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: Syria Tiger Forces Are Deploying in Northern Latakia, Final Push against ISIS By South Front, August 14, 2018
U.S. Is Complicit in Child Slaughter in Yemen By Kathy Kelly, August 13, 2018
World Markets Brace for Impact of Turkish Lira Crisis By Nick Beams, August 13, 2018
The US-Turkey Crisis: The NATO Alliance Forged in 1949 Is Today Largely Irrelevant By Philip Giraldi, August 13, 2018
To Hell with US Jobs, Let’s Get Iran! By Eric Margolis, August 13, 2018
Huge Protests Against Racist ‘Apartheid’ Law Rock Tel Aviv By Steve Sweeney, August 13, 2018
Time for Trudeau to Call the Saudi Bluff By Yves Engler, August 12, 2018
How the UK Sees Opportunity and Profit in Sisi’s Repressive Egypt By Mark Curtis, August 12, 2018
Yemen War Challenges Saudi Moral Authority By James M. Dorsey, August 12, 2018
Saudi Terror Bombings, US, UK, French Weapons Fuel Mass Slaughter in Yemen By Stephen Lendman, August 12, 2018
Based on Bogus Charges of Anti-Semitism, Details Emerge of Plot to Oust Corbyn or Split UK Labour Party By Chris Marsden, August 12, 2018
Secret Israeli Report Reveals Armed Drone Killed Four Boys Playing on Gaza Beach in 2014 By Robert Mackey, August 12, 2018
Russiagate Conceals Israeli Meddling and Coming War with Iran By Max Parry, August 12, 2018
Israel’s “Stamp of Approval” of Europe’s Largest Post-WWII Ethnic Cleansing. Croatia By Aleksandar Pavic, August 12, 2018
U.S.
Why Trump Cancelled the Iran Deal By Eric Zuesse, August 12, 2018
Gunshot Gaza: Hospitals Struggle to Treat Surge in Firearms Injuries By Jonathan Owen, August 12, 2018
Israel Is the Real Problem By Media Lens, August 12, 2018
Farcical “Ceasefire” in Gaza By Stephen Lendman, August 11, 2018
Yemen: Fake ‘News’ That’s Mixed into America’s Mainstream News — and Why By Eric Zuesse, August 11, 2018
Saudi Airstrike on Yemen School Bus Kills at Least 50, Mostly Children By Jason Ditz, August 11, 2018
NATO’s Actions Contradict Their Stated “Values” By Gabriella Lima, August 11, 2018
Saudi Arabia and Iran Woo Incoming Pakistani Prime Minister By James M. Dorsey, August 10, 2018
Is Oily Econo-Politics Behind Saudis’ Crude Canadian Diplomacy? By Whitney Webb, August 10, 2018
Neocons Concoct Threat of “Iranian Hackers” to Justify Preemptive “Counterattack” Against Iran By Whitney Webb, August 10, 2018
Saudi Arabia and Its Western Allies Are Losing the War on Syria By Mark Taliano and The Syria Times, August 09, 2018
Video: Over 400 ISIS Militants Killed in SDF Operation Near Iraqi Border By South Front, August 09, 2018
Israel Air Strikes on Gaza: The UK Has Licensed Over £340 Million of Arms to Israel Since 2014 Bombing Campaign By CAAT - Campaign Against Arms Trade, August 09, 2018
Resigned Knesset Member: Jewish Nation-state Law Is ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ By Mustafa Abu Sneineh, August 09, 2018
Children are Dying, Yemen Humanitarian Crisis “Made in America”. No Liberal Rallies for Yemeni Children By Paul Street, August 09, 2018
Yazidi Slavery, Child Trafficking, Death Threats to Journalist: Should Turkey Remain in NATO? By Uzay Bulut, August 09, 2018
Dozens Killed in Saudi-led Coalition Bombing of Bus in Yemen: UK Has Licensed £4.7 Billion of Arms to Saudi Forces Since War Began By CAAT - Campaign Against Arms Trade, August 09, 2018
Helsinki Summit’s Positive Fallouts on Syria By M. K. Bhadrakumar, August 09, 2018
Rethinking Peace By Massoud Nayeri, August 09, 2018
This Is the Real, Americanized, Nazi, Ukraine By Eric Zuesse, August 09, 2018
The Crisis in Corbyn’s Labour Party Is Over Israel, Not Anti-Semitism By Jonathan Cook, August 09, 2018
Trump Will Fail in His Anti-Iran Measures and Reimposition of Sanctions: Analyst By Fars News Agency, August 08, 2018
Video: Syrian SAA Forces Attack ISIS Supply Lines in Northern Hama By South Front, August 08, 2018
Is Saudi Arabia Doing America’s Bidding by Sanctioning Canada? By Andrew Korybko, August 08, 2018
The Misleading Role of Human Rights NGOs in International Politics By Jonathan Sigrist, August 08, 2018
Multiple Diplomatic Spats Raise Questions About Saudi Concept of Sovereignty By James M. Dorsey, August 08, 2018
Washington Allies with ISIS as Great Power Conflict Trumps “War on Terror” By Bill Van Auken, August 08, 2018
Video: ISIS Cells in Eastern Al-Suwayda Face Military Action by Syrian Army By South Front, August 08, 2018
Joint Statement on the Re-imposition of US Sanctions Due to Its Withdrawal From the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) By European External Action Service, August 08, 2018
The Geopolitics of Oil: America’s About to Unleash Its “NOPEC Superweapon” Against the Russians and Saudis By Andrew Korybko, August 08, 2018
The Rights of Children: Morocco Provides Safe Spaces for Youth By Julia Payne, August 07, 2018
More Lies About Syria’s “White Helmets” By Philip Giraldi, August 07, 2018
US War Machine Seeks New Pretext in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, August 07, 2018
Three Reasons Why ‘Fire and Fury’ Won’t Work with Iran By Scott Ritter, August 07, 2018
New US Sanctions on Iran – and Their Impact By Peter Koenig and Press TV, August 07, 2018
Video: The Syrian Army Preparing for Operation in Northern Latakia By South Front, August 07, 2018
Trump Regime Reimposes Economic Sanctions on Iran, Sanctions against Countries Which Trade with Iran By Stephen Lendman, August 06, 2018
Settlers Destroy 2,000+ Palestinian-owned Trees and Vines, Backed by Israeli Authorities By B'Tselem, August 06, 2018
Washington Increases Funding for Israel’s Killing Machine By Stephen Lendman, August 06, 2018
USS Liberty Survivor Joe Meadors Witnesses Israeli Violence Against Gaza Freedom Flotilla By Colonel Ann Wright, August 06, 2018
Trouble in Sport Paradise: Can Qatar Overcome the Diplomatic Crisis? By James M. Dorsey, August 06, 2018
When Israel Backers Claim to be Anti-racist, One Needs to Ask Questions By Yves Engler, August 06, 2018
US Military
US Military Aid to Israel Set to Exceed $3.8B, or $23,000 Per Year for Every Jewish Family Living in Israel By Whitney Webb, August 06, 2018
Ambassador Nikki Haley
Can the US Make Iran Sanctions Stick? By James M. Dorsey, August 05, 2018
The Israeli Buffer Zone on Syrian Territory Will Have to Wait By Khaled Al-Kassimi, August 05, 2018
An Account From a Doctor on Board the Freedom Flotilla Which Was Hijacked by the Israeli Navy By Dr. Swee Ang, August 05, 2018
The Rise and Continued Influence of the Neocons. The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) By Michael Welch, Robbie Martin, Scott Price, and Mark Robinowitz, August 04, 2018
The Geopolitics of Water in the Nile River Basin By Prof. Majeed A. Rahman, August 04, 2018
The Mythology of Erdogan and the Kurds. The Reorientation of the World Order By Junaid S. Ahmad, August 04, 2018
Sweden’s ‘Freedom’ Vessel Under Attack as It Carries Medical Supplies to Gaza By Freedom Flotilla Coalition, August 04, 2018
Israel’s Policies in Gaza Are Genocidal By Haidar Eid, August 04, 2018
Video: Syrian Army’s Operation in Southern Syria in Numbers By South Front, August 04, 2018
Neoliberalism
Russia’s International Army Games Might Bring Iran and Israel Together By Andrew Korybko, August 04, 2018
War on Yemen: Dozens Dead After Saudi Air Strike Hits Hospital and Market in Hodeidah By Middle East Eye, August 03, 2018
China Says Willing to Team with Syria’s Assad in Push to Retake Territory By Asia Times, August 03, 2018
Urgent: End Israeli Occupation of Palestine, Restore Iran Deal, and Denuclearize Middle East By Prof. Juan Cole, August 02, 2018
Violence of Israeli Attack on Freedom Flotilla’s Al Awda: Hunger Strike, Swedish ‘Freedom’ Boat Is Coming By Freedom Flotilla Coalition, August 02, 2018
Are We Saving Syrian ‘Heroes’… or Just Importing More Fanatics with Links to Al Qaeda? By Peter Hitchins, August 02, 2018
Israel Halts Fuel Shipments to Gaza. Crime against Humanity By Middle East Eye, August 02, 2018
As Russia Negotiates Separation of Forces in Syria, Netanyahu Threatens War Against Iran Over Yemeni Waterway By Richard Silverstein, August 02, 2018
Trump Threatens Iran to Distract From Russia Criticism and Appease Israel By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, August 02, 2018
Veteran Intelligence Professionals (VIPS) to Trump: Intel on Iran Could be CATASTROPHIC By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, August 01, 2018
Southwestern Syria Liberated. Idlib Next? By South Front, August 01, 2018
US-Iran Relations, Talking to Rouhani: Is Trump Shooting from the Hip or Following a Script? By James M. Dorsey, August 01, 2018
Why Will The US Leave Syria Soon? The Kurds Are Waking Up. By Elijah J. Magnier, August 01, 2018
One-State Solution and The Way Forward For Palestine By Illan Pappé, August 01, 2018