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.
Hebron: “The Occupation Crosses Moral Red Lines”. Israeli Settlers, Freedom of Movement, Military Checkpoints By EA Miles, May 21, 2018
Europe Must Now Show Solidarity with an Iranian Government that Faithfully Obeyed All the Rules We Drafted. By Rory Wood, May 21, 2018
New Armed Drone Operators: A Large Number of Countries are Now Deploying Armed Drones By Joanna Frew, May 21, 2018
Back to the Future? Bolton, Trump and Iranian “Regime Change”: “Splinter the Iranian State into Component Parts” By Gareth Porter, May 21, 2018
The Great March of Return and Israel’s Attack on Gaza: Canadian Opposition By Socialist Project and Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, May 21, 2018
What is The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)? Tectonic Shift in Global Geopolitics, Strategic Agreement between Russia and China By Rick Rowden, May 21, 2018
Donald Trump Junior Met with Gulf Emissary Offering Saudi and UAE Help to Win Presidency: Report By Middle East Eye, May 21, 2018
Debunking 18 Claims Justifying the Gaza Massacre By Riham Darwish, May 21, 2018
Canada’s NDP MPs Must Stop Being ‘Friends’ with Israel By Yves Engler, May 21, 2018
Predicting What a Syrian Peace Deal Would Look Like By Andrew Korybko, May 20, 2018
Blaming the Victims of Israel’s Gaza Massacre By Gregory Shupak, May 20, 2018
Israeli Government ‘Justifies’ Killings of Palestinians Saying ‘We Can’t Put All of These People in Jail’ By Daily Sabah, May 20, 2018
Russia’s Relationship with Israel and the S-300 Controversy By Brandon Turbeville, May 20, 2018
Will Trump’s Pyrrhic Victory End with America’s Role as Global Bully? By Philip Giraldi, May 20, 2018
Europe: National Sovereignty versus Partners of the American Empire. Conquest, at Stake over Iran By Eric Zuesse, May 19, 2018
IDF Snipers Ordered to Shoot Palestinian Children, Threat to Security of Israel, according to Israeli General By Ali Abunimah, May 19, 2018
The Putin-Assad Summit in Sochi Proved that “Balancing” Yields Results By Andrew Korybko, May 18, 2018
Israel, Egypt ‘Block Turkey from Airlifting Gaza Wounded Protesters for Emergency Treatment’ By The New Arab, May 18, 2018
Our History Haunts Our Future By Samah Jabr, May 18, 2018
Israeli Settler Colonialism and Occupation Fact Sheet By Robert Barsocchini, May 18, 2018
Trump’s War Against Iran By Eric Margolis, May 18, 2018
Civilized Savages! By Massoud Nayeri, May 18, 2018
United Nations – Celebrating 70 Years of Human Rights – And Condoning 70 Years of Israel Massacring Palestine By Peter Koenig, May 18, 2018
EU to Switch from US Dollar to Euro on Oil Trades from Iran By True Publica, May 17, 2018
Israel, Ukraine, and U.S. Crack Downs Against the Press By Eric Zuesse, May 17, 2018
EU to Buy Iranian Oil in Euros? Weakening Dollar Dominance? By Stephen Lendman, May 17, 2018
Humanitarian Snapshot: Mass Casualties in the Context of Demonstrations in the Gaza Strip By UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, May 17, 2018
Painting “The Return” — Hopes and History on the Gaza Border By Ramona Wadi, May 17, 2018
Scandinavian Volunteers Participated in Battles Against ISIS on Side of Syrian Government By South Front, May 17, 2018
To be a Real Jew. “Killing Gaza” and The Simon Wiesenthal Story By Philip A Farruggio, May 17, 2018
Massacre in Gaza: Political Narratives and the “The Decency of Violence” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 17, 2018
Western Governments Complicit in Crimes against Humanity. “Israel has the Right to Defend itself” Says Trump By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 16, 2018
Get Ready for the New Middle East Battlefield: The Golan By Sharmine Narwani, May 16, 2018
Israeli Forces Shoot Canadian Doctor in Gaza By Middle East Eye, May 16, 2018
U.S. Media Whitewashes Gaza Massacre By Joe Lauria, May 16, 2018
Libya: Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar – One Step Away from Victory against Libya Coalition of Armed Islamist Factions By Richard Galustian, May 16, 2018
West’s Failure to Act Will be Cause of the Next Gaza Massacre By Jonathan Cook, May 16, 2018
CJPME Condemns Israeli Shooting of Canadian Doctor, Slaughter of Gaza Protesters By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, May 16, 2018
Trump Israel Collusion on Syria By Renee Parsons, May 16, 2018
Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza By Black Alliance for Peace, May 16, 2018
This Brave Palestinian Was Killed Today By Global Research News, May 15, 2018
Why Israel Will Not Continue along the Same Path for Another 70 Years By Hans Stehling, May 15, 2018
Nakba Day Tuesday. Commemorating Palestine’s “Catastrophe” By Stephen Lendman, May 15, 2018
Iran – America’s Playbook of War Reopens By True Publica, May 15, 2018
Bahrain: Former British Ambassador Resigns from Advisory Post after Bahrain Foreign Minister Supports Israeli Aggression By Peter Ford and 21st Century Wire, May 15, 2018
The Balfour Declaration: World Zionism and World War I By Adeyinka Makinde, May 15, 2018
President Putin Is Syria’s Savior, but Don’t Go “Worshipping” Him! By Andrew Korybko, May 14, 2018
Israel Bans Entry of Palestinian Medical Delegation into Gaza. Crime against Humanity By The Palestinian Information Center, May 14, 2018
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Russia Is Already “Balancing” Iran in the Mideast By Andrew Korybko, May 14, 2018
Sieges, Bombs, Embassies: How Attacks on American Diplomats Have Shaped Policy By Daniel Hilton, May 14, 2018
Gearing Up for the Third Gulf War By Michael T. Klare, May 14, 2018
Killing Gaza By Chris Hedges, May 14, 2018
Israel Repurposes Nakba Myths to Justify Today’s Massacre in Gaza By Jonathan Cook, May 14, 2018
Israel at Seventy: Symbol of War, Racism, Reaction By Joyce Chediac, May 14, 2018
Reasons Trump Breaks Nuclear-Sanction Agreement with Iran, Declares Trade War with China and Meets with North Korea By Prof. James Petras, May 14, 2018
High Alert for Palestinian Slaughter and Conflict with Iran By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, May 14, 2018
Do You Want to Travel Around the Middle East? Think Twice! By Andre Vltchek, May 14, 2018
The Opening of a U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem: Full-Fledged Apartheid By Dr. Husam Zomlot, May 14, 2018
The War on Syria and the Astana Peace Process: Time to Make China Fourth Guarantor State By Peter Korzun, May 13, 2018
Media Debate Best Way to Dominate Iran By Gregory Shupak, May 13, 2018
Chemical Attack Accusations ‘Fake’: Bashar Al-Assad Interview By Bashar al Assad, May 13, 2018
Putin-Netanyahu Summit in Moscow. Russia Is “Urging” Syria to “Compromise”, Now! By Andrew Korybko, May 13, 2018
Israel Baits the Hook. Will Syria Bite? By Tony Cartalucci, May 13, 2018
UK Has Sold $1 Billion of Weapons to Turkey Since Coup Attempt By Jamie Merrill, May 13, 2018
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex and “The Parallel Left” By Michael Welch, Bob A. Feldman, and Cory Morningstar, May 13, 2018
The Summer of War and Chaos: US-Israel Plan to Balkanize the Middle East By Timothy Alexander Guzman, May 12, 2018
Two Interrogations, Gina Haspel and Adolf Eichmann By Brian Terrell, May 12, 2018
Geopolitical Implications of the Israel-Russia Relationship: Netanyahu in Moscow for Victory Day 2018 Celebration By Andrew Korybko, May 12, 2018
Unmasking the White Helmets By Colonel W. Patrick Lang, May 12, 2018
World Diplomats Skip US Embassy Opening Ceremony in Jerusalem By Press TV, May 12, 2018
70th Anniversary of Apartheid Israel: History of Violent Invasion. Chronology of Palestinian Genocide By Gideon Polya, May 12, 2018
Iran Breaks the Rules of Engagement: Israel Takes Its Revenge, and Syria and Iran Impose the Golan Equation By Elijah J. Magnier, May 12, 2018
Iran, Disinformation, and “Sanctions of Mass Destruction” By Kim Petersen, May 12, 2018
Israel Threatened All Lebanese When It Equated Their State with Hezbollah By Andrew Korybko, May 12, 2018
Iran – Trump’s Broken Deal – Maneuver to War? By Peter Koenig, May 12, 2018
Britain and the War on Syria: Ten Questions for the British Government By Adeyinka Makinde, May 11, 2018
The Sound and Fury and Silences of Donald Trump. “What is the Purpose of America’s Roughly 4,000 Existing Nuclear Weapons?” By Zia Mian, May 11, 2018
Russia’s Unspoken Relationship with Israel By Andrew Korybko, May 11, 2018
Rendition to Torture in Libya, Complicity of U.K. Government: Half a Million Pounds of Taxpayers’ Money Bails Out War Criminals Jack Straw and Sir Mark Allen By Craig Murray, May 11, 2018
Israeli Attack on “Iranian” Targets in Syria a Sign of Tel Aviv’s Frustration, Fear By Elliott Gabriel, May 11, 2018