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.
Public Support for Turkey’s Erdogan More Suspect Than Real By Stephen Lendman, July 18, 2016
Saudi NGOs Send Cash to ISIS Under Guise of “Helping Fallujah Children”: Iraq UN Envoy By Fars News Agency, July 18, 2016
Turkey’s Failed Coup: “A Gift from God” or from Washington? By Tony Cartalucci, July 18, 2016
Why The Failed Turkish Coup Attempt Wasn’t A “False Flag” Power Grab By Erdogan By Andrew Korybko, July 18, 2016
Turkey Accuses US of Being Behind Failed Military Coup, Demands Extradition of Cleric Gulen By Zero Hedge, July 18, 2016
Three Helicopters sent to ‘Kill or Capture’ Erdogan at Hotel During Coup, Leaks say By Karim El-Bar, July 18, 2016
Post- Coup Turkey will be Distinctly Eurasian By Andrew Korybko, July 17, 2016
Coup Against Wannabe-Sultan Erdogan Failed – Beware The Aftermath By Moon of Alabama, July 17, 2016
Turkey, Coup Plots and Tinpot Tyrants By David Morgan, July 17, 2016
Erdogan’s Purge: Pro-Government Islamist Mobs Torture and Murder in Streets of Turkey By 21st Century Wire, July 17, 2016
Military Coups, Turkey and Flimsy Democracy By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 17, 2016
Ukraine, Syria and the New Cold War With Roger Annis and Chris Cook on the Global Research News Hour (GRNH) By Michael Welch, Roger Annis, and Chris Cook, July 17, 2016
Failed Military Coup in Turkey Strengthens Autocratic Erdogan By nsnbc international, July 16, 2016
Five Revelations From the 9/11 Joint Inquiry’s 28 Pages By Kevin Ryan, July 16, 2016
Failed Military Coup in Turkey: Chaos and Political Instability By Ulson Gunnar, July 16, 2016
Elite Impunity and the Chilcot Report – Will Tony Blair Ever Go to Jail? By Dr. Arshad M. Khan, July 16, 2016
Turkey’s Attempted Military Coup d’Etat against President Erdogan By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 16, 2016
Video: Fierce Fighting in Aleppo. Syria Government Seeks Encircling Terrorist Forces. Islamic State (ISIS) Shoots Down Syrian Government Mi-24 Gunship Helicopter By Brian Betts and Daniel Deiss, July 15, 2016
On the 58th Anniversary of the Iraqi Revolution. The 1958 Revolution Ended Four Decades of British Domination By Richard Becker, July 15, 2016
Evolving History of the Anglo-American Alliance: Tony Blair’s Policy on Iraq versus Harold Wilson’s on Vietnam By Nathan Allonby, July 14, 2016
The War We Forgot to End: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan? By Eli Massey, July 14, 2016
US Hostility Toward Iran Persists. Billions of Dollars of Iranian Assets Remain Frozen By Stephen Lendman, July 14, 2016
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad © SANA / Reuters
Video: President Bashar Al-Assad: “The Supporters of those Terrorists …Have the Endorsement of Some Western countries Including the U.S” By SANA, July 14, 2016
Bush-Blair and The Great Iraq War Fraud By Medialens, July 14, 2016
Historic Law Suit Against Barack Obama: White House Argues that Funding The War against Syria and Iraq Makes War Legal By Nika Knight, July 14, 2016
Terrorism with a “Human Face”: The History of America’s Death Squads By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 14, 2016
Video: Russian Strategic Bombers Strike ISIS in Syria By South Front, July 13, 2016
Video: Syrian Army Advancing in Aleppo City. Turkish Military Advisers in Al Qaeda Affiliated Forces? By South Front, July 13, 2016
Syria Shocker: John Kerry Torpedoes US ‘Moderate Rebel’ Narrative By Vanessa Beeley, July 13, 2016
U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebels Committing War Crimes, Torture, Abductions; Imposing Harsh Sharia Law: Report By South Front, July 13, 2016
The Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh) Received Secret Funding from Gulf states: British Parliament Report By Rori Donaghy, July 13, 2016
Video: Syrian War Report: Heavy Clashes in Aleppo City. Al Nusra Orders Massive Shellings of Residential Areas By South Front, July 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Libyan Fingerprints By Larry Johnson, July 12, 2016
Report from Greece’s Kos Island: The Daily Harassment and Social Plight of the Refugees By Luisa Weber, July 12, 2016
One Country’s Disturbing Project to Build a Complete DNA Databank of Every Citizen and Foreign Visitor Is Already Underway By Ava Kofman, July 12, 2016
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad © SANA / Reuters
President Bashar Al-Assad Accuses West of Sponsoring Terrorism By Al-Masdar News, July 11, 2016
British Air Strikes in Iraq and Syria increase by 85%, More than 15,000 Coalition Strikes By Chris Cole, July 11, 2016
ICC Investigates Allegations of “Abuses” by British Forces In Iraq, But Not Tony Blair By Samuel Oakford, July 11, 2016
The Bloodiest Ramadan Month on Record: ISIS Linked to Multiple Terror Attacks. But Who is Behind ISIS? By Joachim Hagopian, July 11, 2016
Syrian War Report: Syrian Army Cuts Off Militants Supply Line to Aleppo By South Front, July 11, 2016
Israel Remains Faithful to the Fundamental Ideology of Zionism By Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin, July 10, 2016
Libya: The Return of Saif Gaddafi By Richard Galustian, July 10, 2016
Hillary Emails, Gold Dinars and Arab Springs By F. William Engdahl, July 10, 2016
Revealed: Leaked Tapes Expose Western Support for Renegade Libyan General By Karim El-Bar, July 10, 2016
US Mission to Train Syrian “Opposition Forces” Goes Awry By Alex Gorka, July 10, 2016
Bush, Blair Should Be Tried as War Criminals for Iraq War: Egypt’s Parliament By Gamal Essam El-Din, July 10, 2016
President of the Philippines: “It is the US that Imported Terrorism Into the Middle East!” By Middle East News Agency, July 09, 2016
Chilcot’s Blind Spot: Iraq War Report Buries Oil Evidence, Fails to Address Motive. Why did the UK go to War? By David Whyte and Greg Muttitt, July 09, 2016
A Primer: USAID and US Hegemony By Tony Cartalucci, July 09, 2016
Video: Who is Behind the ISIS? Michel Chossudovsky By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 08, 2016
Pakistan’s Military-Industrial Complex: Providing Nuclear Warheads to Saudi Arabia? By Nauman Sadiq, July 08, 2016
Crimes Against Peace: The Chilcot Inquiry, Tony Blair and Iraq By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 07, 2016
Satrap Guilt: Australia, Iraq and the Chilcot Inquiry By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 07, 2016
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From Winston Churchill to Tony Blair: How British Leaders Destroyed Iraq for over a Century By Garikai Chengu, July 07, 2016
Chilcot Report Postmortems: No Nuremberg-Style War Crimes Followup? By Stephen Lendman, July 07, 2016
Russia Deploys More Airpower to Syria: It’s Aircraft Carrier will Conduct Air Strikes against ISIS-Daesh and Al Qaeda By South Front, July 06, 2016
Turkey on the Ropes By The Saker, July 05, 2016
Terror Attacks Shake US-Backed Baghdad Regime By Thomas Gaist, July 05, 2016
Carnage in Istanbul, Dhaka and Baghdad. Who are the Masterminds behind ISIS-Daesh Terrorism? By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, July 05, 2016
Video: Syria War Report, Towards a US-Russia Deal? By South Front, July 04, 2016
Whitewashing Libya: US House Report on Benghazi Reveals Nothing, Hides Everything By Eric Draitser, July 04, 2016
Jeremy Corbyn: Jews Must Not Be Blamed “for the Actions of Israel or the Netanyahu Government” By Jonathan Cook, July 04, 2016
Canada’s Foreign Policy: “Copy and Paste” of Washington’s War Crimes Agenda By Mark Taliano, July 04, 2016
Bashar Al Assad Interview: Western Nations are Supporting the Terrorists. US Counter-Terrorism Campaign is Bogus By Bashar al Assad, July 04, 2016
The Pentagon’s “Salvador Option”: The Deployment of Death Squads in Iraq and Syria By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 03, 2016
Syria’s Jaysh al-Islam “Opposition” Group Which Washington Refused to Add to Terror List Shells UN Convoy By Sputnik, July 02, 2016
The Rule of Law and the Politics of Fear: Lawyer Dennis Edney Canada Day Special By Michael Welch, July 02, 2016
Coincidence? US State Department Renews Travel Warning Day Before Istanbul Attacks By Vanessa Beeley, June 30, 2016
Another U.S. Proxy Force Defeated By ISIS – Incompetent Training or Intent? By Moon of Alabama, June 30, 2016
The ‘Dissent’ Memo That Isn’t: Calling for “A More Militarily Assertive US Role” in Syria, The Memo Had the Blessing of the U.S State Department including John Kerry By Gareth Porter, June 30, 2016
Video: Tense Situation Around Aleppo. Terrorists Counter-offensive. Heavy Clashes with ISIS Militants By South Front, June 30, 2016
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Downing of Russia’s Warplane: Turkey’s “Apology” to be Tested on Syria’s Border By Ulson Gunnar, June 29, 2016
Obama’s AFRICOM Nominee Will Seek Authority to Assassinate By Ann Garrison, June 29, 2016
Mass Casualties at Istanbul’s Airport From Suicide Bombing. Turkish Prime Minister Blames ISIS-Daesh By Sputnik, June 29, 2016
Turkish Police’s Secret Reports Confirm Arms Shipment to Terrorists in Syria By Fars News Agency, June 29, 2016
The Saudis Have Lost the Oil War By F. William Engdahl, June 29, 2016
Video: Al Nusra Offensive in Syria’s Latakia Province. CIA Weapons for “Moderate Terrorists” By South Front, June 29, 2016
Genocidal Corporate Media By Mark Taliano, June 29, 2016
Video: Syrian SAA Military Operations Supported by Russia against Terrorists in Aleppo Province By South Front, June 28, 2016
War Crimes Iraq: Chilcot Report Countdown – at Last Zero Hour Approaches By Ian Hernon, June 28, 2016