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.
You Won’t Believe What Former US Ambassador Robert S. Ford Said About al-Qaeda’s Syrian Allies By Daniel McAdams, February 01, 2016
36 Children Die in War-torn Syria from UN Measles Vaccines; Government claims vaccines were intentionally sabotaged By J. D. Heyes, February 01, 2016
Saudi Arabia Bombs Day Care Centre for Blind Children in Yemen, U.S Silent By Ollie Richardson, February 01, 2016
Israel Launches Electronic War Against ‘Global Boycott Movement’ By Middle East Monitor, February 01, 2016
US Responsibility for Iraq’s Devastating Humanitarian Crisis By Stephen Lendman, February 01, 2016
You Have Now Landed in Geneva, Syria By Pepe Escobar, February 01, 2016
Conflicting Reports on Farcical Syrian Peace Talks By Stephen Lendman, February 01, 2016
Western Media Ignores Putin’s Progress in Syria By Mike Whitney, February 01, 2016
Historic Abuse of Iraqi Prisoners By Lesley Docksey, February 01, 2016
Longstanding US-UK Spying on Israeli Military Operations. Israel Also Spies on America… By Stephen Lendman, January 31, 2016
Double Standards: Where Is the West’s Compassion and Condemnation Following Terror Attacks in Middle East? By RT, January 31, 2016
Washington has Lost the Proxy War. US Ambitions to Occupy Syria with Physical Force By Ulson Gunnar, January 30, 2016
Behind Israel’s Campaign to Vilify Peace Groups By Jonathan Cook, January 30, 2016
Farcical Syrian “Peace Talks”: Dead on Arrival By Stephen Lendman, January 30, 2016
“Western Insanity”: Momentum Grows to Bomb Libya Again … This Time against the “Islamic State” (ISIS) By Chris Cole, January 30, 2016
France Ready to Recognise a Palestinian State as Israel Refuses Co-Operation By Anthony Bellchambers, January 30, 2016
Life Sentence for Truth in Media: Turkish Journalists Face Life Sentences after Uncovering Arms Supply to Syria Terrorists By Alwaght, January 29, 2016
CIA, Saudi Funding of Syria Al Qaeda Extremists Greater Than Previously Realized By Sputnik, January 29, 2016
UN Security Council to Consider defining all Israeli Settlements in Occupied Territories as Illegal By Anthony Bellchambers, January 29, 2016
“Al Qaeda Rebels Encircled”: Syrian Arab Army Continues to Liberate Parts of Syria By South Front, January 29, 2016
Pentagon Prepares Another War in Libya By Bill Van Auken, January 29, 2016
Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliated “Opposition” Boycotts Peace Talks in Geneva By nsnbc international, January 29, 2016
The Dirty War on Syria: Washington, Regime Change and Resistance By Prof. Tim Anderson, January 29, 2016
European Governments Step Up Offensive against Refugees By Marianne Arens, January 28, 2016
Israel, US and Turkey Profit from Stolen ISIS Stolen Oil By Stephen Lendman, January 28, 2016
“Fierce Clashes” Between Syrian Arab Army and “Moderate Terrorists”, Retreat of ISIS By South Front, January 28, 2016
Iran: Lifting Sanctions and Coming Betrayal By Tony Cartalucci, January 27, 2016
Ban Ki-Moon’s Duplicitous Criticism of Israel By Stephen Lendman, January 27, 2016
Plight of Syrians on Jordan’s Border Exposes US and European Policy By Jean Shaoul, January 27, 2016
US Planning to Keep Military Forces in Afghanistan for “Decades” By Thomas Gaist, January 27, 2016
‘There is no excuse for terrorism’ Netanyahu tells the UN By Anthony Bellchambers, January 27, 2016
Ahead of Syria “Peace Talks”, Russian Airforce Wipes Out 484 Terrorist Sites, Islamic State (ISIS) Retreats and Redeploys By South Front, January 27, 2016
Israel Continues to Sow the Seeds of Discontent By Jonathan Cook, January 27, 2016
Saudi Arabia Is Killing Civilians With U.S. Bombs By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, January 27, 2016
Egypt: Five Years After the “Arab Spring” By Ghada Chehade, January 27, 2016
Saudi Arabia Stoking Sectarian Conflict as Battle To Succeed King Salman Intensifies By Zayd Alisa, January 27, 2016
Najib of Malaysia and Netanyahu of Israel. Birds of a Feather, Fly Together By Anthony Bellchambers, January 27, 2016
U.S. and Allies Appoint Bin Laden Admirer Zahran Alloush as Negotiator in Syria “Peace Talks” By Eric Zuesse, January 26, 2016
Israel’s military occupation of the Palestine: ‘I’m an Irishman in the West Bank helping Kids get to School through Checkpoints’ By Alex J. Dunne, January 26, 2016
On Eve of Syria “Peace Talks,” Washington Threatens Escalation Across Region By Bill Van Auken, January 26, 2016
Save the Bedouins of the Negev from the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and the Israeli Government By Rabbi Arik Ascherman, January 26, 2016
Pentagon Plans for Renewed War in Libya By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 26, 2016
Military Escalation: Expanding US-NATO Presence inside Syria. American Boots on the Ground By South Front, January 25, 2016
Egypt’s Revolution: Creative Destruction For A ‘Greater Middle East’? By F. William Engdahl, January 25, 2016
Five Years After Tahrir Square, Egypt’s Police State Worse Than Ever By Lauren McCauley, January 25, 2016
Media More Outraged by “Possible Murder” by Putin Than “Definite Murder” by Obama By Matt Peppe, January 25, 2016
On Eve of Syria “Peace Talks,” Washington Threatens Escalation across Region By Bill Van Auken, January 25, 2016
Is Saudi Arabia on the Brink of Regime Change? By Petr Lvov, January 25, 2016
Netanyahu, the Hopeless Liar: The Unspoken Objective is to Force Palestinians to Leave their Homeland By Khalid Amayreh, January 25, 2016
“US Needs Help to Disentangle from Syrian Misadventure” By Habilian, January 24, 2016
Towards a Geopolitical Shift? China’s President Xi Jinping in Tehran By Stephen Lendman, January 24, 2016
The Paris Meeting of Conspirators in Support of Syria’s “Moderate Terrorists”: Talks Filled With Sinful Crime. By Christopher Black, January 24, 2016
Yemen: Around 400 Blackwater Mercenaries Fighting for Saudi-Led Coalition By Sputnik, January 24, 2016
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What’s Really Going on with Oil? By F. William Engdahl, January 24, 2016
Israeli Rabbi Calls for Execution Of All Palestinians By Press TV, January 24, 2016
America and Turkey begin Ground Invasion of Syria. How Will Russia Respond? By Donbass International News Agency, January 24, 2016
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Britain’s “Creative Clout”: Arms Sales and “Advice on Killing” in Yemen By Felicity Arbuthnot, January 23, 2016
Video: Syria, Surrender of Al Qaeda “Moderate Rebels” in Damascus Province By South Front, January 23, 2016
Israel Razes EU-Built West Bank Humanitarian Buildings, Announces Land Grab By Sputnik, January 23, 2016
Chinese President Xi Jinping Backs Palestinian State Leaving Netanyahu Redundant and Isolated By Anthony Bellchambers, January 23, 2016
Ten Facts Everyone Needs To Know About Israel By Anthony Bellchambers, January 23, 2016
British Doctors Accuse Israel of “Medical Torture” By Stephen Lendman, January 22, 2016
China Backs Establishment of Independent State of Palestine with Jerusalem as Its Capital By Press TV, January 22, 2016
Video: Britain’s Growing Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia By Press TV, January 22, 2016
The Solution is to Eradicate ISIS and Al Qaeda: Syrian Peace Will Be Decided on the Battlefield, Not in Vienna By Tony Cartalucci, January 22, 2016
Turkish Invasion Threat Escalates Syrian Conflict By Bill Van Auken, January 22, 2016
This photo shows a formation of US Navy F-18E Super Hornets in flight after receiving fuel from aKC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq, on September 23, 2014. ©AFP
US Mission Creep in Iraq and Syria. American Boots on the Ground “to Fight the Islamic State”? By Stephen Lendman, January 22, 2016
Anglo-American Merchants of Death and Destruction. Multibillion Dollar Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia By Stephen Lendman, January 22, 2016
Militarization in Yemen. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Mobilizes By South Front, January 21, 2016
Baghdad Kidnappings: Were American Mercenaries working for US Defence Giant on ‘Critical’ Iraq Special Forces Programme? By Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black, January 21, 2016
To the Rescue of ISIS: Turkey Prepares Ground Invasion of Syria By South Front, January 21, 2016
Al Qaeda Militants in Aleppo, Syria, got reinforcements from Turkey – Russian Foreign Ministry By RT, January 21, 2016
German Defence Minister Announces Military Intervention in Libya By Dietmar Henning and Johannes Stern, January 21, 2016
“Staggering” Violence in Iraq: The Legacy of US War and Occupation By Bill Van Auken, January 21, 2016
Israel Spraying Toxins Over Palestinian Crops in Gaza By Belal Aldabbour, January 21, 2016
Foreign Policy Diary By South Front, January 21, 2016
The Scale of the Slaughter: Passive Reporting vs Scientific Mortality Studies By Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 20, 2016
Israeli Minister Secretly Visits UAE amid ‘Shared Concerns’ on Iran: Report By Press TV, January 20, 2016
Heavy Clashes Against ISIS in Deir Ezzor. Syrian Forces Target Al Nusra By South Front, January 19, 2016
The New York Times’s Double Standard on Iran’s Nuclear Program By Matt Peppe, January 19, 2016