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.
There’s No Beautifying Israel’s Treatment of Palestinian Children By Sarit Michaeli, September 26, 2017
Syria: U.S. Central Command Declares War on Russia By Moon of Alabama, September 25, 2017
PLO Urges International Criminal Court (ICC) to Investigate Israel’s Settlement Activities, UN to Check Its Nuclear Facilities By WAFA, September 25, 2017
Photos: US, Kurdish-led Forces Pass Through ISIS Territory with No Confrontation in Deir Ezzor By Paul Antonopoulos, September 25, 2017
Deportations and Harassment of Irish Group Traveling to West Bank By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, September 25, 2017
“The Syrian People Knew that This War Was to Eliminate Their Country”: Syria’s Deputy Prime Minister’s Impassioned UN Address By Stephen Lendman, September 25, 2017
Statement by Syria’s Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Walid Al-Moualem at the UN General Assembly By Walid Al-Moualem, September 25, 2017
A Risky Referendum for Kurdistan Underway in Iraq By Barbara Nimri Aziz, September 25, 2017
The Iran “Nuclear Deal” Leads to War, Not Peace By Tony Cartalucci, September 25, 2017
200,000 Israelis Expected in “Kurdistan” Once Independence Is Declared By Voltaire, September 25, 2017
Overwhelming Resistance to Trump’s Plan to Scuttle the Iran Deal By John Glaser, September 25, 2017
After the ISIS Caliphate, Rojava By Thierry Meyssan, September 25, 2017
Signs Indicate Trump Continuing Obama’s Support for Al Qaeda in Syria By Eric Zuesse, September 25, 2017
Uncle Sam vs. Russia in Eastern Syria: the Nightmare Scenario By Mike Whitney, September 24, 2017
The Crazy Imbalance of Russia-gate By Robert Parry, September 24, 2017
Israeli Forces Struck Damascus International Airport. Syrian Air Defense Downed Israeli Drone – Reports By South Front, September 24, 2017
The Kurds: Historical Revisionism and the Real Reasons They Have Remained Stateless By Sarah Abed, September 24, 2017
political sanctions
Netanyahu and Trump Conspire to Ditch Deal with Iran By Anthony Bellchambers, September 23, 2017
Benjamin Netanyahu, Penguins and the United Nations By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, September 23, 2017
The Worst Mistake in US History By Jacob G. Hornberger, September 22, 2017
U.S. Is Not Ready for the End of War in Syria. The White House does Not Want Peace By Firas Samuri, September 22, 2017
America’s Military Footprint Lands in Israel By Stephen Lendman, September 22, 2017
Syria – Russia Accusing U.S. of Attacks, Abduction Attempts, Team-play with Al-Qaeda By Moon of Alabama, September 22, 2017
Video: US-backed Forces Push for Syrian Oil By South Front, September 22, 2017
The World’s Only Undeclared Nuclear Weapons State By Anthony Bellchambers, September 22, 2017
The White House Is Secretly Planning for Confrontation with Iran: Report By Darius Shahtahmasebi, September 22, 2017
Video: Al-Qaeda Failure in Northern Hama By South Front, September 22, 2017
The Illegal Occupation of Palestine: UN Must Take a Leaf From the Global Grassroots BDS Movement By Rima Najjar, September 21, 2017
A Half Century of Occupation: Israel, Palestine, and the World’s Most Intractable Conflict By Jim Miles, September 21, 2017
Video: US-led Coalition Seeks to Stop Syrian Army Advance Near Deir Ezzor By South Front, September 21, 2017
850 Jihadists Killed as Russian Warplanes Help Syrian Army Repel Idlib Offensive – Moscow By RT News, September 21, 2017
Covert Rivalry Between Damascus and Washington-led SDF By Mehmet Ersoy, September 20, 2017
The US Has New Red Line in Syria — And It Borders on Ridicule By Darius Shahtahmasebi, September 20, 2017
Fact Checking Benjamin Netanyahu’s General Assembly Speech By Adam Garrie, September 20, 2017
Amidst Universal Opposition to KRG Referendum, Israel Stands by Kurds By Sarah Abed, September 20, 2017
The UN, Trump and Netanyahu: When Did Democracy, Justice and Equality Just Disappear? By Anthony Bellchambers, September 20, 2017
A New Provocation: US Establishes First Permanent Military Base Inside of Israel By Patrick Henningsen, September 20, 2017
The House that Bibi Built as Prime Minister of Israel By James J. Zogby, September 19, 2017
How Netanyahu’s Son Became the Poster Boy for White Supremacists By Jonathan Cook, September 19, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Crossed Euphrates River By South Front, September 19, 2017
Syria’s Victories Are Our Victories By Mark Taliano, September 19, 2017
Overview of The Battle for Deir Ezzor By South Front, September 19, 2017
Dangerous Words of Escalation: Trump Threatens to Abandon Iran’s Nuclear Deal as Israeli Officials Call for Action Against Iran By Timothy Alexander Guzman, September 19, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Develops Advance on Eastern Bank of Euphrates on ISIS Positions By South Front, September 19, 2017
US Opens First Permanent Military Base in Israel as Tensions with Iran Rise By RT News, September 19, 2017
Russia’s S-400s Will Protect Turkey From a “Kurdish Air Force” By Andrew Korybko, September 19, 2017
Kurdistan and the Unity of Iraq: A Referendum in a Powder Keg By Nermeen Al-Mufti, September 18, 2017
Have We Been Deceived Over Syrian Sarin Attack? Scrutinizing the Evidence in an Incident Trump Used to Justify Bombing Syria By Gareth Porter, September 18, 2017
“The More You Watch, The Less You Know”. Preferred Conclusions – The BBC, Syria and Venezuela By Media Lens, September 17, 2017
Accused of War Crimes, Saudis Investigate Themselves and Find No Wrongdoing By Carey Wedler, September 17, 2017
US Sanctions Continue to Backfire: China Opens $10 Billion Credit Line for Iran By Sputnik, September 17, 2017
Trump & Netanyahu Families Now Determine All Our Future Lives By Anthony Bellchambers, September 16, 2017
Video: ISIS on Run in Deir Ezzor Countryside, Russian Cruise Missile Attacks against ISIS Control Centers By South Front, September 16, 2017
Senate Bill 720: Making It a Crime to Support Palestinian Human Rights By James J. Zogby, September 15, 2017
On the 35th Anniversary of Sabra and Shatila: The Forgotten Refugees By Dr Ang Swee Chai, September 15, 2017
UN List of Companies Linked to Illegal Settlements in Occupied Palestine, to be Published Despite Israeli, US Pressure By Ma’an news, September 15, 2017
Libyan Chessboard: Territorial Fragmentation, Separatist Tendencies, The Destruction of Statehood By Adel Karim, September 15, 2017
War Crimes and Open Wounds: The Physician Who Took on Israeli Segregation By Alon Mizrahi, September 14, 2017
What Will Iran Do if Trump Tears Up the Nuclear Agreement? By Prof. Juan Cole, September 14, 2017
The Syrian Anti-terrorism Coalition Is Winning against ISIS-Daesh By Jim Dean, September 14, 2017
The UN Losing Poker Hand in Libya By Richard Galustian, September 14, 2017
Facing a Major Attack on Academic Freedom in Canada By Prof. Anthony J. Hall, September 14, 2017
Is Israel Getting Ready for a Major War? And No One Is Talking About It By Darius Shahtahmasebi, September 14, 2017
After Being Turned Down by Iraq’s Parliament Yesterday, the Kurdistan Barazani Regime Now Tries to Make Kurdistan Independent by Force By Breakingnews.sy, September 14, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Clearing Eastern Homs Pocket From ISIS By South Front, September 14, 2017
Israeli De-Development of Occupied Palestine By Stephen Lendman, September 14, 2017
Jimmy Carter Brands US ‘Oligarchy’ & Urges Trump to Sign North Korea Peace Treaty By RT News, September 14, 2017
Theresa May’s Bilateral Arms Deals with Israeli Government Under Investigation for Corruption By Anthony Bellchambers, September 13, 2017
Understanding Zionism and the Liberation of Palestine By Rima Najjar, September 13, 2017
The West’s “Fake Counterterrorism”: Syria Must “Independently” Defeat Terrorism By Sophie Mangal, September 13, 2017
Israel’s Imperial Ambition in the Middle East: Israel Preparing for All-Out War to “Vanquish” Hezbollah By Timothy Alexander Guzman, September 13, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Prepares to Cross Euphrates River By South Front, September 13, 2017
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Declares Official Support to Creation of Kurdish State By South Front, September 13, 2017
US Anti-BDS Legislation Punishes Solidarity with Palestine By Stephen Lendman, September 13, 2017
How Palestinians Can Reverse Israel’s Divide and Conquer Tactics By Sam Bahour, September 13, 2017
U.S. Doesn’t Intend to ‘Give’ Deir Ezzor to Syrian Army By Anna Jaunger, September 13, 2017
Israel: “There Is No Palestine”, It Cannot be Allowed to Join the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) By Juergen T Steinmetz, September 12, 2017
Iraq: “US-led Coalition Jets Deliberately Bombed Our Positions to Halt Our Progress Against ISIS” By Al Mayadeen, September 12, 2017
Struggles Challenging Neo-Colonial Regime Prompts Postponement of Israel-Africa Summit in Togo By Abayomi Azikiwe, September 12, 2017
Syria Summary – A New Clash Looms in Syria’s East By Moon of Alabama, September 12, 2017