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.
Will Saudi Arabia Survive Unchanged After Jamal Khashoggi? By Askiah Adam, November 03, 2018
Israeli PM Set to Attend Inauguration of Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Highlighting Likud Support for Ethno-Nationalist Politicians Abroad By Whitney Webb, November 03, 2018
Harsh US Sanctions to Have Limited Effect on Iran? By Stephen Lendman, November 03, 2018
Video: Syrian Army Discovers ISIS Depot with US-Supplied Ammunition By South Front, November 03, 2018
Netanyahu Hails New Brazilian President’s Plan to Move Embassy to Jerusalem By Middle East Eye, November 02, 2018
Raqqa: A City Laid Waste, the Law Laid Low By Christopher Black, November 02, 2018
New Iran Sanctions Risk Long-term US Isolation By Patrick Lawrence, November 02, 2018
Iranian
Stiff New US Economic Sanctions against Iran Imminent. Implications for the EU. Circumventing Dollar Transactions. Will Brussels Bypass the SWIFT Interbank Financial System By Stephen Lendman, November 01, 2018
Video: SDF Halts Operations Against ISIS in Euphrates Valley Because of Turkish Attacks By South Front, November 01, 2018
Billions of Euro ‘Disappeared’ From Frozen Accounts of Muammar Gaddafi. They Were Used to Finance War in Libya By South Front, November 01, 2018
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Accepted £14,000 in Hospitality From Saudi Regime By Andrew Smith, November 01, 2018
Hollow US Calls for Ending War in Yemen Which Washington Has Supported From the Very Outset By Stephen Lendman, November 01, 2018
The New U.S. Strategy in Syria Is Bound to Fail. Trump Wants “Regime Change” and the Withdrawal of Iranian Forces By Firas Samuri, November 01, 2018
Libya, Seven Years On: A Shame for the West By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, November 01, 2018
How Google Wipes Palestine Off the Map By Asa Winstanley, October 31, 2018
Video: Media Reports About Mysterious Israeli Airstrikes Go Wild By South Front, October 31, 2018
Russia’s Reshaping Syria’s “Deep State” in Its Own Image By Andrew Korybko, October 31, 2018
New Brazil President to Close “Palestinian” Embassy: “You Do Not Negotiate with Terrorists” By Robert Spencer, October 31, 2018
Spooks and the Masked Media By Edward Curtin, October 31, 2018
Saudi Death Squad Controlled by Crown Prince. Report By Stephen Lendman, October 30, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi Died for Nothing By Philip Giraldi, October 30, 2018
UK Was Aware of Saudi Plot Against Khashoggi Weeks in Advance: Report By Telesur, October 30, 2018
What Does Erdogan Know About Khashoggi’s Execution? By Richard Galustian, October 29, 2018
Common ground on Syria: What France, Germany, Turkey and Russia agreed upon in Istanbul By RT News, October 29, 2018
Israeli Blockade of Gaza.The Only Solution is the Establishment of an Independent Palestinian State By Hans Stehling, October 29, 2018
Ottawa Doubles Down on Double Standards. Canada’s $15 Billion Armaments Deal with The Saudis By Jim Miles, October 29, 2018
US Holds Thousands of Syrian Refugees Hostage, Establishes Military Bases in Northern Syria By Stephen Lendman, October 29, 2018
Blair Refuses to Cancel Lucrative Deal with Saudi Despite Khashoggi Murder By Middle East Monitor, October 29, 2018
Peter Ford Responds to the UK FCO-Media Lynch Mob on Syria By Peter Ford, October 28, 2018
Ottawa Should End Paradoxical Arms Deal with Saudis By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, October 28, 2018
Will the US and UK seek a Palace Coup against Mohammed bin Salman? By Mark Curtis, October 27, 2018
A Chance for the US to Distance Itself from Saudi Arabia By Gareth Porter, October 26, 2018
European Parliament Right to Call for an Arms Embargo against Saudi Arabia By CAAT - Campaign Against Arms Trade, October 26, 2018
Video: Militants Push Idlib Demilitarization Agreement to Collapse By South Front, October 26, 2018
The Saudi Butchery in Yemen and the World’s Apathy By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, October 26, 2018
In Major Concession, Trump Will Allow Iran to Remain Connected to SWIFT. Alternative Currency Transfer System Currently Developed by Russia By Zero Hedge, October 25, 2018
Khashoggi, Erdogan and the Truth By Craig Murray, October 25, 2018
The Political Hypocrisy — Skripals and Khashoggi By Gordon J. Brigsley, October 25, 2018
The Triumph of Evil. “Armament Profits take Precedence over Murder and Genocide” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, October 25, 2018
Nikki Haley for President? “So it’s Israel All the Way for Haley” By Philip Giraldi, October 25, 2018
Northeastern Syria: Kurdish Anarchy and Sultan Erdogan Dreams By Firas Samuri, October 25, 2018
Why Do Yemen’s Dead Not Merit the Attention of Jamal Khashoggi? By Pete Dolack, October 25, 2018
US Slap on the Wrist Response to Khashoggi’s Murder By Stephen Lendman, October 25, 2018
So It Turns Out That Saudi Arabia Isn’t Exactly an American Puppet After All By Andrew Korybko, October 25, 2018
Video: US Troops Clash with Turkish-backed Militants Near Manbij By South Front, October 25, 2018
Idlib
Syria. The Creeping Partition By Peter Ford, October 24, 2018
The Khashoggi Crisis: A Blessing in Disguise for Pakistan’s Imran Khan By James M. Dorsey, October 24, 2018
“Dismantling of Democracy in Israel”. Death Threats for B’Tselem, Racism Lawsuit for a Chief Rabbi By Middle East Eye, October 24, 2018
Israel Invokes Its “Fight for Survival” as It Descends into a Racist State By Miko Peled, October 24, 2018
Can We Canonize Khashoggi? And, for the Love of God, Why? By J. Michael Springmann, October 24, 2018
Western Media Attacks Critics of the White Helmets. The New McCarthyism By Rick Sterling, October 24, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi
The Saudis Keep Changing Their Story on the Murder of Khashoggi. What Should We Do? By Rep. Ron Paul, October 24, 2018
Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi Murder: What More Would It Take for the UK to End Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia? By Andrew Smith, October 23, 2018
The White Helmets Ride Again By Philip Giraldi, October 23, 2018
What the Closure of the US Consulate in East Jerusalem Means By James J. Zogby, October 23, 2018
Israel Advances Bill Linking Cultural Funding with ‘Loyalty’ to State By Middle East Eye, October 23, 2018
New Twist in Khashoggi Mystery: MBS Spoke to Journalist Moments Before His Death, Report Claims By RT News, October 23, 2018
Russia’s Poised to Reap the Rewards of the West’s Fallout with Saudi Arabia By Andrew Korybko, October 23, 2018
Jordan Cancels Part of 1994 Peace Treaty with Israel By Stephen Lendman, October 23, 2018
International Hypocrisy. Reprimanding the Saudi Kingdom By Dr. Elias Akleh, October 23, 2018
Jordan Confronts Israel: King Abdullah Cancels Annexes Leasing Two Territories to Israel By South Front, October 23, 2018
Erekat: Abduction of Jerusalem Governor a New Step Against Palestinian Presence By IMEMC, October 22, 2018
Angered by Saudi Plan to Purchase Russian S-400, Trump Admin Exploiting Khashoggi Disappearance to Force Saudis to “Buy American” By Whitney Webb, October 22, 2018
French Forces to Set Up Military Base in Raqqa By Muraselon, October 22, 2018
Khashoggi’s Murder and Saudi War Crimes in Yemen Were Facilitated by US By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, October 22, 2018
White Helmets
Canada Provides Safe Haven to White Helmet Terrorist Factions By Mark Taliano, October 21, 2018
Suspected Member of Khashoggi ‘Hit-team’ Dies in Mysterious ‘Traffic Accident’ in Saudi Arabia By RT News, October 21, 2018
ICC Prosecutor: The Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin Community Is a War Crime Committed by Israel By Ali Salam, October 21, 2018
Iran Deserves Credit for the Ruin of ISIS By Scott Ritter, October 21, 2018
Grand Renaissance Dam
Kuwait-Turkey Military Cooperation Alarms Saudi Arabia By Abdus Sattar Ghazali, October 21, 2018
UK Arms to Saudi Arabia: “It Shouldn’t Take the Disappearance of a Journalist for the UK to Reconsider Its Relationship with the Saudi Regime” By Andrew Smith, October 21, 2018
US Military
For the U.S. Palestine No Longer Exists: Trump Regime Closes Jerusalem Consulate Serving Palestinians By Stephen Lendman, October 20, 2018
Ex-Israel PM: We Killed 300 Palestinians in 3 Minutes By The Palestinian Information Center, October 20, 2018
War on Syria
Strategic Assessment of the War on Syria in Fall 2018: Idlib & the Northeast By Andrew Korybko, October 20, 2018
Video: ISIS Captures 700 Hostages Including US, EU Citizens By South Front, October 20, 2018
Why the Surprise? Saudi Arabia Has Always Engaged in Murder By Kurt Nimmo, October 20, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi
While President Continues to Play Dumb on Murder, 2016 Reporting Shows Saudis Only Blacklisted Khashoggi After Journalist Criticized… Trump By Julia Conley, October 19, 2018
Diyanet
Diyanet: Erdogan’s Islamic Vehicle to the Balkans. Ottoman Symbolism in Kosovo By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra, October 19, 2018
Anniversary of Gaddafi’s Death and the Current Situation in Libya By Yuriy Zinin, October 19, 2018
Saudi Stops Funding Terror in Syria as the Arab League Prepares to Resume Ties with Damascus: The Time Is Not Yet Ripe for Retaking Idlib By Elijah J. Magnier, October 19, 2018