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.
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Who are the “Brutal Dictators”? By Mark Taliano, February 28, 2019
US Army Transferring 50 Tons of Gold from ISIS-Daesh Held Areas in Syria and Iraq back to the US. Reports By Daily Sabah, February 27, 2019
Why Have Israel and UK Rushed to Sign a Trade Deal Ahead of Brexit? By Hans Stehling, February 27, 2019
Israel Burying Nuclear Waste in Syria’s Golan: UN By Press TV, February 27, 2019
Is Israel’s Tax Grab a Prelude to Further Hollowing Out the Palestinian Authority? By Jonathan Cook, February 27, 2019
Video: Why There Will be No Full US Troops Withdrawal from Syria By South Front, February 26, 2019
“Arab NATO” Isn’t NATO-like at All By Andrew Korybko, February 26, 2019
Attacking Iran. Fake News About a Terrorist Connection Could Serve as a Pretext for War By Philip Giraldi, February 26, 2019
France and Italy Are Involved in a Proxy War in Libya By Andrew Korybko, February 26, 2019
UK Aid to Yemen: The Best Thing May Can Do for Yemen Is to Stop Arming the Saudi Regime By CAAT - Campaign Against Arms Trade, February 26, 2019
US Will Retain Several Hundred Troops in Syria Despite Withdrawal By Nauman Sadiq, February 25, 2019
Europe Pays the Price of a US Decision: Where Will European ISIS Go? By Elijah J. Magnier, February 25, 2019
Condemnation of IDF Killings Is Never Anti-Semitic but Is Always an Essential Duty of the Global Media to Report By Hans Stehling, February 25, 2019
US Forces Will Stay in Syria: Negotiations with the Kurds Will be Complicated, as Syria Prepares for an Idlib Offensive By Elijah J. Magnier, February 25, 2019
Video: Trump’s Syria Deception By Abby Martin, February 24, 2019
German Government’s “Right to Resist” UK Pressure on Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia By CAAT - Campaign Against Arms Trade, February 23, 2019
US Defeat in Syria: The Wrong End of “Might Makes Right” By Tony Cartalucci, February 23, 2019
Video: ISIS Cells Eliminated by Syrian Forces, US Drones over Syria, Iraq By South Front, February 23, 2019
Iran’s Turning into India’s Proxy by Taunting and Threatening Pakistan? By Andrew Korybko, February 22, 2019
The Start of Homelessness in Cyprus By Andreas C Chrysafis, February 22, 2019
Terrorism and Insurgency: The Semantics of Political Legitimacy By Nauman Sadiq, February 22, 2019
Saudi Crown Prince MBS’ Asia Tour Is Much More than a Post-Khashoggi Photo-Op By Andrew Korybko, February 22, 2019
Video: Why is the S-300 Air Defense System in Syria Not Being Used Against Israeli Aircraft By South Front, February 22, 2019
Trump Regime Pursuing Nuclear Technology Sales to the Saudis By Stephen Lendman, February 21, 2019
Russia to Press for Putting “White Helmets” on Trial for Crimes in Syria By South Front, February 21, 2019
Russia’s Nuclear Energy Edge Got the US to “Cut Ethical Corners” with the Saudis By Andrew Korybko, February 20, 2019
Reshaping the Middle East: Why the West Should Stop Its Interventions By Elijah J. Magnier, February 20, 2019
Video: Staged Chemical Attack Videos and Other Trends in Modern Propaganda By South Front, February 20, 2019
Political Correctness Demands Diversity in Everything but Thought By William Blum, February 20, 2019
Survey Reveals Many Jewish Canadians Critical of Israel By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, February 20, 2019
When It Comes to Middle East Policy, the UK Is Nothing but a Rogue State By Mark Curtis, February 19, 2019
Walter Jones and the Vote to End US War on Yemen By Rep. Ron Paul, February 19, 2019
Suicide Bombings in India and Iran By Great Game India, February 19, 2019
Who’s Behind the Attacks in Iran? Pakistan Has to Choose Between Saudi Arabia and Iran By Sami Karimi, February 19, 2019
Video: French Officer Is Punished for Revealing Truth About US Role in “Defeating ISIS” in Syria By South Front, February 19, 2019
Iran Is Being Tricked into Making Balochistan the New Kurdistan By Andrew Korybko, February 19, 2019
British Bombing in Syria Reaches Record High By Phil Miller, February 18, 2019
Idlib Province Syria: Infested with US-Supported Terrorists By Stephen Lendman, February 18, 2019
Venezuela, Iran and the Chaotic Imperialists! By Massoud Nayeri, February 18, 2019
Douma Chemical Weapons Hoax Exposed by BBC Producer By Richard Galustian, February 18, 2019
Hate-fest in Warsaw By Eric Margolis, February 18, 2019
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Hezbollah in South America: Mike Pompeo’s Big Lie By Kurt Nimmo, February 18, 2019
Not-So-Veiled Threat of War as John Bolton Says Iran May Not Have ‘Many More Anniversaries to Enjoy’ By Jake Johnson, February 17, 2019
Netanyahu Calls on Arab States to Join War Against Iran By Richard Silverstein, February 17, 2019
Frayed Colonial Media Propaganda Transmission Lines. Fake Atrocities Used to Justify “Humanitarian War Crimes” By Mark Taliano, February 16, 2019
Senator Warren Calls for End of US Support of War Crimes in Yemen By William Boardman, February 16, 2019
Video: Army Ambushes ISIS Terrorists, Seizes Loads of Weapons By South Front, February 16, 2019
Yemen: US “Accidentally” Arming Al Qaeda (Again) By Tony Cartalucci, February 15, 2019
BBC Producer’s Syria Bombshell: Douma “Gas Attack” Footage “Was Staged” By Zero Hedge, February 15, 2019
War Summit in Warsaw By Bill Van Auken, February 15, 2019
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ICJ Rules Iran’s Legal Bid to Recover $2bn Frozen in US Can Proceed By Press TV, February 15, 2019
The Warsaw Confab By Kurt Nimmo, February 15, 2019
Video: US Sets Up New Base on Iraqi Border, ISIS Threat Grows in Desert By South Front, February 15, 2019
Pompeo, Bolton, and Iran’s “Fake Opposition” By Prof. Muhammad Sahimi, February 14, 2019
What Are Russia and Turkey Preparing for Syria? A Disagreement in Sochi By Elijah J. Magnier, February 14, 2019
How the Syrian Conflict Sparked the New Cold War? By Nauman Sadiq, February 13, 2019
In Hebron, Israel Removes the Last Restraint on Its Settlers’ Reign of Terror By Jonathan Cook, February 13, 2019
“Israel’s” “Secret War” on Syria Is a Lot Like the US’ “Secret War” on Laos By Andrew Korybko, February 13, 2019
Britain’s Air and Drone War in Syria By Chris Cole, February 13, 2019
Being Marco Rubio By Philip Giraldi, February 12, 2019
Who Is Right on America’s Enemies? The “Worldwide Threat Assessment Report” By Philip Giraldi, February 11, 2019
Pompeo
Pompeo Attempts to Link Iran, Hezbollah to Crisis in Venezuela By Whitney Webb, February 11, 2019
Eurovision 2019 Song Contest, to be Hosted by Israel: The Only “Democracy” Worldwide that Has Killed over Two Thousand Children By Hans Stehling, February 11, 2019
The “Toxic Mythology” of 9/11 is Destroying Humanity By Mark Taliano, February 11, 2019
Have Islamic State’s Jihadists Joined Al-Nusra Front in Syria’s Idlib? By Nauman Sadiq, February 09, 2019
Islamic State’s Chief Al-Baghdadi Survived a ‘Coup’ by His Fighters By Nauman Sadiq, February 09, 2019
The People of Morocco’s High Atlas: Civil Society’s Role in Achieving the “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDG) By Prof. Peter J. Jacques, February 09, 2019
The Myth of the US “Knocking the Hell Out of ISIS” in Syria By Stephen Lendman, February 09, 2019
Prior to 2011 NATO War, Libya had the Highest Standard of Living in Africa By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, February 09, 2019
The Search for Truth About Britain’s Forgotten Role in Iraq By Prof. Ibrahim Al-Marashi, February 09, 2019
Al-Nusra Front: Islamic State’s Breakaway Faction in Syria’s Idlib By Nauman Sadiq, February 08, 2019
Finally, Washington Is Now Law-Bound to Compensate Its Victims! By Grete Mautner, February 08, 2019
“Raising Voices for Yemen” Defendants to Appear in New York City Criminal Court on February 25 By Voices for Creative Nonviolence, February 08, 2019
The US Syria Withdrawal and the Myth of the Islamic State’s “Return” By Tony Cartalucci, February 07, 2019
Iran to the Iraqis: Do Not Attack US Forces Unless They Refuse to Withdraw Following a Parliamentary Decision By Elijah J. Magnier, February 07, 2019
The Future of Statehood: Israel & Palestine By Prof. Richard Falk and Correio Braziliense, February 06, 2019
Spanish Rail Manufacturer CAF Rejects Tender for Jerusalem’s Railway as It Traverses ’67 Border’ By Maan News Agency, February 06, 2019
A Passionate Attachment: Deferring to Israel Is “What We Are” By Philip Giraldi, February 06, 2019
Petro-Islam: The Nexus Between Oil and Terrorism By Nauman Sadiq, February 05, 2019
Video: Israel Starts Building Massive Barrier Along Gaza Border By Maan News Agency, February 05, 2019