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.
Video: Hezbollah Warns Israel: ‘If You Dare Attack, You Will Regret it’ By Sayed Hasan, December 03, 2018
Royal Road Ahead: Saudi Crown Prince Leaves G-20 Confident, Turning Corner After Khashoggi Scandal By James M. Dorsey, December 03, 2018
The Bottomless Dishonesty of CNN on Palestine and Marc Lamont Hill Firing By Prof. Juan Cole, December 02, 2018
The UN General Assembly Adopts Six Resolutions in Favor of Palestine By The Palestinian Information Center, December 01, 2018
India-Saudi Relations: The Modi-MBS “Political Friendship” Is All About Iran By Andrew Korybko, December 01, 2018
Video: 15,000 Al-Qaeda-linked Terrorists Remain in Idlib Province By South Front, December 01, 2018
Gülen and Erdogan’s Islamic Rivalry and Its Consequences By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra, December 01, 2018
The Long, Brutal U.S. War on Children in the Middle East By Kathy Kelly, December 01, 2018
Here We Go Again: US Accuses Iran of Hiding Chemical Weapons By True Publica, December 01, 2018
Libya: Ten Things About Gaddafi They Don’t Want You to Know By Global Research News, November 30, 2018
US “Destabilizes” and Destroys Iraq for Decades, US Congress Now Has A Plan for “Stabilization” and “More US Intervention” By Adam Dick, November 30, 2018
Media Ignore Largest Foreign Military Aid Package in US History …. To Israel By Alison Weir, November 30, 2018
Building Global Palestine Solidarity By Junaid S. Ahmad, November 30, 2018
US-Saudi Ties: Drenched in Blood, Oil and Deceit By Joyce Chediac, November 30, 2018
Children – Civilization’s Future, Victims of Western Brutality By Peter Koenig, November 30, 2018
Video: Syrian Forces Eliminate Unidentified Aerial Objects Near Damascus. Israel Denies Reports on Its Warplane Shootdown By South Front, November 30, 2018
Syria: Alleged Chemical Attack Elicits 180 Degree Response from West. Twisted Media Coverage By Tony Cartalucci, November 29, 2018
Senate Advances Proposal to End US Support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen By Stephen Lendman, November 29, 2018
Crisis in the Sea of Azov, Confronting Russia, “Dangerous Madness… The Risk of War is Real By Andre Vltchek and Alessandro Bianchi, November 29, 2018
Saudi Diplomatic Offensive Seeks to Put Khashoggi Behind It and Thwart Qatar By James M. Dorsey, November 29, 2018
Syria Poison Gas: The French Connection? By Steven Sahiounie, November 29, 2018
Israel and the Jihadi Connection By Richard Galustian, November 29, 2018
A Moment of Reckoning for Decentralisation in Morocco. Entrenched Rural Poverty By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, November 29, 2018
“Secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey and the Future of Secularism” By James M. Dorsey, November 29, 2018
Our Man in Riyadh: Abizaid of Arabia By Andrew J. Bacevich, November 29, 2018
Video: US Is Establishing ‘Observation Posts’ on Syrian-Turkish Border By South Front, November 29, 2018
Pushback Against Israel Is Beginning in US Congress By Philip Giraldi, November 29, 2018
Video: ‘Moderate Rebels’ and Western Media Speculate that “Assad was Guilty” of Chemical Attack in Aleppo By South Front, November 28, 2018
Trump Blocks CIA Chief Haspel From Testifying About Khashoggi’s Murder By Stephen Lendman, November 28, 2018
A Big Step for a Greater Israel. Trump’s New Position on Syria’s Golan Heights By Eric Margolis, November 27, 2018
How Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Erase Yemen’s History By Ghada Karmi, November 27, 2018
U.S. Foreign Policy Has No Policy By Philip Giraldi, November 27, 2018
Russia-Turkey Relations and the Kremlin’s “Kurdish Card” By Marcus Papadopoulos, November 27, 2018
Video: Over 100 Civilians Suffered from Militant Chemical Attack on Aleppo City By South Front, November 26, 2018
Iran, Saudi Arabia and a History of U.S. Aggression By Seyed Hossein Mousavian, November 25, 2018
Syria: Allegedly Over 100 Injured in Aleppo Gas Attack By Telesur, November 25, 2018
In Historic Move, Sen. Rand Paul Places Hold on $38 Billion to Israel By Jackson Richman, November 25, 2018
230,000 “Jihadists” in 70 Countries: Since 9/11 the Number of Al Qaeda Affiliated Terrorists Has Quadrupled. Study By RT News, November 25, 2018
US-Israeli Open Secret: Supporting Al Qaeda, Recruiting Jihadists By Stephen Lendman, November 25, 2018
Video: Khashoggi and the Take Down of Saudi Crown Prince MBS Global Research interviews Whitney Webb By Michael Welch and Whitney Webb, November 25, 2018
Video, Syria War: US-backed Forces Clashing with ISIS in Deir Ezzor Province By South Front, November 24, 2018
Hezbollah’s Role in Lebanon and the Region. Is the US Loosing its Hegemony in the Middle East? By Elijah J. Magnier, November 23, 2018
Evacuation of 700 Palestinians from their Homes in Occupied East Jerusalem Approved by Israeli Court By IMEMC, November 23, 2018
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince MBS’ “Nuclear Ambitions”? By Stephen Lendman, November 23, 2018
More European Governments Promise to Stop Arming Saudi Arabia: The UK Must Do the Same By Andrew Smith, November 23, 2018
Idlib
Syria, A Frozen Conflict: The Final Push for Idlib Will Come Soon By Federico Pieraccini, November 23, 2018
Bill to “Officially” Recognize Palestine Submitted to British Parliament By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal, November 23, 2018
Prospects for Syrian Peace Are Looking Up By M. K. Bhadrakumar, November 23, 2018
Video: Turkey Continues Its War on Its Own Proxy Forces in Syria By South Front, November 23, 2018
Israel to Demolish Dozens of Palestinian Shops in East Jerusalem By Maan News Agency, November 23, 2018
Iran Remains Key Balancing Force at Astana Peace Process: Prof. Tim Anderson By Prof. Tim Anderson and Tasnim News Agency, November 23, 2018
The Illusion of Conflict Resolution in Yemen. Several Hundred Thousand Yemenis Have Perished from War, Disease, Starvation and Overall Deprivation. By Stephen Lendman, November 22, 2018
Forgetting Jamal Khashoggi: Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia and Brute Realism By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 22, 2018
Russia’s Brokering of Iran’s Withdrawal from Syria. Russia’s “Informal Alliance” with Israel? By Andrew Korybko, November 22, 2018
US Has Established 17 Illegal Military Bases in Syria: State Senator Richard H. Black By Richard H. Black and Basma Qaddour, November 22, 2018
“America First” Defends the Indefensible. Trump Family Financial Ties to the Saudi Royals By Stephen Lendman, November 22, 2018
Khashoggi
Khashoggi Was Investigating Use of Chemical Weapons in Yemen Before Murder: Tabloid By Samaa Digital, November 22, 2018
Airbnb Homestay Lodging Company Removes Israeli Settlement Listings By Stephen Lendman, November 21, 2018
Continuing Furor Over Khashoggi’s Murder By Stephen Lendman, November 21, 2018
Netanyahu: Israeli Prime Minister with Portfolios for Defence, Foreign Affairs, Health, the UN and the US By Hans Stehling, November 21, 2018
Video: Trump Releases Official Statement on Khashoggi Murder. Points Finger at Iran By South Front, November 21, 2018
US Dollar Completely Ditched in Trade Between Iran & Iraq – Official By RT News, November 21, 2018
Israeli Supreme Court Upholds Apartheid Rule By Stephen Lendman, November 20, 2018
Video: Government Forces Crushed ISIS-held Pocket in Southern Syria By South Front, November 20, 2018
US Warns of ‘Consequences’ as Palestine Joins International Bodies including the ICC By Press TV, November 20, 2018
Video: Turkey Attacks Own Proxies in Syria, Netanyahu Names Himself Defense Minister By South Front, November 20, 2018
Registering Israel’s “Useful Idiots” By Philip Giraldi, November 20, 2018
U.S Green Party Urges International Criminal Court to Prosecute Israel for Crimes Against Palestinians By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, November 20, 2018
Eight Million Tonnes of Unexploded Mines and Munitions Endanger All Children in Northern Iraq By Laura Cappon, November 20, 2018
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Netanyahu’s Ceasefire Is Meant to Keep Gaza Imprisoned By Jonathan Cook, November 20, 2018
“Mysterious Helicopters” Continue to Evacuate ISIS Militants from Battlefields Across Middle East By South Front, November 19, 2018
Putin Visits Turkey to Inaugurate New ‘Strategic’ TurkStream Pipeline By Ayse Karabat, November 19, 2018
Marines
Syria: Interview with a Former Sniper with Ahrar al Sham “Rebel” Terrorist Group By Janice Kortkamp, November 18, 2018
Washington Opposes UN Resolution on Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan By Middle East Eye, November 18, 2018
Is CIA Leak of Bin Salman’s Guilt in Khashoggi Murder Aimed at Kushner, or Trump Himself? By Prof. Juan Cole, November 18, 2018
Saudi Sports Diplomacy: A Mirror Image of the Kingdom’s Already Challenged Policies By James M. Dorsey, November 17, 2018
Rather Than Being Critics, Canada’s Liberals Actually Enable Saudi Crimes By Yves Engler, November 17, 2018
Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi’s Murder, CIA Concludes By Stephen Lendman, November 17, 2018
Trump Said Considering Extradition of Turkish Cleric to Quiet Erdogan on Khashoggi Murder By Prof. Juan Cole, November 17, 2018
Empire’s Currency: The Lie By Mark Taliano, November 17, 2018