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.
Netanyahu Vows Continued War on Syria By Stephen Lendman, March 22, 2017
Israel’s Illegal Occupation Most Malignant in the World, Says UN Rapporteur By Middle East Monitor, March 22, 2017
America Seeks to Destroy Syrian Civilization, Replace it With Terrorism and Ignorance By Mark Taliano, March 22, 2017
The International Community Must Bring an End to Israel’s Illegal Occupation of Palestine By Edu Montesanti, March 21, 2017
Video: Russia’s Military Presence in Northern Syria, in Kurdish YPG-held Area By South Front, March 21, 2017
President Al-Assad: We Are Ready To Discuss Anything Including Constitution, Defending Borders Is Our Right By SANA, March 21, 2017
Apartheid Israel By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, March 21, 2017
“The Islamic State” (ISIS) is Made in America: The Pentagon had Planned the Fall of Mosul and Ramadi in 2012 By Steven Chovanec, March 21, 2017
Israel Claims Airstrikes on Damascus
Israel Escalating Aggression In Syria By Stephen Lendman, March 20, 2017
Israel: America’s Mad Dog in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, March 20, 2017
Why The UN Branded Israel An Apartheid State By Prof. Juan Cole, March 20, 2017
‘Americans Are On Our Side’: Al-Nusra Commander Says US Arming Jihadists Via Third Countries By RT, March 20, 2017
Palestine and Israel: Instead Of Celebrating The Balfour Declaration, Britain Should Be Ashamed Of What It Did By Sharif Nashashibi, March 20, 2017
Israel Owns The UN As Well As The US? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, March 20, 2017
Palestine: Resistance against Occupation, Colonialism and Apartheid By Hatem Abudayyeh and Edu Montesanti, March 20, 2017
The Complete Censored ESCWA Report: “Israel Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid” By Prof. Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley, March 19, 2017
Israel’s Crime of Apartheid: UN Agency Head’s Forced Resignation By Stephen Lendman, March 19, 2017
Israel’s Crime of Apartheid: Text of Resignation Letter by ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf By Jadaliyya Reports, March 19, 2017
Coverup of Humanitarian Disaster in Mosul By Stephen Lendman, March 19, 2017
Which “War Torn” Country? – U.S. Slaughter In Somalia, Yemen And Syria By Moon of Alabama, March 18, 2017
White Helmets Movie: Fake ‘Lifesaving’ and Malpractices on Children By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, March 18, 2017
“I Stand by my Assessment that Israel is Committing the Crime of Apartheid,” Head of UN Body Resigns Following Pressure from UN Secretary-General Guterres To Withdraw Critical Report By Middle East Eye, March 18, 2017
Censorship of UN Report Calling Israel an “Apartheid Regime”. Backlash of Pro-Israeli Lobby By Stephen Lendman, March 18, 2017
Syria: The Psyop of the So-called “Moderate Terrorists” By Mark Taliano, March 18, 2017
Video: Collapse of the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh), Geopolitical Standoff in Post-ISIS Middle East By South Front, March 18, 2017
Video: ISIS Defenses Collapsing Across Syria By South Front, March 18, 2017
The West’s “Anti-Islamic Terrorists” By Mark Taliano and Sarah Abed, March 18, 2017
What War Are We Buying With Another $58 Billion for the Military? By William Boardman, March 18, 2017
US Admits Strike on ‘Al-Qaeda meeting’ in Syria Amid reports of deadly Mosque Attack Nearby By RT News, March 18, 2017
The Kagans Are Back; Wars to Follow By Robert Parry, March 16, 2017
Third Time’s The Charm – The Neocons Want Another “Sunni Insurgency” By Moon of Alabama, March 16, 2017
Faking It: How the Media Manipulates the World into War By James Corbett, March 16, 2017
Corporate Media Exposed For Reporting Syria Misinformation. Canadian Journalist Eva Bartlett By Brandon Turbeville, March 16, 2017
Protecting The Terrorists? US Forces Evacuate ISIS-Daesh Commanders By Fars News Agency, March 16, 2017
Washington Says Russia’s Condemnation of Damascus Bomb Attacks is Unfair to Al Qaeda Suicide Bombers By Russia Insider, March 16, 2017
Military Escalation: Why Trump’s Syria ‘Surge’ Will Fail By Rep. Ron Paul, March 15, 2017
Video: Power Struggle in Aleppo Province, Confrontation of Pro-Turkish and Syrian Government Forces, Unpublicized Russian-US Cooperation By South Front, March 15, 2017
NATO Weapons to Al Qaeda Near Damascus, Seized by Government Forces By Arabi Souri, March 15, 2017
US Troops to Iraq and Syria: More “Middle East Madness” as Trump Prepares to March By Eric Margolis, March 15, 2017
Video: Syrian SAA Forces And Russian Aerospace Against ISIS-Daesh Terrorists in Palmyra Countryside By South Front, March 15, 2017
Criminalizing Free Expression in Israel By Stephen Lendman, March 14, 2017
Imminent Starvation Resulting from US Led Wars: UN Officials Warn of Worst Famine Crisis Since World War II By Patrick Martin, March 14, 2017
Letter to My Friend in Damascus. The Recently Announced American Invasion into Your Country By Barbara Nimri Aziz, March 14, 2017
Turkey’s Erdogan Wants Northern Syria and Iraq Annexed By Stephen Lendman, March 13, 2017
Insurgency, Counter-insurgency and Terrorism in Pakistan By Nauman Sadiq, March 13, 2017
A Flawed UN Investigation on Syria, “Based on Account by Pro-rebel Syrian “White Helmets” That was Full of Contradictions” By Gareth Porter, March 12, 2017
Syria, Yemen, Iraq,..: Greater US Aggression Under Trump Coming? By Stephen Lendman, March 12, 2017
Russia -Turkey Diplomatic Rapprochement, A Headache for the EU and US? By Michael Werbowski, March 12, 2017
Turkey’s Tyrannical Rule, Erdogan’s “Democratic Dictatorship” By Stephen Lendman, March 12, 2017
Eurasia: The Strategic Triangle that Is Changing the World By Federico Pieraccini, March 12, 2017
Syrian Forces Preparing for Big Move against Al Qaeda and ISIS. US Forces to the Rescue of the Terrorists? By Moon of Alabama, March 12, 2017
‘Bomb the Sh*t Out Of Them!’ – Trump Drones Yemen More in One Week Than Obama in a Year By Daniel McAdams, March 11, 2017
Syria: Towards a Clash of US and Turkish Forces? By Anna Jaunger, March 11, 2017
President Al-Assad: “Foreign Troops Coming to Syria without Permission Are Invaders” By Bashar al Assad, March 11, 2017
Protecting the Terrorists: US Forces Come to the Rescue of ISIS Commanders in Iraq By Fars News Agency, March 11, 2017
“Afghanistan – As Only Love Could Hurt” By Andre Vltchek, March 10, 2017
Syria: Dangerous Fracture in US, Turkey and Russian Interests, as Operation to Oust ISIS from Raqqa Begins By Patrick Henningsen, March 10, 2017
Yemenis
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Made in Britain, Tested on Yemenis: The Reality of Working for the “Bomb-makers” By Areeb Ullah, March 10, 2017
Video: Syrian Government Forces Crash ISIS In Aleppo, Aim Raqqah By South Front, March 09, 2017
Syrian War Report: ISIS Defenses Collapsing in Aleppo Province By South Front, March 09, 2017
Erdogan: The Sultan Of An Illusionary Ottoman Empire By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, March 09, 2017
Moscow Diplomacy and the Geopolitical Balance of Power in the Middle East By South Front, March 09, 2017
Civilians in Iraq “Die by Mistake” as a Result of US Air Raids, Humanitarian Catastrophe in Mosul By Firas Samuri, March 09, 2017
Protests Erupt in Idlib as Turkey Steals Syrian Land with New Border Wall By Paul Antonopoulos, March 09, 2017
Swedish Doctors for Human Rights: White Helmets Video, Macabre Manipulation of Dead Children and Staged Chemical Weapons Attack to Justify a “No-Fly Zone” in Syria By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, March 08, 2017
Discussion of the Syrian Constitution: Preliminary Results By Sophie Mangal, March 08, 2017
Trump’s New Travel Ban, Demonization of Muslims By Stephen Lendman, March 08, 2017
Palestinian Women – One for All, All for One By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, March 08, 2017
Syrian War Report: Military Escalation In Northern Syria, Turkey’s Fights US Supported YPG By South Front, March 08, 2017
Syrian War Report: Government Forces Rapidly Advancing In Aleppo Province By South Front, March 08, 2017
Israel’s Biggest Crime against Palestine Is Occupation Itself By Daoud Kuttab and Edu Montesanti, March 08, 2017
Israel’s Welcome now Reserved only for Jews who Back Netanyahu By Jonathan Cook, March 07, 2017
No Such Thing as Humanitarian Terrorists, Analyst Says of the White Helmets By Prof. Tim Anderson, March 06, 2017
Syria’s Water Cut off by Turkey Following McCain, Erdogan Meeting By Whitney Webb, March 06, 2017
Empire Uses Kurds as Pawns in its Imperial Pursuits in Syria By Sarah Abed and Mark Taliano, March 05, 2017
Chinese Diplomat Unmasks “Hypocritical” Slams against China’s Veto on Syria Sanctions By Huan Xiang, March 05, 2017
New US Strategy against ISIS and War in Syria. What to Expect? By South Front, March 05, 2017
Syrian War Report: US-Backed Forces Surrender Wide Areas Near Manbij to Syrian Army By South Front, March 05, 2017
Yemen Hit with Unprecedented Number of US Drone, Air Strikes By Jack Serle and Jessica Purkiss, March 05, 2017
Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration Barring Muslims: Interview with Civil Rights Leader Hatem Abudayyeh By Hatem Abudayyeh and Edu Montesanti, March 04, 2017