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.
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Iran’s Rhetoric Is Meant to Raise the Oil Price By Andrew Korybko, July 04, 2018
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Feeding the Monster: Washington’s Spinelessness Enables Israeli Brutality By Philip Giraldi, July 04, 2018
Video: The Houthis and War in Yemen By South Front, July 04, 2018
The Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group’s (CPPFG) Report on Israel-Palestine By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, July 04, 2018
Turkish–Syrian Border: Confusion, Destruction and Grief By Andre Vltchek, July 04, 2018
The Cooperative Movement: Cooperatives As a Means to Developing Local Economies and Alleviating Poverty By Amy Zhang, July 03, 2018
Video: Saudi Arabia Bombs Residential Neighborhood in Yemen Killing Entire Family By Ahmed Abdulrahman, July 03, 2018
Iran Accuses US of Docking Chemical Weapons-Laden Ship in Persian Gulf By Zero Hedge, July 03, 2018
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Israel Preparing to Annex West Bank Says UN Expert? By IMEMC, July 02, 2018
Trump’s Lawyer Rudy Giuliani: Iran’s “Regime” to Collapse Soon, US-backed ‘Democratic’ Force Has to Take Power By South Front, July 02, 2018
Rethinking Europe’s Migrant Crisis: Weapons of Mass Movement? By Michael Welch, J. Michael Springmann, and Barrie Zwicker, July 01, 2018
Libya Has Reached Its Turning Point. The Battle for Oil, “US-NATO Go Home” By Richard Galustian, July 01, 2018
Obsessed With Regime Change: Trump’s Iran Gambit Won’t Pay Off By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, July 01, 2018
Why Palestine Matters By Sheldon Richman, June 30, 2018
The President Shouldn’t Act as an Arms Dealer to the Saudis By Dr. Veronique de Rugy, June 30, 2018
US Sanctions Against Iran Aimed at Regime Change By Peter Symonds, June 30, 2018
Global Affairs Canada Statement: Disconnect From Realities on the Ground in Syria, Tacit Endorsement of Al Qaeda By Mark Taliano, June 30, 2018
Video: Government Forces Liberate Multiple Settlements in Southern Syria By South Front, June 29, 2018
Hassan al-Tamimi: Sightless Freedom By The Palestinian Information Center, June 29, 2018
New House Bill Would Empower Donald Trump to Punish U.S. Companies that Boycott Israel By Alex Emmons, June 29, 2018
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: No Deal, Mr. Trump By Gershon Baskin, June 29, 2018
Why No Outrage Over US Killing of Children? By Jacob G. Hornberger, June 29, 2018
Suffer the Little Children By George Capaccio, June 29, 2018
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US Freezes Aid Funds to West Bank and Gaza By Maan News Agency, June 28, 2018
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Video: Syrian Army Clears 5,200km2 of ISIS Cells By South Front, June 28, 2018
Jeremy Corbyn: A Devil in Israel, a Hero to the Arabs By Ali Saadah, June 28, 2018
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Sanctions Bite, and Iran Hasn’t Forgotten By Andrew Korybko, June 28, 2018
Iran’s Chabahar Port Is Where Asian and Middle Eastern Rivalries Collide By James M. Dorsey, June 28, 2018
The Sudan, Africa’s Longest Civil War: The Peace Deal Proves that South Sudan Is a Failed Concept By Andrew Korybko, June 27, 2018
Obama Armed Jihadists in Syria: Bombshell Interview with Former Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes By Zero Hedge, June 27, 2018
The Real Story Behind Israel’s “Blooming Desert” By Whitney Webb, June 27, 2018
The BBC Just Declared that Five Children Being Murdered by Israel Is ‘NOT A LOT’ By Tom D. Rogers, June 27, 2018
Trump’s Cowardly War on Immigrant Children By Scott Ritter, June 27, 2018
Immigration: Western Wars and Imperial Exploitation Uproot Millions By Prof. James Petras, June 27, 2018
Video: Syrian Army Liberated Lajat District in Daraa Province By South Front, June 26, 2018
The Saudi-Egyptian Rivalry: How a Football Match Reflects Geopolitical Power Relations By Adeyinka Makinde, June 26, 2018
America’s Assault against Yemen’s Children, the War You Haven’t Heard About By Revolution Newspaper, June 26, 2018
U.S. to Continue to Use White Helmets As Long As the Western Public Accepts Media War Lies By Mark Taliano and The Syria Times, June 26, 2018
Moscow-Riyadh: Balancing Out Washington By Andrew Korybko, June 26, 2018
Are al-Qaeda Affiliates Fighting Alongside U.S. Rebels in Syria’s South? By Sharmine Narwani, June 26, 2018
US Senate Bans Sale of F-35s to Turkey: Dealing with an Unreliable Partner By Peter Korzun, June 26, 2018
Report: Israel Army Has a Plan to Dissect and Occupy Parts of the Gaza Strip By Middle East Monitor, June 26, 2018
Saudi Wahhabism Serves Western Imperialism By Andre Vltchek, June 26, 2018
U.S. Forces Failed Attempts to Seize Territory in Southern Syria. U.S. Backed Al Qaeda Fighter Fleeing from SAA Forces By Eric Zuesse, June 26, 2018
Video: Government Troops Make Rapid Gains in Southern Syria against US Backed Rebels By South Front, June 26, 2018
Nothing Civil About War in Syria, Says Assad By Stephen Lendman, June 25, 2018
Four Presidents Conspired to Give $100 Billion to Israel By Grant Smith, June 25, 2018
Israel’s War on Photographers and Their Images By Hossam Shaker, June 25, 2018
Avalanche: Artists, Athletes, Personalities from All Over the World Are Boycotting Israel! By Defend Democracy Press, June 25, 2018
Is the Government of the State of Israel Working to Strengthen the Jewish Diaspora or to Decimate it? By Hans Stehling, June 25, 2018
How the US, Under Obama, Created Europe’s Refugee Crisis By Eric Zuesse, June 25, 2018
The Defiance that Launched Gaza’s Flaming Kites Cannot be Extinguished By Jonathan Cook, June 25, 2018
Video: Life in Gaza.”The World’s largest Concentration Camp.” By Chris Hedges and Norman Finkelstein, June 24, 2018
Breaking: Russia Officially Enters Southwest Syria Offensive Despite US Warnings By Leith Aboufadel, June 24, 2018
US, Allies Use Fake Evidence to Blame Chemical Attacks on Syria Government: Russia By Press TV, June 24, 2018
Israel Protects the Islamic State, Targets Iraqi Militias Fighting ISIS in Eastern Syria. 20-50 Dead By Marko Marjanović, June 24, 2018
Malaysian-Saudi Relations: A Lesson in the Pitfalls of Authoritarianism and Autocracy By James M. Dorsey, June 24, 2018
Washington Is Using Proxies to Terrorize Syria By Vladimir Kozin, June 24, 2018
Gaza: The World’s Largest Prison By Ghali Hassan, June 24, 2018
War and the Refugee Crisis: The Western Powers Which Bomb Enemy Nations Are Rejecting Their Refugees By Sami Karimi, June 24, 2018
Felicia Langer, A Great German-Israeli Human Rights Lawyer, Passed Away By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, June 23, 2018
A Call for the NDP to Withdraw from the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group By Yves Engler, June 23, 2018
The Douma Gas Attack: A False Flag Operation By Mark Taliano and Fars News Agency, June 23, 2018
Yemen War: Iranian Navy Dispatches Warships to Gulf of Aden By South Front, June 23, 2018
U.S. Double Standards in the Middle East. Washington Backs Terrorists and Extremists By Adel Karim, June 23, 2018
Devastating Humanitarian Crisis: Update on the Situation in Hodeidah, Yemen By Norwegian Refugee Council, June 22, 2018
Trump Regime Endangers World Community. “The Strongest Sanctions in History” against Iran By Stephen Lendman, June 22, 2018
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‘Occupied’ East Jerusalem: Prince William Infuriates Israel with Statement on Royal Visit By RT News, June 22, 2018
US State Department ‘Concerned’ Over Syrian Government Operations in…Syria! Against ISIS and Al Qaeda By Daniel McAdams, June 22, 2018