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.
Will the Afghan ‘Graveyard of Empires’ Be Donald Trump’s Last Stand? By Martin Jay, May 22, 2017
Trump Accuses Iran of Supporting Terrorists and Spreading Instability By South Front, May 22, 2017
Trump Signs “Single Largest Arms Deal in US History” with Saudi Arabia Worth $350 Billion By Zero Hedge, May 22, 2017
Trump in Riyadh – A Gulf NATO to Gang Up Against Iran and Syria By Jan Oberg, May 22, 2017
When the Trump Coup-Makers Cometh By Robert Parry, May 22, 2017
The War on Syria: Exposing Media Distortions By Gregory Elich, May 21, 2017
Ten Myths About Israel: Genocide and Racism Unmasked By Jerome Irwin, May 21, 2017
If NATO Wants Peace and Stability It Should Stay Home By Ulson Gunnar, May 21, 2017
Syrian Army Within 20 km of Al-Tanaf Controlled by US-led Forces on Syria-Iraq Border By South Front, May 21, 2017
Video Shows Syrian “White Helmets” Accepting Award from Al-Qaeda By Brandon Turbeville, May 21, 2017
Trump Approves New Pentagon Strategy to “Annihilate” ISIS By Niles Niemuth, May 21, 2017
US Aggression against Syria and the Principles of a “Just War”. “Make America a Global Empire, Again!” By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović, May 20, 2017
International Campaign Is Criminalizing Criticism of Israel As ‘Anti-Semitism’ By Alison Weir, May 20, 2017
Video: The Battle for Raqqah, The Islamic State’s Stronghold By South Front, May 20, 2017
US Attack on Syrian Forces, A Criminal Act of War: Asserting the “Safe Zones”, Perpetuating the War By Tony Cartalucci, May 20, 2017
In Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties Happen by Design, Not by Accident By Sami Karimi, May 20, 2017
US-led Coalition Airstrike on Syria Government Was Not Accidental By Sophie Mangal, May 20, 2017
Video: US Coalition Airstrikes against Syrian Government Forces By South Front, May 20, 2017
Syria’s White Helmets Suspend Members Caught on Camera During Rebel Execution By RT News, May 20, 2017
America Bombs Syria, Protects the Terrorists. Where Is The Outrage? By Mark Taliano, May 20, 2017
Clearing the Fog of War Around Syria By Jooneed Khan, May 20, 2017
Is Washington Protecting the Terrorists? US Jets Bomb Pro-Government Syria Forces Advancing on Militant Base By Press TV, May 19, 2017
U.S. Attacks Syrian Government Forces – It Now Has to Make Its Choice By Moon of Alabama, May 19, 2017
Video: The Collapse of ISIS, Competition for Syrian-Iraqi Border By South Front, May 19, 2017
Syria Dismisses US Accusations About Crematory at Sednaya Prison, Demands The UN to Take Action Against Coalition’s Slaughters of Syrian Civilians By Samer Hussein, May 18, 2017
New Holocaust Claims Against Assad Are Based On Old, Debunked Propaganda By Brandon Turbeville, May 18, 2017
Voices From Syria: A Testimony to The Bravery and Resilience of The Syrian People By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, May 18, 2017
Fake News “Evidence”: US State Department Admits There Might Be No ‘Assad Crematorium’ in Saydnaya Prison By News Desk, May 18, 2017
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War Veterans Ask “Democracy Now” for Real Investigative Reporting on Syria. “Many Progressives Seem Totally Blind” By Daniel Borgstrom and Ann Garrison, May 18, 2017
Gaza’s Territorial Waters: Fisherman Mohammed Baker Killed by Israeli Naval Forces By Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, May 18, 2017
Remembering June 1967 and the Conquest of Palestine. Trump’s Visit to Israel By Miko Peled, May 18, 2017
Forty-Five Blows Against Democracy By David Vine, May 18, 2017
U.S. Military World’s Largest Polluter – Hundreds Of Bases Gravely Contaminated By Whitney Webb, May 18, 2017
Video: Syrian Government Forces Advances against ISIS Terrorists, US Media Campaign Against Syrian Government By South Front, May 18, 2017
Fake News and Fake Intelligence: Another U.S. Attempt to Undermine Negotiations on Syria By Sophie Mangal, May 18, 2017
Trump to Visit Saudi Arabia While Cholera Epidemic in Yemen Worsens By Abayomi Azikiwe, May 18, 2017
More “Fake News”: James Comey Is Losing His Game with Another Non-News Leak By Moon of Alabama, May 18, 2017
Imaginary Interior of Saydnaya Now Has Imaginary Crematorium – US State Department By Catte, May 17, 2017
Israel Minister: “The Time Has Come to Assassinate Bashar Assad” By Zero Hedge, May 17, 2017
Last to Die in Afghanistan: US Marines Back to Helmand By Ulson Gunnar, May 17, 2017
How Western Sanctions Not War Almost Entirely Destroyed Syria’s Medical Industry By Sputnik, May 17, 2017
Israeli Official Calls for Syrian President Assad’s Assassination By Richard Edmondson, May 17, 2017
Video: Mosul Battle Report. Retreat of ISIS, Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) Pushing towards Border with Syria By South Front, May 17, 2017
Trump’s Plan Finally Becomes Clear. “War is Good for Business” By Eric Zuesse, May 17, 2017
U.S–Led NATO’s Tree Of Lies By Mark Taliano, May 17, 2017
Confrontation Between Al Qaeda Militants Plays into The Hands of Syrian Army By Anna Jaunger, May 17, 2017
Israel Tutors Its Children in Fear and Loathing of Palestinians By Jonathan Cook, May 17, 2017
Forsaken Sultan: Erdogan Isolated Ahead of Trump Meeting in Washington By Martin Jay, May 16, 2017
Fake News Day: One Day, Three Serious News Stories That Turn Out to be False By Moon of Alabama, May 16, 2017
US Revives Discredited Syria “Slaughterhouse” Story By Tony Cartalucci, May 16, 2017
Syria: Trump’s Tomahawks, Double Standards – Using Chemical and Radioactive Weapons for Profit? By Felicity Arbuthnot, May 16, 2017
Shades of 1956 Suez Disaster and the Greater Israel Project: Israel Schemes to Annex The Occupied Territories with US Support By Anthony Bellchambers, May 16, 2017
CentCom Breaks “Safe Passage” Deal in Syria and Iraq- Making Its Allies Bleed for It By Moon of Alabama, May 15, 2017
President Trump: Toss Your Generals’ War Escalation Plans in the Trash By Rep. Ron Paul, May 15, 2017
Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Resolution of Support for Prisoners’ Strike Joins Growing Labor Solidarity for Palestinian Freedom By Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, May 15, 2017
Al Qaeda Central, Al-Nusra and ISIS: The Al Nusra Front Was Originally Part of the Islamic State By Nauman Sadiq, May 15, 2017
Video: ISIS Terrorists in Retreat, Syria Government Forces Make Large Gains in Aleppo and Damascus By South Front, May 15, 2017
North Korea’s Concern for Self-Defense. The DPRK Missile Test By Stephen Lendman, May 14, 2017
Fabrication of Fake Video and Photos of Syria Chemical Attack: Al Qaeda Terrorists Working with “White Helmets”in Aleppo By Global Research News, May 14, 2017
President Trump Visits the Very Source of Wahhabism and the “Sharia Law”: Saudi Arabia By Tony Cartalucci, May 14, 2017
Towards Greater Israel? Netanyahu’s Vision of One-State-One-People Solution By Akiva Eldar, May 14, 2017
Saudi Arabia Pledges $40 Billion Investment in US Infrastructure Ahead of Trump Visit By Middle East Eye, May 14, 2017
Syrian Branch of Al Qaeda Sends Delegation to Turkey. Report By South Front, May 14, 2017
Palestinian Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike By National Coalition for Palestine South Africa, May 13, 2017
Video: U.S. Opens Corridor for ISIS Terrorists. Pro-Turkish Militants Form Coalition to Fight ‘Terrorists’ By South Front, May 13, 2017
Will Trump Agree to the Pentagon’s Permanent War in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria? By Gareth Porter, May 13, 2017
Mohammad bin Salman
US Nears $100 Billion Arms Deal with Saudi Arabia Ahead of Trump’s Trip By Jane Mcintosh, May 13, 2017
Syria – “The Regime Will Be There” – U.S. Concedes Raqqa … And The Syrian East? By Moon of Alabama, May 13, 2017
In Solidarity with #Palestinian Political Prisoners detained by Israel: South African Government Ministers, Media Personalities and Activists Commit to 24 Hour Fast By BDS South Africa, May 12, 2017
Was the April 4 Syria Chemical Weapons Khan Sheikhoun Incident Fake? Not Real? By Stephen Lendman, May 12, 2017
Netanyahu’s War on Press Freedom By Stephen Lendman, May 12, 2017
The Astana Process: A Possible Solution to An Impossible Situation in Syria By Patrick Henningsen, May 11, 2017
No, the “New” CNN Video of the Chemical Incident Does Not Prove that the Syrian Government Did It By Washington's Blog and Dr. Theodore Postol, May 11, 2017
Video: Syrian Army Renews Operations Against ISIS in Eastern Aleppo By South Front, May 11, 2017
The Silent Slaughter of the US Air War By Nicolas J. S. Davies, May 11, 2017
Lebanon: Hedonism and War By Andre Vltchek, May 11, 2017
Syria’s De-Escalation Zones Explained By Brandon Turbeville, May 11, 2017
The War on Syria: Justice Dangles From A Tree By Christopher Black, May 11, 2017
U.S. New “Plan B” for Syria: Military Escalation By Anna Jaunger, May 11, 2017
The Disunity Of Israel’s Opposition Parties Is Serving The Occupation By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, May 11, 2017