Senator Richard H. Black By Richard H. Black and The Syria Times, April 01, 2019
Bolsonaro to Netanyahu at Start of 4-Day Tour: ‘I Love Israel’ By Telesur, April 01, 2019
Video: Hunger Games: Four Years of Saudi/US Aggression in Yemen By Daniel McAdams, April 01, 2019
Israeli Accountability Begins Now By Philip Giraldi, April 01, 2019
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The New Arab OTAN – Serving Who? By Margherita Furlan, April 01, 2019
Health Ministry: “Army Killed 266 Palestinians in One Year” By IMEMC, April 01, 2019
Lawyers Worldwide Urge International Court: Investigate Israeli Crimes By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, April 01, 2019
Syria — The West Destroyed Our Homes but Not Our Dreams By Sumaya AlEssmael, March 31, 2019
Golan Heights, Kosovo and Crimea: A Case Study in Hypocrisy and Double Standards By James ONeill, March 31, 2019
Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege: Worldwide Solidarity this Weekend By IMEMC, March 31, 2019
Trump Regime Approves Sale of Sensitive Nuclear Technology to Saudis By Stephen Lendman, March 30, 2019
Video: “Dumb Bombs”, Indiscriminate Strikes and Civilian Casualties in Syrian War By South Front, March 30, 2019
Syria: Is US Fighting ISIS or Liquidating Assets? By Tony Cartalucci, March 30, 2019
Video: Houthis Kill or Injure 250 Saudi-backed Fighters, Capture 100 Positions in Large-scale Attack in Dhale By South Front, March 30, 2019
US Threatens Turkey over Russian S-400 Air Defence Purchase By Jordan Shilton, March 30, 2019
Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (21 – 27 March 2019) By IMEMC, March 29, 2019
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Great Return March By Canadian Boat to Gaza, March 29, 2019
Palestinians Commemorate Land Day 2019. Gazans Protest against Israeli Aggression and Suffocating Blockade By Stephen Lendman, March 29, 2019
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Trump Trades Arab Lives for Netanyahu Votes By Laila Ujayli, March 29, 2019
Lebanon Decides to Confront Israel and the US in Shebaa, Kfarshouba and Syria By Elijah J. Magnier, March 29, 2019
Ambassador Jaafari Crushes Trump’s Tweet on Syria’s Golan, Flagrant Violation, Contempt for International Law By Miri Wood, March 29, 2019
‘Every War Is a War Against Children’ By Kathy Kelly, March 29, 2019
Syria’s Rukban Now Little More than a US-Controlled Concentration Camp – and the Pentagon Won’t Let Refugees Leave By Whitney Webb, March 29, 2019
The Logic of Annexation: Israel and the Golan Heights By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 29, 2019
US Ambassador to Israel Reveals Details of Trump’s “Middle East Peace Plan” known as “The Deal of the Century” By Middle East Monitor, March 28, 2019
Rights Groups Urge UN to Protect Palestinians on ‘Great March’ Protest Anniversary By Middle East Eye, March 28, 2019
Gaddafi Spy Chief – Libya Gave Ex-French President Sarkozy $8million Bribe By True Publica, March 28, 2019
Video: Special Forces Hunt Down ISIS Terrorists that Killed 3 Russians By South Front, March 28, 2019
US Coalition in Syria Using ISIS at Al Tanf By Steven Sahiounie, March 27, 2019
After Trump’s Golan Heights Announcement, Israeli Politicians Now Pushing for US Recognition of West Bank as “Israeli” By Whitney Webb, March 27, 2019
Two Million Palestinians Are Victims of Israeli Airstrikes and Collective Punishment Policy… Gaza under 66 Israeli Airstrikes within 12 Hours, Rendering Dozens of Civilians Homeless after Destruction of Their Houses By Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, March 27, 2019
Trump’s Golan Green Light Paves Way to Israel’s Annexation of West Bank By Jonathan Cook, March 26, 2019
UK’s Secret War: British Elite Commandos Wounded in Yemen By Press TV, March 26, 2019
Trump Recognizes Israeli Annexation of Golan Heights: Green Light for Global War By Bill Van Auken, March 26, 2019
War or Uneasy Truce in Gaza? Renewed Bombing ordered by Netanyahu By Stephen Lendman, March 26, 2019
An Iranian April Surprise? By Philip Giraldi, March 26, 2019
Eight Years Ago, March 2011. The Day before Daraa: How the War Broke Out in Syria By Steven Sahiounie, March 26, 2019
Video: US Declared Another “Full Victory over ISIS”. The 15th Time since December By South Front, March 26, 2019
“Big Lies” and “Humanitarian Warfare”: On the Need for A “Legitimate”, Rather Than An “Enabling” Opposition By Mark Taliano, March 25, 2019
US Invasion of Iraq (2003) and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Ari Fleischer Lied, and People Died By Scott Ritter, March 25, 2019
20 Years Since He Destroyed Yugoslavia and 16 Years Since He Destroyed Iraq, Tony Blair Remains a Menace to Peace By Adam Garrie, March 25, 2019
US Policy Failure Reopens Iraqi-Syrian Borders and the Iran-Beirut Road By Elijah J. Magnier, March 25, 2019
Crimes against Humanity: America’s Rubkan Concentration Camp in Southern Syria: 40,000 Held Hostage By Miri Wood, March 25, 2019
Mahathir: Israel Is a State of Thieves By The Palestinian Information Center, March 25, 2019
US Has a Plan for Eastern Syria, and It Relies on ISIS By Ahmad Al Khaled, March 24, 2019
Pompeo: God Sent Trump to Invade Iran By Kurt Nimmo, March 24, 2019
Video: Armoured Beasts: Battle Tank Modifications of Syrian Army By South Front, March 23, 2019
Human Rights as Seen by the White House: Concessions to Israel Are Notable By Philip Giraldi, March 23, 2019
Reining in the Yemen Conflict: The US Congress and War Making Powers By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 23, 2019
Video: Russian Attack Helicopters Purge Militants in Syria’s Northern Hama By South Front, March 23, 2019
The Crimes against the People of Palestine: The British Government is “Shown to be Bankrupt in Law and Morality” By Dr. David Halpin, March 23, 2019
Trump to Recognize Israeli Control over Syria’s Golan Heights? Bypassing the UN Security Council By Stephen Lendman, March 22, 2019