Middle East & North Africa

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.
Iraq is in the eye of the storm. Washington's "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran and Tehran's response put heavy pressure on the Iraqi government, a partner for both. The US expects Baghdad to resist Iran, and Iran expects Baghdad to resist the US. An almost impossible position.
Israel Bombs Gaza Hours After Funeral of Murdered 21-year-old Paramedic By Morning Star, June 04, 2018
Israeli Oncologists’ Letter: Let Gaza Cancer Patients Out! By Physicians For Human Rights In Israel, June 04, 2018
Lockheed Martin Opening Jerusalem Preschool for Israelis By Emma Fiala, June 04, 2018
Which Is the Greater Threat? Non-Nuclear Iran or Israeli F-35s and Their Nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction? By Hans Stehling, June 04, 2018
The Indian Illusion: Denying Anti-Iranian Sanctions While Implementing Them By Andrew Korybko, June 04, 2018
India, Iran and the Strategic Implications of the US Pull Out from the Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) By K M Seethi, June 04, 2018
Does Anybody Really Believe that Iran’s “Advisors” in Syria Are Unarmed Non-Combatants? By Andrew Korybko, June 04, 2018
Iraq’s Water Crisis Traced Upstream to Turkish, Iranian Dams By Rudaw, June 03, 2018
Pro-Israeli Groups “Weaponize” Jewish Cultural Initiatives to Amplify Their Campaign against Palestinians By Yves Engler, June 03, 2018
Israeli Terror Against Gaza: Solidarity and Activism in an Age of Imperial Decline By Junaid S. Ahmad and Zehra Yilmaz, June 02, 2018
US Exempts Israeli and Its Own High Crimes from Accountability By Stephen Lendman, June 02, 2018
Tony Blair Should be Prosecuted over Iraq By Jonathan Power, June 02, 2018
WaPo Editors: We Have to Help Destroy Yemen to Save It By Adam Johnson, June 02, 2018
A Courtroom Appeal for Yemen By Kathy Kelly, June 02, 2018
Video: Rising US-Turkish Tensions Over Manbij Issue: Clash Between Two NATO Member States in Northern Syria? By South Front, June 02, 2018
Syria Is the Next Step in the Russian-Saudi Rapprochement By Andrew Korybko, June 01, 2018
Video: 9,200 Locals from Eastern Ghouta Join Syrian Army By South Front, June 01, 2018
Ben Gurion’s “Plan D”: Massacres of Palestinians Were “Indispensable” to the Creation of the State of Israel By Richard Becker, June 01, 2018
Useless Protests in Gaza? “Human Solidarity Around the World” By Prof Susan Babbitt, June 01, 2018
The Illegal Israeli Blockade of Gaza: An Insult to All Civilised People Everywhere By Hans Stehling, June 01, 2018
Israel Funnels Millions to Erase Palestinian History By Corey Sherman, June 01, 2018
The Belgian organisations described what is happening in Jerusalem as part of the persecution suffered by four million Palestinians due to the Israeli occupation including the war on Gaza in 2014
US Opposes Protecting Gazans from Excessive Israeli Force By Stephen Lendman, June 01, 2018
Freedom Flotilla Statement on Israeli Interception of Gaza Flotilla By Freedom Flotilla Coalition, June 01, 2018
Gaza Massacre Update: “Decent Humanity” Will Boycott Apartheid Israel and All Its Supporters By Gideon Polya, June 01, 2018
Video: “We Were Close to Direct Conflict Between Russia and the US Inside Syria” – Bashar Assad By Bashar al Assad and RT News, May 31, 2018
International Migration, From Transit to Integration: A Moroccan Initiative for Community Development By Nathan Park, May 31, 2018
Protecting and Preserving Syria’s Sovereign Independence By Stephen Lendman, May 31, 2018
Death and Destruction In the Wake of the “Liberation” of Mosul By Nazli Tarzi and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 30, 2018
On the Liberation of The Yarmouk Refugee Camp from ISIS. Syrian and Palestinian Struggles Indivisible By Ken Stone, May 30, 2018
Video: Israel Carries Out Massive Strike on Gaza, Protest Against US-backed Forces in Syria By South Front, May 30, 2018
US Sanctions on Iran: The Unraveling of Pax Americana By Christopher Wood, May 30, 2018
Universities, Branding and Saudi Arabia By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 30, 2018
Syrian Military Sends Final Warning to “Militants” in Southern Syria By South Front, May 30, 2018
Crimes against Humanity and the Israel-Palestine Conflict By Julian Rose, May 29, 2018
Syria Takes Rotating Presidency of UN Disarmament Conference in Geneva, US Protests By Press TV, May 29, 2018
Iran’s Mohajedeen e Khalq: MEK Money Sure Can’t Buy Love By Philip Giraldi, May 29, 2018
America’s Incredible Shrinking Influence By Rep. Ron Paul, May 29, 2018
Trump Set to Recognize Israel’s Claim to Occupied Golan Heights and Its Sizable Oil Reserves By Whitney Webb, May 28, 2018
Renewed ISIS Attacks in Syria. Russian SU-57 Stealth Fighter Carries out Strikes against “Militants” By South Front, May 28, 2018
Green Berets and Mercenaries in Yemen: What Else is Washington Not Telling Us About US Participation in Yemen? By Geopolitics Alert, May 28, 2018
Fathi Harb Burnt himself to Death in Gaza. Will the World Notice? By Jonathan Cook, May 28, 2018
U.N.: Another 10 Million Yemenis at Risk of Starving to Death by Year’s End By Daniel Larison, May 27, 2018
With One Shot: One Kill of the Israeli Defense Narrative By Phil Butler, May 27, 2018
US Officially Warns Syrian Army from Attacking Militants in Southern Syria By South Front, May 27, 2018
Palestinians: 70 Years of Suffering By Eric Margolis, May 27, 2018
The Iran Nuclear Deal in Jeopardy: End of May Deadline for Saving the JCPOA? By Stephen Lendman, May 27, 2018
Israel Owns U.S. Foreign Policy By Philip Giraldi, May 27, 2018
“Coloured Revolutions” and Populist Uprisings By Michael Welch, F. William Engdahl, and Stephen Sefton, May 27, 2018
Does Trump Regime Intend Full-Scale War on Syria? By Stephen Lendman, May 26, 2018
Video: Israeli, US Strikes on Government Forces, Syrian Air Defense Forces Respond By South Front, May 26, 2018
When War Games Go Live? “Simulating World War III” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 26, 2018
The Gaza Crisis, Explained in Eight Graphics By Middle East Eye, May 26, 2018
Pompeo’s Iran Speech a Prelude to War? By Prof. Stephen Zunes, May 26, 2018
Arab Women Authors Narrate More than Women’s Experience By Barbara Nimri Aziz, May 25, 2018
The Art of War: Israel’s F-35 Jet Fighters Already at War By Manlio Dinucci, May 25, 2018
Video: Gina Haspel to Head the CIA, a GRTV interview with Ray McGovern By Ray McGovern and Michael Welch, May 25, 2018
The China-Iran Rail Corridor Must Include Uzbekistan to be Successful By Andrew Korybko, May 24, 2018
Video: The War on Terror is a Fraud. “Syrians Do Not Wish to Live Beneath the Tyranny of Western-supported Terrorists” By Mark Taliano and Carla Ortiz, May 24, 2018
Iran and Pompeo’s 12-Point Ludicrous Wish List – Empire’s End of the Rope? By Peter Koenig, May 24, 2018
The U.S. and Israel Are Marching towards War with Iran By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, May 24, 2018
Syria: Music Therapy Heals War Wounds By Sarah Abed, May 24, 2018
The ‘One Democratic State Campaign’ Program for a Multicultural Democratic State in Palestine/Israel By Jeff Halper, May 24, 2018
Iran “Blackmailing” Europe Plays Right into Trump’s Hands. Tehran’s “Five Counter-Demands” By Andrew Korybko, May 24, 2018
America’s Treatment of Palestinians Has Grown Horrendously Cruel By Razan Azzarkani, May 24, 2018
Palestinian Leaders Refer Israel to ICC for War Crimes By Middle East Eye, May 24, 2018
Injury and Death During the ISIS Occupation of Mosul and Its Liberation By Riyadh Lafta, Maha A. Al-Nuaimi, and Prof. Gilbert Burnham, May 23, 2018
The Gaza Massacre and Israel’s Thriving “Blood Diamond” Economy By Sean Clinton, May 23, 2018
Why Did the US Sabotage President Putin’s Peace Plan for Syria? By Andrew Korybko, May 23, 2018
Why Pompeo’s Speech on Iran Is Outrageous By Farhang Jahanpour, May 23, 2018
A New Flotilla Steams Towards Gaza By Elizabeth Murray, May 23, 2018
Canada and Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal By Ed Lehman, May 23, 2018
The Pompatus of Love or War? Mike Pompeo’s Wish List against Iran By Massoud Nayeri, May 23, 2018
Pompeo Might Have Pulled the Plug on Armenian-Iranian Trade By Andrew Korybko, May 22, 2018
At the U.N., Trudeau Opposes an Investigation into Israel’s Shooting of Unarmed Civilians – Including a Canadian Doctor By Dimitri Lascaris, May 22, 2018
Report Exposes UK Role in Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen By Barry Mason, May 22, 2018
Letter from Iran: Mr. Trump, You Have Been Served By Pepe Escobar, May 22, 2018
Law Society Lauds South Africa Encouraging Peace in Israel By Ettiene Barnard, May 22, 2018
Pompeo Threatens Toughest Ever US Actions on Iran By Stephen Lendman, May 22, 2018
Trump-Pompeo’s Twelve “Idiotic-Insulting” Demands Upon Iran By Eric Zuesse, May 22, 2018
US Embassy Move Tears “Last Fig Leaf” off from Long-Standing US-Israeli Designs for Palestine By Steven Chovanec, May 21, 2018