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.
Dumb Donald Thinks He’s Pulled the Plug on ISIS and Al-Qaida (and the CIA?) By Glen Ford, June 10, 2017
Understanding the Geopolitics of Terrorism By Bill Van Auken, June 09, 2017
How Britain Helped Create ISIS By Steven MacMillan, June 09, 2017
Video: Pressure on Terrorists in the Remaining ISIS Held Areas, Liberation of Western Iraq By South Front, June 09, 2017
Fighting Terrorism Is at the Top of the Agenda at the SCO Summit in Astana By Sophie Mangal, June 09, 2017
US “Jihadi Express”: Indonesia – Afghanistan – Syria – Philippines By Andre Vltchek, June 09, 2017
Iraqi Forces Carrying Out Tortures in Mosul Mostly Supervised by US – Security Official By RT News, June 09, 2017
Fifty Years Later: Myths and Facts About the Six Day War By Richard Becker, June 09, 2017
Who Was Behind the Tehran Terrorist Attacks? By Stephen Lendman, June 08, 2017
US-Backed Forces Enter Syrian City of Raqqa By Bill Van Auken, June 08, 2017
Punishing Qatar By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 08, 2017
The Continuing Linkage Between Israel and Today’s Terrorism By Anthony Bellchambers, June 08, 2017
Both London and Manchester Terrorists Linked to UK Covert Operations in Syria and Libya By Mark Curtis, June 08, 2017
Trump’s Sword Dance Sets Off the War of the Wahhabis By Pepe Escobar, June 08, 2017
Western Sanctions Hit Syrian Medical Services and Hospitals, Aggravate Humanitarian Crisis By Firas Samuri, June 08, 2017
The USS Liberty: Israel’s Unspoken Role, A Test for Americans By Phil Restino, June 08, 2017
Washington Uses Kurds to “Liberate” Raqqah from ISIS Terrorists By Anna Jaunger, June 08, 2017
Video: The Battle for Raqqah: US-led Coalition Bombs Syria Government Forces By South Front, June 08, 2017
The Saudis Demand Total Surrender but Qatar Will Not Fold By Moon of Alabama, June 08, 2017
Israel’s Liberty Attack Did Not Begin or End in 1967 By Free Palestine Movement, June 08, 2017
The Machiavellian Plot to Provoke Saudi Arabia and Qatar into a “Blood Border” War By Andrew Korybko, June 08, 2017
Diplomatic Conspiracy Against Qatar, The Funding of Terrorism in Syria? The Real Reasons? By Sophie Mangal, June 07, 2017
Six-Day War, 50-Year Occupation — What Really Happened in June 1967? By Norman Finkelstein and IMEMC, June 07, 2017
When Will the Israeli Left Accept the Occupation Started in 1948, Not 1967? By Rami Younis, June 07, 2017
Gulf States Launch Naval Blockade Of Qatar By Zero Hedge, June 07, 2017
Breaking: Islamic State Claims Twin Attacks on Iran Parliament and Khomeini’s Tomb By Middle East Eye, June 07, 2017
“Forget Terrorism”: The Real Reason Behind the Qatar Crisis Is Natural Gas By Zero Hedge, June 07, 2017
The Amnesty Decree for Militants at Work for Syrian People’s Benefit By Sophie Mangal, June 06, 2017
Who Will Control the Situation in Syria’s “De-Escalation Zones”? By Anna Jaunger, June 06, 2017
Five Things You Need to Know About What’s Going on with Qatar By Adam Garrie, June 06, 2017
Why the London Terror Attack Happened Now. Terrorism is the Use of Indiscriminate Violence for Political Ends By Jonathan Cook, June 06, 2017
United States Foreign Policy Toward Africa Since World War II By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 06, 2017
Remembering the U.S.S. Liberty By Philip Giraldi, June 06, 2017
Saudi Arabia and the Doctrine of Global Islamist Terror By Adeyinka Makinde, June 06, 2017
The Arab American Left and Palestine: The Untold Story By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, June 06, 2017
ISIS Was “Allegedly” Behind the London Bridge Attacks, Who Is Behind ISIS? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, June 06, 2017
Video: ISIS Maskanah Stronghold Liberated, Syrian Army Moves against Islamic State in Raqqa Province By South Front, June 06, 2017
Subjugate Qatar into Client State Status: “The GCC States Led by Saudi Arabia Will Collapse into Oblivion” By Moon of Alabama, June 06, 2017
“Going After” the Islamic State. Guess Who is Behind the Caliphate Project? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, June 05, 2017
London Bridge Terror Attack: Human Tragedy, Hypocrisy, Double Standards, Double Dealing, By Felicity Arbuthnot, June 05, 2017
Palestine’s West Bank: Fifty Years of Immoral Occupation By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, June 05, 2017
The Saudi Hand in British Foreign Policy By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 05, 2017
Haven’t We Had Enough of Afghanistan? By Justin Raimondo, June 04, 2017
The Solution is in the Hands of the People of Afghanistan: The US Must Leave for Peace to Reign in Afghanistan By RAWA and Edu Montesanti, June 04, 2017
‘Literal Colonialism’: Blackwater Founder Calls for ‘American Viceroy’ to Rule Afghanistan By Jake Johnson, June 04, 2017
Permanent Warfare Sustained by Media Propaganda By John Stanton, June 04, 2017
The Geopolitical Grand Chessmaster: The Legacy of Zbigniew Brzezinski By Michael Welch, Jay Dyer, Andrew Korybko, and John Helmer, June 04, 2017
Breaking: ISIS Retreat, Syrian Army Advances in Eastern Aleppo and Southeastern Desert By South Front, June 03, 2017
Bahraini Court Convicts Shiites’ Spiritual Leader as Trump Meets King Hamad By Alwaght, June 03, 2017
What The Kabul Terror Attack Tells of Afghanistan’s Future? Pretext for Enhanced US Military Presence. Media Disinformation Goes into High Gear By Sami Karimi, June 03, 2017
50th Anniversary of Israel’s Infamous USS Liberty Attack By Stephen Lendman, June 03, 2017
Escalated US War on Syria Likely By Stephen Lendman, June 02, 2017
War Crimes Suit Filed in Switzerland against Former Israeli Minister By Simon Bradley, June 02, 2017
The Real Story of Zbigniew Brzezinski That the Media Isn’t Telling By Darius Shahtahmasebi, June 02, 2017
Israel’s Occupation Is Morally Indefensible By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, June 02, 2017
“Mad Dog” Mattis Shows His Bite on Face the Nation By Ray McGovern, June 02, 2017
Video: Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) Prepare for Further Advances against ISIS By South Front, June 02, 2017
US Embassy in Israel Reportedly to Remain in Tel Aviv By Stephen Lendman, June 02, 2017
Islamic State in Asia: Saudi-Funding and Naive Policymakers Endanger Region By Joseph Thomas, June 01, 2017
Israel Has No Legal Right to Offer Land Tenders in West Bank By PNN, June 01, 2017
The Military-Industrial Complex is in Love with Trump By Steven MacMillan, June 01, 2017
The New York Times Video Analysis of the Events in Khan Sheikhoun April 4 2017 Attack: NONE of the Cited Forensic Evidence Supports the Claims By Dr. Theodore Postol, June 01, 2017
War and Terrorism: What’s Behind the Massive Kabul Blast? “ISIS Claimed Responsibility” By Stephen Lendman, June 01, 2017
The “Liberation” of Mosul: Another Fallujah, Dresden – or Hiroshima? By Felicity Arbuthnot, June 01, 2017
Keeping Secrets: Theresa May, Manchester and the Corporate Media By Alison Banville, June 01, 2017
Former ICC Official Says Israel Will Be Convicted of War Crimes By Middle East Monitor, June 01, 2017
Video: Tensions Grow as ISIS Collapses in Syria and Iraq By South Front, June 01, 2017
British Intelligence Received Prior Warnings that Manchester Bomber Was Plotting Attacks By Laura Tiernan, June 01, 2017
NATO Launches Its Own Operation in the Middle East By Peter Korzun, June 01, 2017
World Watches as Yemen Descends into Total Collapse By Middle East Eye, May 31, 2017
Terror in Britain: What Did the Prime Minister Know? By John Pilger, May 31, 2017
What Is Trump’s Middle East Doctrine and How China, Russia and Iran Are Dealing with It By Federico Pieraccini, May 31, 2017
Prime Minister Trudeau does not Conflate Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism By Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin, May 31, 2017
How Israeli Moves in Jerusalem Are Scotching Trump’s ‘Ultimate Deal’ By Jonathan Cook, May 30, 2017
Britain’s General Election 2017 – Peace Policies and Foreign Follies By Political Concern, May 30, 2017
Iran and the 9/11 Attacks By Eric Zuesse, May 30, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Tiger Forces Prevail against ISIS in Aleppo By South Front, May 30, 2017
U.S. Wants Control Over Anbar and Beyond – Iraq and Syria Will Prevent It By Moon of Alabama, May 30, 2017
Prior Knowledge of Attack: Truth Revealed: British Intelligence Received Warnings of Manchester Bomber Attack from US By Laura Tiernan, May 30, 2017
US Military Aggression against Syria: US Drops Leaflets in Tanf to Warn Syrian Military Not to Advance, Orders Retreat By Brandon Turbeville, May 30, 2017