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.
Saudi Authorities Arrested Prince Bandar in Sultan, “The Engineer of the Syrian War” By South Front, November 13, 2017
Should British MPs Including the PM and Foreign Secretary be Lobbyists for Israel, An Undeclared Nuclear-armed State? By Hans Stehling, November 12, 2017
The ISIS-Daesh Killing Field: A Letter from Iraq – Grief, Forgiveness, and 20 Million Pilgrims By Pepe Escobar, November 12, 2017
Setting the Record Straight: The 1984 Beirut Barracks Bombing By Lawrence Korb, November 12, 2017
Trump’s CIA Is Laying the Groundwork for a Devastating War on Iran, with Help from Neocon Think Tank By Ben Norton, November 12, 2017
Secret Document: Saudis, Israel Working Together to Provoke War in Lebanon By Joyce Chediac, November 12, 2017
Don’t Let Misplaced Concerns over Missiles Jeopardize Iran Deal By Felicity Arbuthnot, Tytti Erästö, and Sina Azodi, November 11, 2017
“Never Again” or “Again and Again”? Syria has been Fighting, and Winning A Just War against Terrorism By Mark Taliano, November 11, 2017
Trump’s Pivot to Asia: An Arms Sales Bonanza, An Anti-Peace Trip By Peter Koenig, November 11, 2017
Mohammed Bin Salman Drains the Saudi Swamp By Andrew Korybko, November 11, 2017
Let’s Call Western Media Coverage of Syria by Its Real Name: Propaganda By Michael Howard, November 11, 2017
Muhammd Bin-Salman’s Purge in Saudi Arabia Is the Prelude to Something Bigger By Abdel Bari Atwan, November 11, 2017
FAKE NEWS: BBC criticised for using Iraq 2003 photo to illustrate Syrian massacre By Global Research, November 11, 2017
Real Motive Behind Saudi Purge Emerges: $800 Billion in Confiscated Assets By Zero Hedge, November 10, 2017
Did Al Qaeda Dupe Trump on Syrian Attack? By Robert Parry, November 10, 2017
Bombshell: Qatar’s Former Prime Minister Says US Funded ISIS By Free West Media, November 10, 2017
The Tragic Declaration: Colonial Legacies, Balfour and Israel By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 10, 2017
Underage Marriage in Iraq: Changes to Marriage Law Just Another Erosion of Iraqi Women’s Rights By Mustafa Habib, November 10, 2017
The US Military Bases Abroad Are Disrupting the World Order By Sami Karimi, November 10, 2017
Middle East Intrigue. Riyadh Accuses Iran and Hezbollah of Sowing Strife, War on Lebanon and Iran? By Stephen Lendman, November 09, 2017
Book Review: ‘Dear World’: A Syrian Girl’s Story of War and Plea for Peace’ by Bana Alabed By Susan Dirgham, November 09, 2017
Video: The Saudi Purge: The Middle East Is on the Verge of A New War By South Front, November 09, 2017
Syria Will Join Paris Climate Accord, US is the Only Country Which Refuses to Sign By Sophie Mangal, November 09, 2017
The Syria “Chemical Weapons Attacks”. UN ‘Joint Investigative Mechanism’ Report on Khan Shaykhun Proven Inaccurate, Politically Biased By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, November 09, 2017
Last Major ISIS Stronghold in Syria Liberated By Stephen Lendman, November 09, 2017
Saudi Arabia: Wellspring of Regional Instability By Paul R. Pillar, November 09, 2017
Afghanistan: Impunity is Another US Lethal Weapon that Kills Silently By Sami Karimi, November 09, 2017
The Network of Illicit Arms Shipments to Syrian Terrorists: US and Allies including Israel and Saudi Arabia Arming Terrorist Proxies By James ONeill, November 08, 2017
Bring in Legislation to Make Pro-Israel Lobbyists Register as ‘Foreign Agents’ By Hans Stehling, November 08, 2017
Russia’s Iranian Energy Deal Killed Four Birds with One Stone By Andrew Korybko, November 08, 2017
Western Media Calls Hugo Chavez a “Dictator”, While Endorsing a “Real Dictator” in Saudi Arabia By Joe Emersberger, November 08, 2017
Dubious Osama bin Laden Documents: A Pretext for a War on Iran By Kurt Nimmo, November 08, 2017
The Greek Occupation of Jerusalem and the Holy Land By Israel Shamir, November 08, 2017
Balfour at 100: A Legacy of Racism and Propaganda By Dan Freeman-Maloy, November 08, 2017
Perpetual War: UK’s Armed Drones to Stay Deployed Beyond Campaign Against ISIS By Chris Cole, November 08, 2017
The Truth About Radical Islam By Tony Cartalucci, November 08, 2017
“Explosive” Leaked Secret Israeli Cable Confirms Israeli-Saudi Coordination To Provoke War By Zero Hedge, November 07, 2017
The Inside Story of the Saudi Night of Long Knives By Pepe Escobar, November 07, 2017
Is Saudi Arabia Engaging Iran in a New Regional Conflict? By Salman Rafi Sheikh, November 07, 2017
Saudi Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, a Business Partner of Former Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hariri, Dies During Arrest By Adam Garrie, November 07, 2017
Israeli Defense Forces: Military Capabilities, Scenarios for the Third Lebanon War By South Front, November 07, 2017
Criminal War Propaganda  By Mark Taliano, November 07, 2017
Crisis in Saudi Arabia: Long Range Missile Launched by Houthi Rebels against Riyadh By David Hearst, November 06, 2017
Saudi Arabia – This ‘Night Of The Long Knives’ Is A Panic-Fueled Move By Moon of Alabama, November 06, 2017
The Baku Tblisi Kars (KTK) Railway Is Turkey’s Silk Road Corridor To Central Asia By Andrew Korybko, November 06, 2017
Saudi Arabia Blames Iran for Missile Launched from Yemen, Warns It Could Be Considered ‘Act of War’ By RT, November 06, 2017
Saudi Helicopter Carrying Eight High-Ranking Officials And Prince Bin-Muqrin Crashed Near Yemen Border – All Dead By Zero Hedge, November 06, 2017
“De-Dollarization” and the “Resistance Economy”? President Putin in Tehran, Negotiating A Multi-Billion “Petro-Ruble” Oil Deal. By Peter Koenig, November 06, 2017
BREAKING: Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hariri Resigns after Anti-Iranian Meltdown, CIA Accuses Tehran of Supporting Al Qaeda By Adam Garrie, November 06, 2017
Israeli-Saudi Tandem Adjusts to Syria Loss By Alastair Crooke, November 06, 2017
More Fake News? WMD in Syria Just Like Iraq in 2003? By Rick Sterling, November 06, 2017
Iran Accuses U.S. Government of Using Bin Laden’s Files to Distort Truth about 9/11 By South Front, November 06, 2017
Israel Begins “Largest-Ever Aerial Military Drill”, As Saudis Consider Missile Strike (Allegedly) by Iran as “Act Of War” By Zero Hedge, November 06, 2017
Palestine and the Balfour Declaration, Explained in Eight Memes
 By Rima Najjar, November 05, 2017
Moscow Outmaneuvers Washington’s Kurdistan Project By F. William Engdahl, November 05, 2017
Saudi Arabia’s March Towards Civil War? By William Craddick, November 05, 2017
Pentagon Think-Tank Praises Al Qaeda as ‘Moderate’ Islamists By Eric Zuesse, November 04, 2017
Saudi Arabia: Mirage of Reform in Wahhabism’s Absolute Monarchy By Gilbert Mercier, November 04, 2017
From Iran-Contra to Russia-Gate, Washington Scandals – I’ve Seen This Story Before By Bruce K. Gagnon, November 03, 2017
Hezbollah Is Not a Threat to America By Sharmine Narwani, November 03, 2017
President Bashar al-Assad: U.S. and Its Western Allies Are to Blame for Failure of Latest Ceasefire By Bashar al Assad and Politika, November 03, 2017
World Votes to Lift Blockade on Cuba as US, Israel Vote ‘No’ By Telesur, November 03, 2017
UN Panel: Sanctions Needed Against Israel to Stop Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine By Darius Shahtahmasebi, November 03, 2017
Is Trump Planning Escalated US Aggression in Syria? By Stephen Lendman, November 03, 2017
Absurdities of Syrian War Propaganda By Eva Bartlett, November 03, 2017
The Toxic Legacy of Balfour and British Colonialism in Israel-Palestine By Richard Silverstein, November 03, 2017
Irish Politician to ST: The West, EU, US Aggravate Syrian People’s Suffering by Sanctions By Clare Daly and The Syria Times, November 03, 2017
Video: Syrian SAA Forces Clearing Northern Deir Ezzor from ISIS By South Front, November 03, 2017
Who Must be Held Responsible for Ruined Syria? US-NATO Supported The Terrorists. U.S. Coalition Air Strikes Caused Most of the Destruction By Sophie Mangal, November 02, 2017
US Deliveries of Weapons and Military Equipment for Terrorists in Syria By Anna Jaunger, November 02, 2017
The Division of Syria? US to Build Additional “De-Escalation Zones”: Tillerson By Alex Gorka, November 02, 2017
Neocons Push Dubious Paper to Allege Iran – Al-Qaeda Connection By Moon of Alabama, November 02, 2017
US Has 150 Nuclear Weapons in Five NATO Countries: Turkish Parliament Report By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Hurriyet Daily News, November 02, 2017
Balfour Declaration: Britain Broke Its Feeble Promise to the Palestinians By Jonathan Cook, November 02, 2017
Video: ISIS Defense Collapsed in Deir Ezzor City By South Front, November 02, 2017
Iraq and Iran, Sharing a Neighborhood. U.S. 2003 Invasion of Iraq: A Boost to Iranian Influence By Paul R. Pillar, November 01, 2017
Madness on Horseback: Australia Commemorates The Light Horse Charge at Beersheba against the Ottoman Empire By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 01, 2017
Video: Syria’s SAA Tiger Forces Advance Deep Inside ISIS-held Part of Deir Ezzor City By South Front, November 01, 2017
New Israeli Police Unit Tasked with Tightening Grip on Aqsa Mosque By The Palestinian Information Center, November 01, 2017
Hamas: Balfour Declaration Crime of Century By The Palestinian Information Center, November 01, 2017