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.
Turkey’s Downing of Russia’s Aircraft: Was it Coordinated with the US Joint Chiefs of Staff? By Tony Cartalucci, December 03, 2015
Russia versus NATO’s Gladio 2.0: “Turkish Jihad” from China to Syria By Joe Quinn, December 03, 2015
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“Russia should be Applauded… Our Government is Unwilling to Confront the Terrorist Offensive”: US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher By Dana Rohrabacher, December 03, 2015
The US-Russia Proxy War in Syria By Ray McGovern, December 03, 2015
Britain Launches Naked Aggression on Syria, on the Phoney Pretext of Combating ISIS By Stephen Lendman, December 03, 2015
With US Help, Saudi Arabia Is Obliterating Yemen By Sharif Abdel Kouddous, December 03, 2015
International day of Solidarity with Palestine: Looking Back, Looking Ahead By International Movement for a Just World, December 03, 2015
The Bizarre Explanation For Why The U.S. Has Avoided Bombing ISIS Oil Wells By Michael Snyder, December 03, 2015
As the EU helps Sustain Israel’s Illegal Settlements, NGOs urged to Cut Trading Links By Anthony Bellchambers, December 03, 2015
Bombshell: The Turkish Assault on Russia’s SU-24 was Guided by the US Air Force By Peter Koenig, December 03, 2015
Why ISIS Exists: The Double Game By Joe Giambrone, December 03, 2015
The Real “Terrorist Sympathizers” Want To Wage War On Syria … And Russia By Moon of Alabama, December 03, 2015
Syria President Al-Assad Interview: We Must Protect our Country against Terrorists “Supported by Regional Powers and the West” By Bashar al Assad, December 03, 2015
Putin’s Revenge? The Fight for the Border By Mike Whitney, December 02, 2015
Imprisoned Al Qaeda Fighters Freed by U.S. Allies to Rejoin Fight Against Assad By Eric Zuesse, December 02, 2015
COP21 Ecological Summit Opens amid War Tensions, with Paris in Lockdown By Stéphane Hugues, December 02, 2015
Maps Reveal Chain of ISIS Oil Smuggling Routes from Syria and Iraq into Turkey. Russian Defense Ministry By RT, December 02, 2015
Video: Redeployment of Ukraine Forces against Donbass, Obama’s “Incremental Islamic State Strategy” By South Front, December 02, 2015
NATO Discussing Ways to Provoke Russia Further By Stephen Lendman, December 02, 2015
Europe’s Blitzkrieg: Germany Now Wants 1,200 Troops Deployed to Fight ISIS in Syria By 21st Century Wire, December 02, 2015
Retreat of Al Qaeda Terrorist Forces in Syria By South Front, December 02, 2015
Turkey – A Study in Geo-Political Malevolence By Adeyinka Makinde, December 02, 2015
Israel Supports ISIS By Stephen Lendman, December 02, 2015
War Propaganda and the Dirty War on Syria By Prof. Tim Anderson, December 02, 2015
Iraqi PM Rejects US “Boots On Ground” As Shiite Militias Pledge To Kill US Soldiers By Zero Hedge, December 02, 2015
Video: Russian Military Reveals Details of ISIS Funding, with the Support of Turkey By RT, December 02, 2015
Yes, Turkey IS Buying Oil from ISIS By Washington's Blog, December 02, 2015
Vladimir Putin: According to Russian Intelligence, ISIS is Delivering “Stolen Oil” to Turkey “On an Industrial Scale” By Stephen Lendman, December 01, 2015
US Casually Ignores ISIS Trucks that Smuggle Oil into Turkey. Considered by US as “Civilian Targets” By Press TV, December 01, 2015
Why the Rise of Fascism is again the Issue By John Pilger, December 01, 2015
The Real Reason for Turkey’s Shoot-down of the Russian Jet By Gareth Porter, December 01, 2015
Has Washington Suspended its Bombings? No US Airstrikes in Syria Since Russia Deployed S-400 Systems By RT, December 01, 2015
Former British Prime Minister Blair listens to a question during an appearance at the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
7/7 London Bombs “Were Blair’s Bombs”. The War on Syria By John Pilger, November 30, 2015
Erdogan Government Arrests Turkish Generals for Stopping Syria-Bound Trucks “Filled With Arms” By Sputnik, November 30, 2015
‘Oxygen for Jihadists’: ISIS-smuggled Oil Flows through Turkey to International Markets – Iraqi MP By RT, November 30, 2015
Comedy of Errors: “U.S. Backed Rebels” Fight “U.S. Backed Rebels” in Northern Aleppo By Leith Fadel, November 30, 2015
Britain’s “Robust Arms Export Control Regime.” UK Munitions Sales to Saudi Arabia, Bombing Yemen, Crimes against Humanity…. By Felicity Arbuthnot, November 30, 2015
François Hollande, President of France and Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (CC BY 4.0)
Complete Transcript of Press Conference of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Francois Hollande By Pres. Vladimir Putin and François Hollande, November 29, 2015
“Humanitarian Supplies” for the Islamic State (ISIS): NATO’s Terror Convoys Halted at Syrian Border By Tony Cartalucci, November 29, 2015
History of US-NATO’s “Covert War” on Syria: Daraa March 2011 By Prof. Tim Anderson, November 29, 2015
Video: Geopolitical Review, Ukraine, Syria and the “War on Terrorism” By South Front, November 29, 2015
François Hollande, President of France and Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (CC BY 4.0)
“Going After the Bad Guys”: The Putin-Hollande Two-Step “Counter-Terrorism Partnership” By Prof. Tim Anderson, November 29, 2015
Turkish Follies, NATO-Russia Standoff, and the Fate of Syria Global Research News Hour Episode 123 By Michael Welch, Prof. Tim Anderson, and Christopher Black, November 29, 2015
The True Face of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras: Meets up with Netanyahu, Endorses Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, November 28, 2015
Video: Military Advances of Syrian Pro-Government Forces against US-NATO Sponsored ISIS Rebels By South Front, November 28, 2015
Syria and Washington’s ‘New Middle East’ By Prof. Tim Anderson, November 28, 2015
Video: Intensified Russian Bombings Targeting Terrorist Positions throughout Syria By South Front, November 28, 2015
US-Turkey Edging Up to Syrian Border. Pretext to Invade, Establish ISIS “Safe Haven” in Northern Syria? By Tony Cartalucci, November 28, 2015
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Turns Out, Russia Was Right: ISIL Oil is Going to Turkey – German Media By Sputnik, November 28, 2015
Putin Accuses Obama of Leaking Flight Details to Turkey after Russia Releases Video of S-400 SAM Deployment in Syria By Zero Hedge, November 28, 2015
Belgian Physicists Calculate that Everyone Is Lying About the Downed Russian Jet By Alejandro Tauber, November 28, 2015
State Terrorism: Franco-American Style By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Bonnie Faulkner, November 27, 2015
Media Disinformation: Pentagon Indebted for “The Thanksgiving Turkey” The Washington Post Gave Its Readers By Jim Naureckas, November 27, 2015
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David Cameron and Syria – A Tale of Deception and Hypocrisy By Adeyinka Makinde, November 27, 2015
Israeli Journalists Slam Netanyahu over Closure of Arabic Media Outlets By Haggai Matar, November 27, 2015
The “ISIS Rockefellers”: How Islamic State Oil Flows to Israel By Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, November 27, 2015
“America’s Wish Come True”: US Candidates Who Called for Shooting Down Russian Fighters By Edward Lozansky, November 27, 2015
Paris Attack: New Data on Police Foreknowledge of Terrorists Raises Questions By Kumaran Ira, November 27, 2015
Illegal Oil Trade with Terrorists. EU Politicians Blast Turkey’s Links to ISIS. Erdogan’s Policies Are Insanely Dangerous By RT, November 27, 2015
Video: The Downing of Russia’s SU-24 Bomber. Testimony of Pilot: “There Was No Warning” By South Front, November 27, 2015
Turkey is a Pawn on the Chessboard for US-NATO War against Russia By Timothy Alexander Guzman, November 27, 2015
“And the Billionaires Are Laughing Somewhere in America” By Felicity Arbuthnot, November 26, 2015
United Nations Committee Calls for End to Israeli Occupation. US, Canada Voted against Resolution By World Bulletin, November 26, 2015
Turkish Prime Minister: I Gave Order to Shoot Down Russia’s Plane Myself. “Turkish Armed Forces carried out Orders given by me Personally.” By Sputnik, November 26, 2015
Guess Who is Behind the Islamic State? Israeli Colonel “Caught with IS Pants Down” By F. William Engdahl, November 26, 2015
Is Turkey Collaborating with The Islamic State (ISIS)? By David L. Phillips, November 26, 2015
An Invisible US Hand Leading to War? Turkey’s Downing of a Russian Jet was an Act of Madness By Dave Lindorff, November 26, 2015
The Downing of Russia’s SU-24 Jet: 17 Seconds That Changed The World. Leaked Letter Exposes Turkey’s Hair-Trigger Reality By Zero Hedge, November 25, 2015
The Downed Russian SU-24. Turkey Is Lying: “NATO Governments Lie Every Time They Open Their Mouths” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, November 25, 2015
Russia Confirms Rescue of Second Su-24 Pilot, Deployment of Air Defense Systems in Syria By Global Times, November 25, 2015
Rescued Su-24 Russian Co-Pilot Rules Out Turkish Space Violation ‘Even for Second’ By Sputnik, November 25, 2015
Why’s The US Hanging Turkey Out To Dry? By Andrew Korybko, November 25, 2015
Russian Air Force Annihilated Militants In Area Where Su-24 Was Shot Down. Erdogan Ordered Turkish Air Force Planes Be Grounded By South Front, November 25, 2015
US-Dominated NATO Supports Turkish Aggression Against Russia By Stephen Lendman, November 25, 2015
The Israeli Declaration of Independence: The World Continues to Ignore its Provisions and those of the British Balfour Declaration By Anthony Bellchambers, November 25, 2015
UN Backs Russia’s War against ISIL / Da’esh By Alexander Mercouris, November 25, 2015
A Turkish Act of War Against Russia. A No Fly Zone in Northern Syria By Joaquin Flores, November 25, 2015
Turkey Downs Russian Fighter to Draw NATO and US Deeper into Syrian Quagmire By Mike Whitney, November 25, 2015
The Perils of Certainty: Obama and the “Assad Regime” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 25, 2015
Netanyahu Paves the Way for a New Era Of Tyranny By Jonathan Cook, November 25, 2015