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.
Kurdish
Syrian Activist Nidal Rahawi Provides Rare Insight into the Deteriorating Conditions in the Northeastern Region By Nidal Rahawi and Sarah Abed, September 22, 2018
Russian IL-20
Can the Downing of Russia’s IL-20 be the Beginning of the End for Israeli Hubris? By Askiah Adam, September 22, 2018
U.S ‘Crocodile Tears’ for Palestinian Children By Dr. Rafiq Husseini, September 21, 2018
Iran Sanctions Are Damaging the Dollar By Nick Cunningham, September 21, 2018
What the Idlib Deal Means for the Syrian War By Salman Rafi Sheikh, September 21, 2018
Mercenaries Leading Assault on Yemen Port City Were Trained by IDF in Israel By Whitney Webb, September 21, 2018
Marines Hold Eight Days of Drills with Militants in Southern Syria By Press TV, September 21, 2018
Israeli-Palestinian
The Deal or the Debacle of the Century? By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, September 21, 2018
Video: Threat of Staged Chemical Weapons Attack in Idlib Remains By South Front, September 21, 2018
Putin’s Hesitation Has Lost Syria’s Idlib Province? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 21, 2018
Who’s Responsible? The Downing of the Russian Plane Over Latakia Poses Too Many Questions By Andrew Korybko, September 21, 2018
Nidal Rahawi
Syrian Activist Nidal Rahawi Provides Rare Insight into the Deteriorating Conditions in the Northeastern Region By Nidal Rahawi and Sarah Abed, September 21, 2018
Syrian women
Syria’s War for Peace By Mark Taliano, September 21, 2018
Palestine: The Testbed for Trump’s Plan to Tear Up the Rules-based International Order By Jonathan Cook, September 21, 2018
The Tories’ Racist Mantra: ‘All Jews/Israelis Are Superior and Good: All Arabs/Palestinians Are Inferior and Bad’ By Hans Stehling, September 20, 2018
Syria, the United Nations, and the “Slobodan Milosevic Treatment” By Kurt Nimmo, September 20, 2018
Video: Russian Armed Forces Kick Off Snap Military Drills Off Syrian Coast By South Front, September 20, 2018
Saudi Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom’s Pursuit of Power and Profit By James M. Dorsey, September 20, 2018
US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Blasts America’s Support for Al-Qaeda in Syria, as Trump Threatens Further Military Action By Mohamed Elmaazi, September 19, 2018
Video: Al Qaeda Militants Reject Demilitarization Zone Agreement in Idlib By South Front, September 19, 2018
Russia Defense Minister: Israel Bears Full Responsibility for Downing of IL-20 Off Syrian Coast By South Front, September 19, 2018
Idlib
Idlib: Lull Before the Hurricane. New US Military Doctrine for Intervention in Syria By Peter Ford, September 19, 2018
Yemen’s Descent into Hell By Prof. Rajan Menon, September 19, 2018
Norway Officials Admit They Knew Nothing About Libya But Joined Regime Change Efforts Anyway By Zero Hedge, September 19, 2018
‘The Evidence Is Very Clear’: The US Has Aligned Itself with Al-Qaeda in Syria. Ron Paul By Adam Dick, September 19, 2018
Aramco IPO
Saudi Imperatives and The Two-Trillion Bubble: What Aramco IPO Reveals About Crown Prince MBS’s 2030 Vision By James M. Dorsey, September 19, 2018
The West Hates Peace in Syria: From De-Escalation to Almost World War III in Just Two Hours By Federico Pieraccini, September 19, 2018
Syrian-Russian Victory Only Way to Avenge Israeli-French Strikes By Tony Cartalucci, September 19, 2018
Russia-USA-Iran and Syria – A Continuous Struggle to Avoid War By Elijah J. Magnier, September 19, 2018
How the Trump Administration Is Pressuring Palestine By Paul R. Pillar, September 19, 2018
Israel, Turkey Hold Secret Talks in UAE By Middle East Monitor, September 19, 2018
What’s Really Happening in Syria: Who Started the War, Who Can You Trust to Tell the Truth? By Robert Roth, September 19, 2018
Video: Syrian Forces Accidentally Shot Down Russian IL-20 By South Front, September 18, 2018
Israel-Russia Relations and the Downing of Russian Aircraft over Syria By Andrew Korybko, September 18, 2018
Media Ignores Israeli Role in Downing of Russian Aircraft in Syria By Kurt Nimmo, September 18, 2018
Iran
Iran Hawks in Washington By Peter Koenig, September 18, 2018
Palestinians Take #GazaToUN Through Social Media By Afro-Palestine Newswire Service, September 18, 2018
Video: Al-Qaeda Members in Idlib Pretend to be ‘Democratic Activists’ By South Front, September 18, 2018
PLO-UNWRA Meeting: Dr. Ashrawi Meets with UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl By The Palestine Liberation Organization, September 17, 2018
The Bluffer’s Guide to Bombing Syria By Peter Ford, September 17, 2018
The Liberation of Idlib: Turkey Is in the Way, with Russia Slowing Down By Elijah J. Magnier, September 17, 2018
US Military
US War Strategists: Military Defeats and Political Success By Prof. James Petras, September 17, 2018
Syria’s Christian City: Seven Years Under Fire at the Idlib Frontline By Tom Westcott, September 17, 2018
Israeli-Palestinian
Trump Can Kill Oslo, But Not Palestinian National Aspirations By James J. Zogby, September 17, 2018
Emboldened by Trump, Israel Bombs Damascus International Airport By Miri Wood, September 16, 2018
Spain
Spain Sells Laser Guided Missiles to Saudi Arabia. Destruction and Death In Yemen vs. Unemployment in Spain By Peter Koenig, September 16, 2018
Yemenis
US, UK, Saudis, and UAE Want Yemenis to Starve By Stephen Lendman, September 16, 2018
Israel-Palestine: The Humanitarian Consequences of an Occupation By Michael Welch, September 16, 2018
Iraq
Washington’s “Divide and Rule Strategy” in Basra, Home of Iraq’s Biggest Oil Fields By Dr. Dina Y. Sulaeman, September 15, 2018
Trump Administration Outraged at John Kerry for Talking to Iran By Middle East Eye, September 15, 2018
Marines
Marines Team Up with Islamists in Syria By Kurt Nimmo, September 15, 2018
political sanctions
The Two Most Dangerous Warmongers in Political Office Today By Hans Stehling, September 14, 2018
Turkey
Turkey’s Political Agenda in the Balkans. Erdogan’s Islamic Influence in Bosnia By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra, September 14, 2018
Video: Turkey Deploys Battle Tanks at Observation Post in Northern Hama By South Front, September 14, 2018
Criticising Israel: A Lesson From the Past. Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat Shake Hands By Robin Lustig, September 14, 2018
Idlib
Counter-Terrorism Operation against Al Qaeda’s Stronghold in Northern Syria: The Liberation of Idlib By Firas Samuri, September 14, 2018
Anger Soars as Israel Turns Mosque into Wine Shop By The Palestinian Information Center, September 14, 2018
Neocons Plan: War in Syria, Then Iran By Adam Dick, September 14, 2018
Bid to Starve 2 Million Palestinians into Submission as Trump Repays Zionist Backer Netanyahu for His Presidency By Hans Stehling, September 14, 2018
Censored Documentary Exposes the Israeli Government’s Attack on Black Lives Matter By Max Blumenthal, September 14, 2018
Video: Turkey Abducts Suspect of 2013 Reyhanli Bombing in Lattakia By South Front, September 14, 2018
U.S. Again Cries ‘Chemical Warfare’ in Syria By Scott Ritter, September 14, 2018
On the Brink with Russia in Syria Again, 5 Years Later By Ray McGovern, September 14, 2018
RT
First They Came for Alex Jones, Then for Russian Cable News RT and Syrian TV. Going to War with Russia, Syria, Iran? By Ann Garrison, September 13, 2018
Top Three Charges on Which John Bolton Should be Tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC) By Prof. Juan Cole, September 13, 2018
Syria
The Iran-Russia-Turkey Summit on Syria. Towards Multi-Polar Geopolitical Alliances By Mark Taliano and Tasnim News Agency, September 13, 2018
Video: Militants Filming Staged Chemical Attack in Idlib? According to Idlib Inhabitants By South Front, September 13, 2018
The US-Turkey Stand-off in Context: The Weaponisation of Global Finance By Vassilis K. Fouskas and Bulent Gokay, September 13, 2018
The White House Countdown Begins for the Death of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) By Motasem A Dalloul, September 12, 2018
Haider_al-Abadi, Photo by Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
US Favorite Candidate for Iraq PM, Haider al-Abadi Has Fallen with the Burned Walls of the Iranian Consulate in Basra By Elijah J. Magnier, September 12, 2018
Iran
Gramsci, Passive Revolution and 20th Century Iran By Marziyeh Asgari Vash and Karim Pourhamzavi, September 12, 2018
US
The US: The Century of Lost Wars By Prof. James Petras, September 12, 2018
Will the U.S. Let India Continue to Import Iranian Crude? By Tim Daiss, September 12, 2018
Is Our World Cultural Heritage Worth Saving? Activists Call Out Saudi Arabia on the Disappearing of History By Catherine Shakdam, September 11, 2018
Russia’s Pivoting to the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea via Eritrea and the UAE By Andrew Korybko, September 11, 2018
Video: Washington Claims That Assad Government Wants to Bomb Schools, Hospitals and Homes in Idlib under the Guise of Counter-Terrorism By South Front, September 11, 2018
Target Syria: Will a New War be the October Surprise? By Philip Giraldi, September 11, 2018
Merkel’s Chasing a Failed Dream by Fantasizing About Bombing Syria By Andrew Korybko, September 11, 2018
Why Are We Siding with Al-Qaeda? By Rep. Ron Paul, September 11, 2018
Osamagate By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, September 10, 2018