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: Syrian Army Carries Out Anti-ISIS Operation in Eastern Al-Suwayda By South Front, June 08, 2018
Venezuela: Vanguard of a New World. Iran to Follow in the Same Footsteps? By Peter Koenig, June 08, 2018
US Military
How Washington Has Lost Its Way By Philip Giraldi, June 08, 2018
Trump’s Withdrawal from the Iran Deal Is Partially a Power Play Against the EU By Andrew Korybko, June 07, 2018
Apartheid in Action: Israeli Parliament Blocks Vote on “Equal Rights for All” By Richard Becker, June 07, 2018
Video: Kurdish Leadership Declares Readiness for Direct Negotiations with Damascus By South Front, June 07, 2018
Voices from Syria. Baroness Cox and Revd David Thomas By Baroness Caroline Cox and Revd David Thomas, June 07, 2018
Ex-CIA Officer Lists Three Reasons Why Netanyahu’s EU Charm Offensive Failed By Philip Giraldi and Sputnik, June 07, 2018
He Lives! Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s First Foreign Trip Since His Disappearance Will be to Moscow By Andrew Korybko, June 07, 2018
Argentinian Footballers Cancel Match with Israel, Infuriating Netanyahu By Stephen Lendman, June 07, 2018
“We Cannot Defy the US”: EU Oil Refiners Fold to Trump, Will Stop Buying Iran Crude By Zero Hedge, June 07, 2018
Israel Scores Painful Own Goal in Run-up to the World Cup. Argentina Cancels “Friendly” Match with Israel By James M. Dorsey, June 07, 2018
The West Is Turning a Blind Eye to the Gaza Massacre By Jeremy Corbyn, June 07, 2018
In Unanimous Vote, House Says No Legal Right to Attack Iran By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, June 07, 2018
Video: The US-Turkey Roadmap for Northern Syria. Kurdish YPG Forces Withdraw from Manbij By South Front, June 06, 2018
Israel
All Gazan Casualties Are Intentional, Not Accidental By Stephen Lendman, June 06, 2018
Putin’s Endgame in Syria: Victory or Stalemate? By Adeyinka Makinde, June 06, 2018
The Raw Truth About the UK’s Special Relationship with Israel By Mark Curtis, June 06, 2018
Russia Building the Trans-Arabian Railway Will Make the Saudis More Multipolar By Andrew Korybko, June 06, 2018
Video: Roadmap for Manbij, Explosion Near US-French Military Base in Northern Syria By South Front, June 06, 2018
Canadian News Fabricators regarding the So-called “Syrian Opposition” By Mark Taliano, June 06, 2018
Russia’s Putin and Israel’s Netanyahu Negotiate… About What? By Rick Sterling and Ann Garrison, June 06, 2018
Palestinian Courage Should Spur International Action By Rick Sterling, June 06, 2018
Amnesty Report: US-Led Coalition Killed Hundreds of Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa By Prof. Scott Lucas, June 05, 2018
Video: Syrian Government, SDF Reach Agreement on Omar Oil Field By South Front, June 05, 2018
War on Syria
Syria’s Upcoming Constitutional Commission Will be About “Decentralization” By Andrew Korybko, June 05, 2018
IDF on Murder of Razan al-Najjar: She Was Killed “in Accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.” (True Enough) By Norman Finkelstein, June 05, 2018
The Interminable Palestinian Uprising By Barbara Nimri Aziz, June 05, 2018
Extensive War Crimes: The U.S. Is Responsible for the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Raqqa By Firas Samuri, June 05, 2018
The Palestinian Struggle: In Memory of Razan al-Najjar By Orly Noy, June 05, 2018
While Palestinian Paramedic Razan Lost Her Life, US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley “Lost Her Humanity” By Prof. Kamel Hawwash, June 04, 2018
Russia Hints ISIS-Linked Militants Operating in US Controlled Zones in Syria By Brandon Turbeville, June 04, 2018
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