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.
In the Wake of Extensive Israeli Bombings of Syria: Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet Plots More Aggression By Stephen Lendman, May 11, 2018
The Coming US War Against Iran By John Kiriakou, May 11, 2018
Trump’s Pyrrhic Victory: The US Opts for a Path that Can Only Lead to War By Philip Giraldi, May 11, 2018
US Pullout from Iran Nuclear Deal; Part of a Larger Strategy: Richard Becker By Press TV, May 10, 2018
Why Cry? It’s Great News that Trump Pulled Out of the Iran Deal! By Andrew Korybko, May 10, 2018
War Criminals
Bolton’s Pathetic Case for Reneging on the Nuclear Deal By Daniel Larison, May 10, 2018
Trump Violates the Iran Nuclear Deal — Ignoring U.S. and Israeli Generals Who Support It By Mehdi Hasan, May 10, 2018
“War is Good for Business”: Defense Stocks Jump as Israel Puts Troops on “High Alert for an Attack” By silveristhenew, May 10, 2018
Iran
Black Alliance for Peace Says No to “War with Iran”! By Ajamu Baraka, May 10, 2018
Where Syria’s Government Sends “Conquered Terrorists” By Eric Zuesse, May 10, 2018
In Provoking Iran and Allies Alike to Please Netanyahu, Donald Trump has become the Most-Pro-Zionist American President Ever By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay, May 10, 2018
Military Incompetence? Failed Performance of April 14th US-UK-France Missile Attack against Syria By Brian Kalman, May 09, 2018
Trump Breaks Landmark Iran Nuclear Deal By Jamie Merrill, May 09, 2018
Trump Pulls US Out of “Unacceptable, Defective” Iran Deal; Obama Slams Decision as “So Misguided” By Zero Hedge, May 09, 2018
Trump’s Act of American Hubris. EU Opposition to Repeal of Iran Nuclear Agreement By Craig Murray, May 09, 2018
Trump’s Decision on Iran Deal Spells Disaster for the Middle East By Dr. Cesar Chelala, May 09, 2018
Israel Will Assassinate Syria’s Assad if He Allows Iran to Operate in Syria? Israeli Minister of Energy By The New Arab, May 09, 2018
Trump and Israeli Collusion By Margaret Kimberley, May 09, 2018
War Codes in Trump’s Iran Proclamation By Daniel McAdams, May 09, 2018
America Planned to Break “Iran Nuclear Deal” Years Before Signing It By Tony Cartalucci, May 09, 2018
Trump Withdraws from Iran Nuclear Deal By Stephen Lendman, May 09, 2018
U.S. Secret Military Operation in Yemen: A Perfect War Crime! By Massoud Nayeri, May 09, 2018
Trump and Netanyahu Collude to Damage NATO, Risk Middle East Instability and Nuclear War By Hans Stehling, May 09, 2018
America’s Word Is Worthless By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, May 09, 2018
The Irony of Election Fraud in Lebanon. Staggering Loss for Western Influence By Brett Redmayne-Titley, May 09, 2018
Withdrawal Symptoms: Trump and the Iran Nuclear Deal By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 09, 2018
Lebanon Elections: Hezbollah and Allies Gain a Parliamentary Majority By Stephen Lendman, May 08, 2018
Venezuela and Palestine Start Bi-National Bank with Petros By Telesur, May 08, 2018
Iran Under Renewed and Enormous Threats By Shane Quinn, May 08, 2018
Syrian women
Syrian Civilization Confronts Western Barbarism By Mark Taliano, May 08, 2018
Pompeo Rocks the Middle East: Lessons from a Former CIA Officer for the Secretary of State By Philip Giraldi, May 08, 2018
American Journalist Killed in Turkey for Revealing the Truth Regarding ISIS-Daesh By Eva Bartlett, May 08, 2018
Netanyahu’s “Nuclear Chutzpah” By Eric Margolis, May 07, 2018
Scheme to Let OPCW Name Perpetrators of Alleged Syria Chemical Attacks By Stephen Lendman, May 07, 2018
Planning for Aggression: Netanyahu’s Nuclear Archive By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 07, 2018
The Fate of the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Israel Has Begun the Countdown to May 15 By Norman Finkelstein, May 07, 2018
Will Turkey Leave NATO? “You Can’t Control Us” – Turkey Threatens to Retaliate if US Blocks Sale of 116 F-35s By Zero Hedge, May 07, 2018
Malaysia Elections: Saudi Royal Family Gave $681M to Prime Minister Najib Who Banned Shia Islam By Newsrescue, May 07, 2018
Trump Administration Hired Israeli Intelligence Firm to Discredit Obama Officials Who Negotiated the Iran Nuclear Deal: Report By Press TV, May 06, 2018
Only Russia Can De-Escalate the Proxy War Between the West and Iran in Syria By Andrew Korybko, May 06, 2018
Yemeni Rebels Begin Attacking Saudi Oil Infrastructure. Will the War in Yemen “Spiral Out of Control” By Darius Shahtahmasebi, May 06, 2018
The U.S. Is Playing with Fire if It Walks Away from the Iran Nuclear Deal on May 12 By Peter Van Buren, May 06, 2018
Putin Has Shown Weakness in Armenia and Syria – Is His Credibility Collapsing? By Srdja Trifkovic, May 06, 2018
Israel Bans Jordanian, Arab Publishers from Palestine Book Fair By The Palestinian Information Center, May 06, 2018
The War on Iran Has Begun. Russia Must End It By Dan Glazebrook, May 06, 2018
Global Geopolitical Rundown: Syria, Armenia, North Korea and Beyond. Mahdi Nazemroaya By Michael Welch and Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, May 06, 2018
Israel’s Murderous Strikes on Syria, Via ‘Pacified’ Lebanon By Andre Vltchek, May 06, 2018
The “Arab NATO” to Make Syria’s “Internal Partition” a Reality By Andrew Korybko, May 06, 2018
Israel’s Racist Nation-State: Codifying Apartheid into Basic Law By Stephen Lendman, May 05, 2018
The Maiming Fields of Gaza By Dr. Derek A Summerfield, Dr. David Halpin, and Dr Ang Swee Chai, May 05, 2018
Trotskyist Delusions. Split into Rival Tendencies By Diana Johnstone, May 05, 2018
Israeli Society very much Needs Remembrance Days. Peace and Reconciliation By Rami Elhanan, May 05, 2018
How Did Benghazi Become a Ruin? NYT Ignores US Role—in Multiple Media By Jim Naureckas, May 05, 2018
The Israeli Nuclear Elephant in the Room By Stephen Lendman, May 05, 2018
U.K. Ministry of Defense Accidentally Reveals British Reaper Drones Firing Thermobaric Missiles into Syria By Chris Cole, May 04, 2018
Iran Isn’t Violating the JCPOA Nuclear Agreement — America Is By Darius Shahtahmasebi, May 04, 2018
US Commandos Deployed on Yemen Border to “Help Saudis Against Houthis” By The New Arab, May 04, 2018
Democracy Now’s “Alt Media” Platform for Humanitarian Imperialism in Syria By Elliott Gabriel, May 04, 2018
Netanyahu’s Iran Speech in Context: Irony, Hypocrisy and the Undeclared Hijacking of U.S. Foreign Policy By Adeyinka Makinde, May 04, 2018
Lebanon: The Most Important Election in the World! By Brett Redmayne-Titley, May 04, 2018
Syria – A Case Study in Propaganda By Chris Kanthan, May 04, 2018
Explosions Rock Tripoli Election Commission: Who’s Trying to Prevent the Vote? By Richard Galustian, May 03, 2018
Netanyahu
Netanyahu: Don’t Look Here Where We’re Shooting Children, Look Over There at Iran By Prof. Juan Cole, May 03, 2018
Haftar’s Return to Libya By Richard Galustian, May 03, 2018
Europe’s Balancing Act on the Nuclear Deal: Wooing Trump Without Losing Iran By Ellie Geranmayeh, May 03, 2018
War on Iran Coming? By Stephen Lendman, May 03, 2018
Trump “All but Decided to Withdraw” from Iran Deal as IAEA Refutes Netanyahu Speech By Zero Hedge, May 03, 2018
Has Critical Thinking Become Extinct? Washington’s War on Western Minds By Mark Taliano, May 03, 2018
The Saudi Prince and the Palestinian Paupers By Rima Najjar, May 03, 2018
Gallup: Job-Satisfaction Is Highest in UAE, Russia, and U.S. By Eric Zuesse, May 03, 2018
American Jews Have Abandoned Gaza — And the Truth. The Struggle for Human Decency By Prof. Peter Beinart, May 03, 2018
Flashback 2005: Watch CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Tell Syria’s Assad ‘US Is Coming for You’ By Niall Bradley, May 03, 2018
Syrian Military Intelligence Seizes Weapons and Israeli Medicine Shipment Heading to Rebels in Northern Homs (Photos) By South Front, May 03, 2018
The UK Signed Up in Secret to Support Saudi Military Action against Yemen. New Documents By Mike Lewis, May 02, 2018
Iran Accused of Providing Support to 9/11 Al Qaeda Operatives: US Judge Orders Tehran to Pay Billions to Families of 9/11 Victims By Middle East Eye, May 02, 2018
Iran’s Secret Nukes? Scaremongering Netanyahu Strikes Again By Scott Ritter, May 02, 2018
How Facebook, Etc., Suppress Key Truths By Eric Zuesse, May 02, 2018
Netanyahu: The Dangerous Prankster By Massoud Nayeri, May 02, 2018
Iran Nuclear Deal: Would You Trust Germany, France and Britain, or Israel’s Netanyahu Currently under Investigation for Fraud By Hans Stehling, May 02, 2018
Yemen: First Bomb the Wedding, then Bomb the Rescue Workers By William Boardman, May 01, 2018