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.
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History By Jim Miles, February 05, 2019
How to Start a World War By Philip Giraldi, February 05, 2019
Video: US-led Coalition Warplane Struck Syrian Army Near Al-Bukamal By South Front, February 04, 2019
Video: How Crack Cocaine Funded a CIA War: Gary Webb Interview on the Contras and Ronald Reagan (1996) By Gary Webb and C-Span, February 04, 2019
Mahathir Mohamad
As Malaysia and Ireland Find Out, You Stand Up for Palestinian Rights at Your Peril By Miko Peled, February 04, 2019
Tracing Islamic State’s Weapons Back to Western Capitals By Nauman Sadiq, February 04, 2019
“The Media Coverage on Syria is the Biggest Media Lie of our Time”: Interview with Flemish Priest in Syria By Père Daniel Maes, February 04, 2019
ISTEX: The New EU Financial Mechanism for Trade with Iran: Bypassing the Dollar? By Stephen Lendman, February 02, 2019
Washington’s Playbook for Waging Proxy Wars in the Middle East By Nauman Sadiq, February 02, 2019
The US Government’s Love of Foreign Dictatorships By Jacob G. Hornberger, February 01, 2019
France, Germany, UK Launch a New ‘Non-Dollar’ Mechanism to Trade with Iran, but Will it Work? By Patrick Henningsen, February 01, 2019
Who Is the Real Threat to World Peace: Nuclear Israel with Its 400 WMD or Non- Nuclear Iran? By Hans Stehling, January 31, 2019
“It Can’t be Fixed:” Senior ICC Judge Slam John Bolton, Quits in Protest of US, Turkish Meddling By Alexander Rubinstein, January 31, 2019
Video: Intense Clashes, Artillery Duels Erupt in Idlib De-militarized Zone By South Front, January 31, 2019
Video: Fake News Story: Hundreds Killed in Clashes Between Pro-Iranian and Pro-Russian Forces By South Front, January 30, 2019
How the West Weaponizes Refugees It Creates By Tony Cartalucci, January 29, 2019
Statistics of 1,400 Days of the Saudi-led Coalition War on Yemen By Yemenpress, January 29, 2019
Senator Rubio
First Senate Bill of 2019 Would Give Israel Billions of Dollars, Combat BDS By Alison Weir, January 29, 2019
Israel’s Story: Lies from Top to Bottom By Philip Giraldi, January 29, 2019
Video: Kurdish Leadership at Crossroads Between Turkey and Assad By South Front, January 29, 2019
Israeli General Mounts Challenge to Netanyahu by Flaunting Gaza Carnage By Jonathan Cook, January 28, 2019
The Empire’s “Left Intellectuals” Call for Regime Change. The Role of “Progressives” and the Antiwar Movement By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 28, 2019
Politics Behind the Sunni-Shia Conflict in Middle East By Nauman Sadiq, January 27, 2019
Netanyahu’s Election Bombing Campaign May Lead to Battle: Syria and Hezbollah Have Their Fingers on the Trigger By Elijah J. Magnier, January 27, 2019
Michelle Alexander Is Right About Israel-Palestine By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, January 27, 2019
Video: Israel, “Licensed to Kill” By Manlio Dinucci, January 27, 2019
Video: Israeli Patrol Came Under Fire in Golan Heights By South Front, January 26, 2019
The White Helmets, Alleged Organ Traders & Child Kidnappers, Should be Condemned Not Condoned By Vanessa Beeley, January 26, 2019
Asharq Al-Awsat
Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Program By Nauman Sadiq, January 25, 2019
Video: Arab Protesters Clash with Kurdish SDF Forces in Raqqa Province By South Front, January 24, 2019
Breaking: Huge Blast Rocks Damascus after Bomb Is Set Off Near Russian Embassy By Al-Masdar News, January 24, 2019
The US Paved the Ground for Regional Powers to Seek a Stake in Afghanistan By Sami Karimi, January 24, 2019
Deal Breaker, Donald Trump and The Unmaking of the Iran Nuclear Agreement By Christopher Black, January 24, 2019
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