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.
Terrorism is “Made in the USA”. The “Global War on Terrorism” is a Fabrication, A Big Lie By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Perdana Global Peace Foundation, December 21, 2018
Burying the Axe of War: The Arabs Will Recognize Assad, and Arab Investment Will Help Rebuild Syria By Elijah J. Magnier, December 21, 2018
Withdrawal from Syria? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, December 21, 2018
Video: US Evacuates Its Syria Military Base in Al-tanf, Prepares to Halt Aerial Operation By South Front, December 21, 2018
Continued American Occupation of the Middle East Does Not Suppress Terrorism, It Causes It By Craig Murray, December 21, 2018
Turkey’s Erdogan Vows “All Measures” to Circumvent U.S. Sanctions on Iran By Zero Hedge, December 21, 2018
Leaving Syria: President Trump’s Withdrawal By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 21, 2018
Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal Order Sparks Political Firestorm in Washington By Bill Van Auken, December 21, 2018
Video: The U.S. Withdrawing Troops From Syria. “The Next Phase of this Campaign … Reengage”? By South Front, December 20, 2018
Humanitarian Tragedy in Yemen: Famine, US-Saudi Blockade on Food and Medicine By Dr Yousef Al-Haderi and Vanessa Beeley, December 20, 2018
The Constitutional Right to Boycott Israel By Stephen Lendman, December 20, 2018
Don’t Be Fooled, Trump’s “Withdrawal” From Syria Isn’t What It Seems By Andrew Korybko, December 20, 2018
Don’t Hold Your Breath on US Troop Withdrawal from Syria By Patrick Lawrence, December 20, 2018
Youth Entrepreneurship by Facilitating People’s Development in Morocco By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, December 19, 2018
Video: Russian Private Military Contractor Killed in New Round of Escalation in Northern Latakia By South Front, December 19, 2018
Iraq: The Slums of Mesopotamia By Bahira al-Sheikhly, December 19, 2018
Canada: Pro-Israel MPs Flout NDP Policy By Yves Engler, December 18, 2018
Video: US “Local Partners” in Northeast Syria Are About to be “Sold to Turkey” By South Front, December 18, 2018
Video: Syrian Army Is Set to Respond to Any Future Israeli Attacks By South Front, December 18, 2018
Ottawa Sends Contradictory Messages on Arms Control By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, December 18, 2018
Israel: Ethnic Cleansing, Land Theft, Apartheid and Racism against Palestinians By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, December 18, 2018
Why the US Senate Vote to End Yemen War Is So Important By Rep. Ron Paul, December 18, 2018
Operation “Northern Shield” at the Israeli-Lebanese Border: Why Hassan Nasrallah Remains Silent By Sayed Hasan, December 17, 2018
A Green Future for Oman: A Trail for Environmentalism in the Arab World By Austin Bodetti, December 17, 2018
India Caught Between Iran and Saudi Arabia By Andrew Korybko, December 17, 2018
Gulf Rivalries Spill onto the Soccer Pitch. The 2022 Tournament in Qatar By James M. Dorsey, December 17, 2018
Growing US Public Support for One State Shared Equally by Israelis and Palestinians Falls on Deaf Ears By Jonathan Cook, December 17, 2018
Why the United States Has Not Won a Real War Since 1945 By Philip Giraldi, December 17, 2018
The ISIS Massacre in Sweida: A Story of Torment and Resilience for an Uninterested World By Vanessa Beeley, December 16, 2018
Slowing Down the Beast of American Empire: A Salute to the Life and Legacy of William Blum By Michael Welch, William Blum, Chris Agee, Louis Wolf, and Barrie Zwicker, December 16, 2018
Breakthrough in Yemen Peace Talks? Hold the Cheers By Stephen Lendman, December 15, 2018
US Media Claims that American Citizen was “Tortured Then Executed” by Syrian Government – Admits No Evidence By Tony Cartalucci, December 15, 2018
Video: Russian Forces Start Siege of “US Controlled Zone” (Military Base) in At-Tanf, Southeastern Syria. Unconfirmed Report By South Front, December 14, 2018
Fabricated and Staged Chemical Attacks in Syria? BBC Claims Chemical Weapons Helped Assad But Fails to Explain How By Tony Cartalucci, December 14, 2018
The Entire Nation Mobilized, Syria has Won the War against US-Sponsored Terrorism By Andre Vltchek, December 14, 2018
The Costs of the War on the People of Yemen By Daniel Larison, December 14, 2018
Iraq, The Rebuilding of a Nation In the Wake of Sixteen Years of US Sponsored Terrorism and Destruction By Tom Peyre-Costa and Edu Montesanti, December 13, 2018
Seven Decades after UN Resolution 194 on the “Right of Return”: Why Haven’t Palestinian Refugees Returned Home? By Ghada Karmi, December 13, 2018
Palestine: Religion as a Tool of Colonial Domination By Hanief Haider, December 13, 2018
Video: Turkey Threatens US-backed Kurdish Forces in Northern Syria with New Operation By South Front, December 13, 2018
Conflict in Yemen Must End Now By Michael Jansen, December 13, 2018
Disgusting Conflict of Interest: Theresa May’s Husband’s Investment Firm Made a “Financial Killing” from the Bombing of Syria By Tom D. Rogers, December 12, 2018
The US Wants to Bring Back the Shah of Iran By David William Pear, December 12, 2018
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Nikki Haley: Cheerleader for Apartheid Israel, Swan-song at the United Nations, an Embarrassment By Prof. Kamel Hawwash, December 12, 2018
Video: Mopping Up ISIS and Al Qaeda Terror Groups: 96.5% of Syrian Territory Retaken by Pro-Government Forces and Russia Military? By South Front, December 12, 2018
Humanitarian Catastrophe: 250,000 Near Death in Yemen By Edith M. Lederer, December 12, 2018
Multipolar World Order in the Making: Qatar Dumps OPEC. Towards a Tectonic Shift in the Global Energy Market? By Federico Pieraccini, December 12, 2018
Public Pressure Could Halt US Support of Yemen War By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, December 12, 2018
Gilets Jaunes: A Glimmer of Hope and Sanity By Mark Taliano, December 12, 2018
Participatory Development: A Humanitarian Alternative to Migration By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir and Manon Burbidge, December 11, 2018
Senior Israeli Lawmaker Calls for Killing All Palestinians, “Because they are just Nazis Anyhow” By Days of Palestine, December 11, 2018
France’s “Official” (CNCDH) Human Rights Award to B’Tselem for Its Resolve to End the Occupation of Palestine: Hysterical Israeli Government Response By B'Tselem, December 11, 2018
Video: Prominent Turkish Backed FSA Commander Defects to Syria Government Forces By South Front, December 11, 2018
Video: U.S. Officially Accuses Assad, Russia of Staging Chemical Attack in Aleppo By South Front, December 11, 2018
A People’s History of George H. W. Bush. “Soldier Statesman” or Criminal War Profiteer? By Michael Welch, Prof Michel Chossudovsky, Stephen Lendman, and John Buchanan, December 09, 2018
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“Terrorism Made in America”: US Sponsored ISIS-Daesh “Pockets” Inside Iraq After More than Three Years of Fighting and US Bombings By Haidar Mansour Hadi Al-Athari and Edu Montesanti, December 08, 2018
US-Supported Terrorists Use Toxic Chlorine against Civilians in Aleppo City. Analysis By Stephen Lendman, December 08, 2018
Nominee for US Ambassador to Yemen Is No Friend of the Yemeni People By Colonel Ann Wright, December 08, 2018
13-year-old Gaza Artist Shot by Israeli Soldiers While “Calling for Our Basic Right to Live a Decent Life” By Wafa Aludaini, December 07, 2018
Video: Syria Government Forces Campaign against Al Qaeda and ISIS Militants, Evacuations via “Humanitarian Corridors” By South Front, December 07, 2018
Suicide Bombing in Iran’s Chahabar Port: “Blowback” from US-India War against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)? By Andrew Korybko, December 06, 2018
Video: Netanyahu Kicks Off War on Hezbollah ‘Attack Tunnels’ in Northern Israel By South Front, December 06, 2018
US Senate Resolution Potentially Changes Middle East Dynamics By James M. Dorsey, December 06, 2018
The Anti-BDS Derangement Syndrome By Kurt Nimmo, December 06, 2018
Operation #Northern Shield: Countdown to Another Israel-Hezbollah War? By Timothy Alexander Guzman, December 06, 2018
Hand Gestures or Human Lives? Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United States By Caleb Maupin, December 06, 2018
On the Way to A Libyan Settlement? Khalifa Haftar and Fayez M. Al-Sarraj “Closed Meeting” on “The Sidelines” By Firas Samuri, December 05, 2018
Iran: A Rumor of War. Such an Attack would be a “Leap into Darkness” By Dispatches from the Edge, December 05, 2018
When America’s Media Contradicts America’s President By Eric Zuesse, December 05, 2018
Israel Expropriates Almost 70 Acres of Catholic Church Property By Middle East Monitor, December 05, 2018
“New Scramble for Africa”: The UAE Will Help India “Multi-Align” Against China in Africa By Andrew Korybko, December 05, 2018
The Film the Israel Lobby Does Not Want You to See By Chris Hedges, December 05, 2018
Video: Syrian Army Eliminate ISIS Terrorists in Al-Suwayda Province. US-controlled Zone of Al-Tanf Used by ISIS Terrorists as a Safe Haven By South Front, December 05, 2018
The Saudi Dilemma: To Cut or Not to Cut Production By Irina Slav, December 05, 2018
America and Britain Complicit in Saudi Acts of Genocide in Yemen: 85,000 Children Dead, 14 Million at “Risk of Starvation” By Dr. Leon Tressell, December 04, 2018
Video: Syrian Military Deploys Troops, Battle Tanks Near Idlib By South Front, December 04, 2018
“Bibi – The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu” By Jim Miles, December 04, 2018
Israel’s New War of Attrition on Jerusalem’s Palestinians By Jonathan Cook, December 04, 2018
Controlling the Israel Message: How to Manage the American Sheeple By Philip Giraldi, December 04, 2018
Qatar: We’re Quitting OPEC in 2019 By Middle East Eye, December 04, 2018