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.
Egypt Has Enemies. Massacre at Bir al-Abed Mosque By Steven Sahiounie, November 26, 2017
Pentagon to Admit to 2,000 Troops in Syria, Number Likely Far Higher By Jason Ditz, November 26, 2017
CNN Breaks Story on Slave Trade in Libya; French Government Voices Concern for African Migrants By Gerald A. Perreira, November 26, 2017
Libya: A New False Dawn By Richard Galustian, November 26, 2017
Trump and Erdogan Spoke by Phone: US to Stop Arming Syria YPG Kurds? By Stephen Lendman, November 26, 2017
Video: ISIS Defeated? US Forces Remain “Illegally” in Syria to Oppose Iran By South Front, November 25, 2017
White House Support for Aggression and Blockade of Yemen. Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis. The International Community Remains Silent By Stephen Lendman, November 25, 2017
Sudan Is Indispensable to China’s Silk Road Vision for Africa By Andrew Korybko, November 25, 2017
Winning the Peace in Syria: The Nation’s Greatest Challenge By Stephen Lendman, November 24, 2017
Translated Doc Debunks Narrative of Al Qaeda-Iran ‘Alliance’ By Gareth Porter, November 24, 2017
A “Peace Train” is Rolling Through Syria… By Mark Taliano, November 24, 2017
Misleading Map of Israel Raises Questions About BBC Impartiality, Erases Palestine Completely By Amena Saleem, November 24, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Liberates Dozen Villages in Euphrates Valley By South Front, November 24, 2017
The Objective of the US Is to Weaken and Destroy Syria: Prof. Tim Anderson By Prof. Tim Anderson and Sputnik, November 24, 2017
BBC Backs Report that Omitted Killings of Palestinians During Gaza Truce By Amena Saleem, November 23, 2017
Israel’s Military Detention of Palestinian Children. Motion against Israel in Britain’s Parliament By Middle East Monitor, November 23, 2017
Translated Doc Debunks Narrative of Al Qaeda-Iran ‘Alliance’ By Gareth Porter, November 23, 2017
Petroyuan and Saudi Arabia: From the Temptation of US “Military QE” to the Creation of a Middle East 3.0 By Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin (GEAB), November 23, 2017
The US-led Coalition’s Air War in Iraq: Undercounting the Civilian Dead By Paul R. Pillar, November 22, 2017
Crimes against Humanity: US-backed Saudi Blockade Deprives 2.5 Million Yemenis of Clean Water By Bill Van Auken, November 22, 2017
Peace in Syria? When and Under What Circumstances. Will Washington Admit Defeat? By Stephen Lendman, November 22, 2017
Russia in Syria – Military ‘Failure’ Sets Off Intense Diplomacy By Moon of Alabama, November 22, 2017
Boy, Is This Stupid or What? Shambles of US Foreign Policy in the Middle East By Philip Giraldi, November 22, 2017
How Saudi Efforts to Provoke War Were Stopped and Lebanon United. The Role of Hezbollah By Joyce Chediac, November 22, 2017
Canada: Is Trudeau Ready for a Middle East War? By Murray Dobbin, November 22, 2017
The Syria Sarin Gas Attack: ‘Experts’ and the Left’s Witchfinder General. George Monbiot By Jonathan Cook, November 22, 2017
Video: Hezbollah Forces Are on High Combat Readiness to Confront Possible Israeli Attacks By South Front, November 22, 2017
How Syrian-Nuke Evidence Was Faked By Gareth Porter, November 21, 2017
Why Are We Helping Saudi Arabia Destroy Yemen? By Rep. Ron Paul, November 21, 2017
The Middle East: the Decline of American Might By Victor Mikhin, November 21, 2017
Video: Syrian Government Troops Liberated Al-Bukamal from ISIS By South Front, November 21, 2017
The Faces of Yemen – Where Is American “Outrage?” By Brandon Turbeville, November 20, 2017
US/Saudi/Israeli Alliance for Greater Regional Turbulence? By Stephen Lendman, November 20, 2017
Saudi-Israeli Friendship Is Driving the Rest of the Middle East Together By Federico Pieraccini, November 20, 2017
Guardian, NYT Paint Power-Grabbing Saudi Dictator as Roguish, Visionary ‘Reformer’ By Adam Johnson, November 20, 2017
The Saudi-US War on Yemen Is Killing 130 Children a Day & Other Bleak Statistics By Prof. Juan Cole, November 20, 2017
US Wants to Divide Pakistan and Iran By News Desk, November 20, 2017
Trump Administration Threatens Palestinians By Stephen Lendman, November 19, 2017
Saudi Prisoners to be Freed in Exchange for 70% of Their Wealth. Reports By Middle East Monitor, November 19, 2017
Israel’s Ploy: Selling a Syrian Nuke Strike By Gareth Porter, November 19, 2017
Secretary Mattis Is Off Base: US Military Presence in Syria Has No Legal Grounds By Peter Korzun, November 19, 2017
The US-led War Against ISIS Is Killing 31 Times More Civilians Than Claimed. Report By Alex Ward, November 19, 2017
Grenfell Tower: Criminal Negligence in Worst Fatal Residential Fire in London for Over 100 Years By Hans Stehling, November 19, 2017
NATO Adds to Turkey’s Chagrin. Turkish Good-Bye to NATO? By Moon of Alabama, November 19, 2017
Video: Syrian Government Forces Storm Al-Bukamal ISIS Stronghold By South Front, November 18, 2017
America’s Renegade Warfare. Is the U.S. Guilty of Genocide By Nicolas J. S. Davies, November 18, 2017
When Will the West Ever Learn from History? By Lord Lothian and Amir Nour, November 18, 2017
Washington-Moscow Duel: UN Security Council Resolutions on the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria By Stephen Lendman, November 18, 2017
Assessment of White House Intelligence Report About Nerve Agent Attack in Khan Shaykhun, Syria By Dr. Theodore Postol, November 18, 2017
Should Turkey Trust the US? By Anna Jaunger, November 17, 2017
Israel and Saudis: Best of Friends? By Stephen Lendman, November 17, 2017
Crimes of Saudi Arabia and Its Allies in Yemen: Casualties and Damages By Legal Center for Rights and Development, November 17, 2017
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The Impact of the Saudi Coup on the World Oil Market and China By Dr. Ali Kadri, November 17, 2017
War Crimes as Policy By Mark Taliano, November 17, 2017
Jordan Fears ‘Turmoil’ as Saudis Rush to Embrace Israel By David Hearst, November 17, 2017
Russia-gate Spreads to Europe By Robert Parry, November 17, 2017
How Pseudo-leftists Explain the Failure of the ‘Syrian Revolution’ By Prof. Tim Anderson, November 16, 2017
Joint Statement by the President of the United States and the President of the Russian Federation By Pres. Donald Trump and Pres. Vladimir Putin, November 16, 2017
US Received No Permission from the UN to Intervene in Syria Despite Their False Claim. Russian Foreign Ministry By Paul Antonopoulos, November 16, 2017
Libya’s Slave Auctions and African Genocide: What Hillary Knew By Zero Hedge, November 16, 2017
Video: Al Qaeda Launched its Advance against Syrian SAA Forces. Fierce Fighting Erupts in Eastern Ghouta By South Front, November 16, 2017
‘Inappropriate Behaviour’ – Michael Fallon, Yemen, and the ‘Mainstream’ That Is Anything But By Media Lens, November 16, 2017
The US Persistently Seeks to Destabilize Iran. Why is Washington So Deeply Concerned about Tehran’s Regional Influence in the Middle East? By Farhad Shahabi, November 16, 2017
Revealed – Saudis Plan to Give Up Palestine – For War on Iran By Moon of Alabama, November 16, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Turns Al Qaeda Militants Back in Northern Hama By South Front, November 16, 2017
Saudi Arabia Regional and Global Linkages By Prof. James Petras, November 16, 2017
Syria’s Eastern Ghouta: Catastrophic Situation or Heinous Disinformation Campaign? By Sophie Mangal, November 15, 2017
Video: Evolving Middle East Crisis, Israel, Saudi Arabia Setting Preconditions for War with Hezbollah By South Front, November 15, 2017
America’s “Killing Fields” in Yemen: Children are Dying, Engineered Starvation, US Enforced Blockade on Food and Medicine By William Boardman, November 15, 2017
Lebanon: The Next Battleground of Saudi Arabia? By Sami Karimi, November 15, 2017
Syria: Media Disinformation Campaign, Blaming Assad for Alleged Famine in Terrorist-Held East Ghouta, Fake Accounts, Photos By Sophie Mangal, November 14, 2017
Saudi-Israeli Collusion? Is Israel Seeking Role as Leader of the Sunni Bloc? By Jonathan Cook, November 14, 2017
Syria War Report: ISIS Conducts Suicide Attempt to Seize Back Al-Bukamal By South Front, November 14, 2017
Yemen – Having Lost the War Saudis Try Genocide – Media Complicit By Moon of Alabama, November 14, 2017
Yemen: End Blockade, Avert Famine By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, November 14, 2017
How Israel and Saudi Arabia Conspire to Seize Control of the Middle East? By Wayne Madsen, November 13, 2017
What Craziness Is Going on in Saudi Arabia? By Eric Margolis, November 13, 2017
Art of the Deal: Behind Saudi-Lebanon Crisis Is Trump’s Middle East ‘Peace Project’ By Patrick Henningsen, November 13, 2017
Arab States Spent 130 Billion Dollars to Destroy Syria, Libya, Yemen: Algerian PM By Press TV, November 13, 2017
Saudi Authorities Arrested Prince Bandar in Sultan, “The Engineer of the Syrian War” By South Front, November 13, 2017