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.
The Dehumanization of the “Arab”: The Media Repeats Small Lies to Make “One Big Lie” By William Bowles, September 27, 2015
US Exploited Assad’s Fight Against Al-Qaeda By Daniel McAdams, September 26, 2015
Russia Returns to the Middle East By Israel Shamir, September 26, 2015
“Train and Equip”… The Terrorists: Pentagon Confirms US-Trained Syria Rebels Gave Weapons to Al-Nusra By Middle East Eye, September 26, 2015
Syrian Government Forces Start Crushing ISIS, Military and Intelligence Assistance from Russia By Pravda.ru, September 26, 2015
Despotic Saudi Arabia Chosen to Head UN Human Rights Panel By Stephen Lendman, September 26, 2015
What Will Obama and Putin Talk about? By Vladimir Kozin, September 26, 2015
The Refugee Crisis: Separating the Conspiracies from The Conspiracy By Eric Draitser, September 26, 2015
Syrian Government Forces Regain Control of ISIS Held Territories By South Front, September 26, 2015
Catastrophe in Saudi Arabia, Pillar of Washington’s Middle East Policy By Bill Van Auken, September 25, 2015
Washington’s Longstanding Plans to Implement “Regime Change” in Syria By Stephen Lendman, September 25, 2015
America’s “License to Kill” By Luciana Bohne, September 25, 2015
US Blockade of Syria: A War Crime By Christopher Black, September 25, 2015
Yemen as Laboratory: Why is the West So Silent About This Savage War? By Martha Mundy, September 25, 2015
Washington “Welcomes” UN Decision to Appoint Saudi Arabia as Chair of UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) By Sputnik, September 25, 2015
Occupied Palestine. Wise up, President Obama! There is No “Peace Process” under Netanayahu By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, September 24, 2015
Israel’s Crippling Blockade: Gaza Electricity Lines Disconnected as Energy Crisis Worsens By SyndiGate.info, September 24, 2015
Muhajireen Brigade: CIA Spawned Chechen Terror Group Joins Nusra Front in Syria By Kurt Nimmo, September 24, 2015
U.S. and Its Coalition of Mid-East Dictators Kill 13 Times More Yemeni Civilians than Al Qaeda By Washington's Blog, September 24, 2015
Human Beings: The Omnicidal Species. There is Nothing They Won’t Kill By John Kozy, September 24, 2015
Why Are Millions of Pounds Sent to Israel by British Charities, Tax-Free? By Anthony Bellchambers, September 24, 2015
United Nations Farce: Saudi Arabia to Head UN Human Rights Council By Felicity Arbuthnot, September 24, 2015
The Obama Two-Step on Syria By Ajamu Baraka, September 24, 2015
Health Impacts of Wireless Radiation on Children By Global Research News, September 23, 2015
Turkish-Uyghur Terror Inc. – America’s Other Al Qaeda By Tony Cartalucci, September 23, 2015
US Counterterrorism Envoy John R. Allen Responsible for the Alleged “War against ISIS” Resigns By Press TV, September 23, 2015
Israel’s Left Is Finally Bringing Its Racism out of the Closet By Jonathan Cook, September 23, 2015
The US Has a Duty to the Syrian Refugees By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, September 23, 2015
Ahmed Mohamed and Abdulrahman al-Awlaki: Obama’s Kill List Hypocrisy By Margaret Kimberley, September 23, 2015
Will US Grasp Putin’s Syria Lifeline? By Robert Parry, September 23, 2015
‘Migrant Crisis: Result of EU Blindly Joining US Strategy’ By Živadin Jovanović, September 23, 2015
France Ready to Bomb Syria ‘in Self-Defense’ – Foreign Minister By RT, September 23, 2015
Refugee Crisis: Brought to You by Western Imperialism By Andre Vltchek, September 22, 2015
The U.S., Britain and Israel have Used Chemical Weapons within the Last 10 Years By Washington's Blog, September 22, 2015
How Dangerous is Nuclear Israel: A Short Independent Film Report By Alltime Conspiracies, September 22, 2015
Who Is Twitter-Luring Refugees To Germany? By Oriental Review, September 22, 2015
EU Political Divisions Leave Thousands of Migrants Stranded and Abused By Abayomi Azikiwe, September 22, 2015
Has Turkey Become a Fascist State? By Eric Draitser, September 22, 2015
US Military Analyst Blames US for Failing to Stop Funding Syrian Mercenaries By Sputnik, September 21, 2015
Russian Initiative on Resolving Syrian Crisis to Have Three Stages By Hazem Sabbagh, September 21, 2015
Down the Memory Hole: NYT Erases CIA’s Efforts to Overthrow Syria’s Government By Adam Johnson, September 21, 2015
The ISIS Islamic Terrorists are Supported by the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia By Washington's Blog, September 20, 2015
World Inaction Is Driving the Slow Death of the Gaza Strip By Sharif Nashashibi, September 20, 2015
The Big Lie About Russian Forces in Syria By Stephen Lendman, September 20, 2015
Islamic State Group Now Controls Key Drug Trafficking Routes By Telesur, September 20, 2015
Flashback to 2011: Libya’s “Liberators” Sarkozy, Cameron and Erdogan congratulate NATO By Cem Ertür, September 20, 2015
“Collateral Damage” From America’s De-Stabilizing, Endless, Post-911 “Wars on Terror”. The Rebirth of Fascism By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, September 20, 2015
The Evolving War on Terrorism: Examining the Post 9/11 Military Doctrine Global Research News Hour Episode 112: Conversations with Sibel Edmonds and Michel Chossudovsky By Michael Welch, Jonathan WIlson, Sibel Edmonds, and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, September 19, 2015
BBC Strings Lies Together to Propagandize for Assad’s Overthrow By Eric Zuesse, September 19, 2015
Islamic State, Syria and the Need for Sensible Policymaking By Dr. S.J. Bellamy and Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, September 19, 2015
The Dirty Role of the West in Syria By Fragkiska Megaloudi, September 19, 2015
American Backed Syrian Rebel Group Has ‘Four or Five’ Syrians Left Fighting Against ISIS By Jason Ditz, September 19, 2015
I Testify That Iran Is Standing! By Andre Vltchek, September 18, 2015
Germany Moves Away from the US Anti-Putin Alliance. Joins Forces with Russia in Coalition to Defeat ISIS? By South Front, September 18, 2015
Obama’s Fateful Syrian Choice By Robert Parry, September 18, 2015
Rights Group: More Than 1,991 Palestinian Children Killed Since 2000 By Maan Independent News Agency, September 18, 2015
So What Are the Russians Really Doing in Syria? By The Saker, September 18, 2015
Guardian’s Correspondent “Pinocchio” in Tehran: Demonizing Iranians, Nonsensical Propaganda By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, September 18, 2015
Iceland Boycotts Israel By Stephen Lendman, September 18, 2015
Obama Talks Peace, Wages Endless Wars of Aggression By Stephen Lendman, September 18, 2015
Poll: Over 80 Percent of Syrians Believe US Created ISIS: “A Foreign/ American Made Group” By Mikael Thalen, September 18, 2015
ISIS Leader Admits to Being Funded by the US By Gabriela Motroc, September 18, 2015
Resources Squandered on Britain’s War Machine Could Save Millions from Starvation By Daniel Jakopovich, September 18, 2015
General Petraeus Calls for Recruiting Al Qaeda By Bill Van Auken, September 18, 2015
The Plight of Migrant Workers in the Middle East and North Africa By Simba Russeau, September 17, 2015
Putin’s “Line in the Sand”: No “Regime Change” in Syria By Mike Whitney, September 17, 2015
Imperialism on the March: Africa, Syria, and Beyond By Eric Draitser, September 17, 2015
‘Razor Wire Is for Criminals’: German Firms Refuse to Sell Materials for Hungary’s Refugee Fence By RT, September 17, 2015
The Migration War. Pathbreaking Documentary By South Front, September 17, 2015
Nazism in Israel By Stephen Lendman, September 17, 2015
President Bashar al-Assad Interview: “We are at War with Terrorism, and this Terrorism is supported by Foreign Powers” By Bashar al Assad, September 17, 2015
US-Russian Tensions Rise over Syria By Bill Van Auken, September 17, 2015
The Yemen Tragedy and the Ongoing Crisis of the Left in the United States By Ajamu Baraka, September 17, 2015
‘US Seek to Control the EU Elites via Refugee Crisis’ By Andrew Korybko, September 17, 2015
Refugees as Weapon – and Germany shifting Alliances? By Peter Koenig, September 17, 2015
The Western Coalition and ISIS: Benign State Violence vs. Barbaric Terrorism By Matt Peppe, September 17, 2015
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Fortress Europe: Tear Gas on the Hungarian Border By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, September 17, 2015
Extended War is the “Solution”: Refugee Crisis Cited as Pretext for British “No-fly Zone” in Syria By Kurt Nimmo, September 16, 2015
Unwanted Refugees: EU Countries Block Borders By Stephen Lendman, September 16, 2015
Israel Up in Arms over the “Corbyn Threat” By Neve Gordon, September 16, 2015