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.
Syria: The White Helmets and Armed Group Leader in Daraa Al Balad. Vanessa Beeley By Vanessa Beeley, October 19, 2018
Western-imposed
Colonizing the Mind: Western-imposed “Good Governance” = Terrorism By Mark Taliano, October 19, 2018
S-300
Video: Israel Is Preparing to Challenge S-300 in Syria By South Front, October 19, 2018
The Saudi Crown Prince’s “Dirty Hands”: Machiavellian Principle in Handling Khashoggi Affair By Stephen Lendman, October 19, 2018
Egypt-Russia Relations: President Sisi Counts on Moscow By Andrew Korybko, October 19, 2018
Libya’s Ambassador to UN Demands Security Council Halt UK’s Intention to Use Frozen Assets for IRA Victims By Libyan Express, October 18, 2018
Killing Jamal Khashoggi Was Easy. Explaining It Is Much Harder By Philip Giraldi, October 18, 2018
Statistics: 1300 Days of Saudi Crimes in Yemen By Yemenpress, October 18, 2018
ICC Prosecutor Warns Israeli Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar ‘Constitutes War Crime’ By Telesur, October 18, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi
Breaking: Seven of Bin Salman’s Bodyguards Among Khashoggi Suspects By David Hearst, October 18, 2018
Embassy Disappearances: Jamal Khashoggi and the Foreign Policy Web By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 18, 2018
China
The Chinese-Indian “Great Game” in East Africa By Andrew Korybko, October 18, 2018
Raqqa
Syria: One Year Since the Battle for Raqqa and the US and UK Refuse to Accept Responsibility for Civilian Deaths By Dr. Leon Tressell, October 18, 2018
Comoros
The Comoros Crisis Pits China Against France Off the Coast of East Africa By Andrew Korybko, October 17, 2018
Neo-Ottomanism Surges in Middle East Politics By M. K. Bhadrakumar, October 17, 2018
Mohammad bin Salman
Trump’s Alliance with Body-Choppers, Death Squads and Child Killers: Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Israel By Prof. James Petras, October 17, 2018
Palestinians
Should the US Stop Enabling Israel? By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, October 17, 2018
The Upcoming Putin-Netanyahu Summit Will Seek to Strike a Balance in Syria By Andrew Korybko, October 17, 2018
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Video: Idlib Demilitarization Zone Agreement Reaches Its First Deadline By South Front, October 16, 2018
Bypassing US Sanctions. Russia to Refine Iranian Oil for Export By Stephen Lendman, October 16, 2018
Saudis to Admit Jamal Khashoggi Killed During Interrogation? By Stephen Lendman, October 16, 2018
Khashoggi
Khashoggi Mystery: Rogue Killers or Rogue Royals? By Andrew Korybko, October 16, 2018
Video: Syrian Army Kicks Off Another Attempt to Eliminate ISIS in Al-Safa By South Front, October 16, 2018
Syria: Another US Forever War? By Stephen Lendman, October 15, 2018
The United States Did It Again: Its Warplanes Use White Phosphorous Munitions in Syria By Peter Korzun, October 15, 2018
US Sanctions on Riyadh Would Mean Washington Is Stabbing Itself By Turki Aldakhil, October 15, 2018
Former US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Denies Claims He Was Bribed to Kidnap Wanted Turkish Cleric Fethullah Gulen By Steve Sweeney, October 15, 2018
Ariel Sharon
Sabra and Shatila: The Secret Papers. Carefully Planned Israeli Atrocities Led by Ariel Sharon By Jeremy Salt, October 15, 2018
Israel
Meet Ten Corporate Giants Helping Israel Massacre Gaza Protesters By Joe Catron, October 15, 2018
Israel Confiscates 2,036 Acres of Palestinian Land in West Bank By Middle East Monitor, October 15, 2018
The Routine Use of Fake Images and Video Footage by the Western Media By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, October 15, 2018
Video: Israel Grounds Its F-35 Stealth Jet Fighters, Unable to “Challenge” Syria’s S-300 Air Defenses? By South Front, October 14, 2018
Media Companies, Executives Quit Saudi Event Over Missing Journalist By Middle East Eye, October 14, 2018
US/Saudi Relations Remain Unchanged. Jamal Khashoggi’s Abduction and likely Murder By Stephen Lendman, October 13, 2018
Khashoggi
The Killing of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Could Spell the End for Mohammad bin Salman? By Federico Pieraccini, October 13, 2018
Canada
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. The “War on Terror” is a Fraud By Mark Taliano, October 13, 2018
Video: ISIS Seizes Toxic Agents Intended to be Used for Provocations in Idlib By South Front, October 12, 2018
Mohamed Bin Salman
Mohammed Bin Salman: The Character Behind the Caricatures By Andrew Korybko, October 12, 2018
Gaza Strip: Attacks in the Border Areas and Their Consequences, The “Buffer Zones” By Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, October 12, 2018
Netanyahu
Netanyahu Is Destroying Both Israel and the Palestinians By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, October 12, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi
Missing Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Rejiggers the Middle East By James M. Dorsey, October 12, 2018
Trump Has Put America on Path to War with Iran While Nobody Is Paying Attention By Ben Armbruster, October 12, 2018
Kuwait Stops Exporting Crude to the U.S. By Irina Slav, October 11, 2018
Iranian
Neoliberal Economics: The Plague of Iran’s Economy  By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, October 11, 2018
Nikki Haley
Israel’s Plans for Nikki Haley to be the 46th President of the United States? By Hans Stehling, October 11, 2018
Video: Kurdish YPG Cells Attack Turkish-backed Forces in Afrin, Northern Syria By South Front, October 11, 2018
Sergev Lavrov
President Assad’s Amnesty Decree to Military Deserters By Andrew Korybko, October 10, 2018
Effective Practices to Sustain Development in Morocco By Kerstin Opfer, October 10, 2018
UK Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia: UK Should Not be Arming Regimes That Target Journalists By Andrew Smith, October 10, 2018
UN: Over 700 Israel Obstacles to Palestinian Movement in West Bank By Middle East Monitor, October 10, 2018
NDP Members Must Push for Pro-Palestinian Positions By Yves Engler, October 10, 2018
Did the Saudis Kidnap and Murder Journalist Jamal Khashoggi? By Stephen Lendman, October 09, 2018
Trump Admin Follows Corporate Media Playbook for War with Iran By John C. O’Day, October 09, 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu Is No Friend to America By Scott Ritter, October 09, 2018
Video: Clashes Between Militant Groups Ongoing in Western Aleppo By South Front, October 09, 2018
Iran
Video: Iran’s World Court Win Exposes U.S. as Rogue State By The Real News Network, October 09, 2018
Fun at the United Nations and in Congress: Israel Wins the Comedy Competition By Philip Giraldi, October 08, 2018
Criticism of Israeli Policy Is Not Anti-Semitic By James J. Zogby, October 08, 2018
Israel to Use F-35 Stealth Warplanes Against Syria By Stephen Lendman, October 07, 2018
S-400
Russia’s S-400 Air Defense System: Turkey Fell Victim But India Escaped US Sanctions? By Sami Karimi, October 06, 2018
S-300
Syria’s No-fly Zone By Askiah Adam, October 06, 2018
Netanyahu Wants to Abolish the UNRWA: Jerusalem Municipality to Remove UN Agency for Palestinians From City By Middle East Eye, October 06, 2018
Yves Engler
Left, Right — Marching to the Beat of Imperial Canada: A Conversation with Yves Engler By Michael Welch and Yves Engler, October 06, 2018
Assad
Syrian Voices: Exploding the Lies For Truth and Peace By Mark Taliano, October 06, 2018
Trump’s March to War with Iran By Joe Cirincione, October 05, 2018
Netanyahu Bans Publication of Archive Materials on Deir Yassin Massacre By Palestine News Network, October 05, 2018
Pompeo
Illegal Sanctions: Pompeo Arranges Mass Starvation of Iranian People By Kurt Nimmo, October 05, 2018
Trump
Trump Regime Refuses World Court Rulings on Palestine and Iran, US Withdrawal from the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations By Stephen Lendman, October 04, 2018
World Court Rules on the Illegality of US Sanctions against Iran By Stephen Lendman, October 04, 2018
Russia’s S-300 Air Defense Systems Arrive in Syria By Stephen Lendman, October 04, 2018
Washington Threatens Preemptive Strike Against Russian Missiles By Bill Van Auken, October 04, 2018
Demolition and Displacement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories By daphnabaram, October 04, 2018
Best Government Money Can Buy By Philip Giraldi, October 04, 2018
Turkey to Use National Currency For Wheat Imports From Russia By Daily Sabah, October 04, 2018
Palestinians
US Withdraws From International Treaties, Slams UN World Court By Jason Ditz, October 04, 2018
Anthrax Attacks
Anthrax False Flag Redux? By Kurt Nimmo, October 03, 2018
Video: Iran Carries Out Missile, Drone Strikes on ISIS in Euphrates Valley By South Front, October 03, 2018
Forget Trump’s Tough Talk, He’s Not Going to Let the House of Saud Fall By Andrew Korybko, October 03, 2018
Netanyahu’s “Nowhere Land” Blunder. Accused Iran of Having a “Secret Atomic Warehouse” By Daniel Larison, October 03, 2018
Syrian women
Syrians Matter: They have Chosen NOT to be Occupied by the West’s Al Qaeda Terrorists By Mark Taliano, October 03, 2018