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.
Death Of Brother Of “Wounded Boy In Orange Seat” Appears To Be An Add-On Fake By Moon of Alabama, August 23, 2016
Imperial Lawlessness By Mark Taliano, August 23, 2016
Neocons and Clintonites Prepare for War on Syria. Propaganda Campaign in Support of “Direct” US Military Intervention By Rick Sterling, August 23, 2016
Video: UN Security Council “Humanitarian” Debate on Syria, Succession of Lies and Truths By United Nations, August 23, 2016
Geopolitical Realignments: Can Russia Survive Washington’s Challenge in the Wake of Turkey’s Failed Coup? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, August 22, 2016
US Seeks “Safe Havens” in Eastern Syria By The New Atlas, August 22, 2016
China Joins Russia in Syria War? “Enhanced Military Aid” against US Sponsored Terrorists? By Stephen Lendman, August 22, 2016
US Government Refused US Entry to Jihadist It Employs for Overthrowing Assad By Eric Zuesse, August 22, 2016
How We Know ISIS was “Made in the USA”. It;s Official: “West Will facilitate Rise of Islamic State in Order to Isolate Syrian Regime” By Roger Stone, August 22, 2016
Millions of Yemenis Rally in Support Supreme Political Council and against Saudi Arabia By Press TV, August 21, 2016
How Parasitic Finance Capital Has Turned Iran’s Economy into a Case of Casino Capitalism By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, August 20, 2016
“Human Rights” Propaganda Campaign Paves Way for Military Escalation in Syria By Bill Van Auken, August 20, 2016
Towards a Kurdish-Arab War in Syria? By South Front, August 20, 2016
The Aleppo Poster Child. Propaganda Picture to Justify Escalation of US-led Humanitarian War By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, August 20, 2016
The Boy in the Ambulance: US State Department Funded Groups Behind Latest ‘Iconic Image’ Designed to Demonize Russia and Encourage Further Bloodshed in Syria By Joe Quinn, August 20, 2016
Turkey — Let Us Not Celebrate Yet! By Andre Vltchek, August 19, 2016
The “Wounded Boy In Orange Seat” – Another Staged “White Helmets” Stunt By Moon of Alabama, August 19, 2016
Syria: China and Iran Join Russia in Larger Role By Ulson Gunnar, August 19, 2016
Yes, Obama and Clinton Created ISIS – Too Bad Trump Can’t Explain How It Happened By Glen Ford, August 19, 2016
The Day Before Deraa: How the War Broke Out in Syria By Steven Sahiounie, August 19, 2016
Proof: US and NATO-backed ‘Rebels’ Are NOT Fighting ISIS By 21st Century Wire, August 18, 2016
Failed Coup in Turkey, Escalating War in Ukraine, The Battle For Aleppo, Freedom for Saif al-Gaddafi in Libya By Hugo Turner, August 18, 2016
US Transfers Nukes From Turkey to Romania. Washington Losing Control of some 50 US Tactical Nuclear Weapons at Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base By Sputnik, August 18, 2016
The Birth of Agro-Resistance in Palestine By Jonathan Cook, August 17, 2016
The Prospects of US Imperialism: Will it be Petras’ Apocalypse or Hammond’s Hopeful Enlightenment? By Eric Walberg, August 17, 2016
Israelis Scheming to Replace Aqsa Mosque with ‘Third Temple’: Report By Press TV, August 17, 2016
Video: Russian Air Force Operating against ISIS Operating Out of an Iranian Base By RT, August 17, 2016
Religion of Terror? Leaked ISIS Documents Reveal that 70% of Recruits Don’t Even Know What Islam Is By Claire Bernish, August 16, 2016
Russia’s “Permanent Military Base” in Syria: Moscow just tipped the Balance of Power in the Mediterranean By Alexander Mercouris, August 16, 2016
Syrian War Report: ISIS Rebels Attack on US Outpost, Russian Airforce Bombs ISIS Positions… By South Front, August 16, 2016
America’s Illegal Wars of Conquest. Terrorist Embedded Propagandists, Demonizing the Target Countries By Mark Taliano, August 16, 2016
The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine By Jim Miles, August 15, 2016
Lawsuit Filed against U.S. Government for Illegal Aid to Nuclear Israel. IRMEP By Sott, August 14, 2016
Western Corporate Media ‘Disappears’ over 1.5 Million Syrians and 4,000 Doctors By Eva Bartlett, August 14, 2016
Diplomatic Fence-mending with Russia? Is Ankara Ready to Close Its Border with Syria, Blocking Supply Routes to US-NATO “Moderate Terrorists” By Al Manar, August 13, 2016
Israel’s Stolen Babies Remains the State’s Darkest Secret By Jonathan Cook, August 13, 2016
Obstacle to Peace – The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict By Jim Miles, August 13, 2016
Military Escalation: Turning Point in the Battle of Aleppo By South Front, August 13, 2016
Oil, Military and Intelligence Ops in the Arabian Gulf: Britain’s Dangerous and Ignored Special Relationship With Oman By Mark Curtis, August 13, 2016
Syria War Report: Opposition Terrorists Threaten Government’s Supply Lines By South Front, August 13, 2016
US Military Prepares New Offensives in Syria and Iraq By Peter Symonds, August 12, 2016
Spies Like Us: Pentagon Taps Private Intel Contractors to Fight ISIS in Syria By RT, August 12, 2016
Putin - Erdogan, RIA Novosti
Turkey and Russia: Divided Present, Uncertain Future By Federico Pieraccini, August 12, 2016
Serbia to Help Russian Aid Operation in Syria By Balkan Insight, August 11, 2016
The Battle for Aleppo and the Hypocrisy of US War Propaganda By Bill Van Auken, August 11, 2016
Russian Bombers Destroy ISIS Chemical Weapons Plant near Raqqa, Syria By RT, August 11, 2016
Putin - Erdogan, RIA Novosti
The Erdogan Putin Meeting: “A New Landmark in Bilateral Relations?” By Stephen Lendman, August 10, 2016
US Peace Council Delegation Visit to Syria: “Our Governments are Attempting to Destroy This Noble Country”: Vanessa Beeley By Vanessa Beeley, August 10, 2016
Has the CIA’s Plot to “Covertly” Kill Russians in Syria Come to Pass? By The New Atlas, August 09, 2016
Washington Escalates Covert Backing for Al Qaeda Militias in Aleppo By Thomas Gaist, August 09, 2016
Putin - Erdogan, RIA Novosti
Washington Slapdown: Turkey Turns to Moscow for Help By Mike Whitney, August 09, 2016
Palestine: Britain Should Apologise for the Balfour Declaration, Not ‘Celebrate’ It By Prof. Kamel Hawwash, August 09, 2016
Syria War Report: Al Qaeda Breaks Aleppo Siege By South Front, August 08, 2016
Putin - Erdogan, RIA Novosti
US-Turkey Relations in Jeopardy? Putin and Erdogan Meeting in St. Petersburg By Stephen Lendman, August 08, 2016
Al Qaeda Strikes Back: Aleppo Remains the Focal Point Of The War On Syria By Moon of Alabama, August 08, 2016
“Moderates” Fighting Under “Re-Branded” Nusra Means They’re Al Qaeda Too By The New Atlas, August 08, 2016
Al-Nusra’s Rebranding is More than Simply A “Name Change”. Al Qaeda Gave its Blessing to the Move By Mona Alami, August 08, 2016
Ten Facts About Aleppo By Ikhras, August 08, 2016
Washington’s Strategic Defeat: Erdogan Trumps Gulenist Coup By Prof. James Petras, August 08, 2016
U.S. Neocons Call to “Bomb Assad”, No Reason Given By Alexander Mercouris, August 08, 2016
The Kurdish Question, Then and Now By Samir Amin, August 08, 2016
Turkey: Failed Coup or Paradigm Shift in the Middle East – in the World? By Peter Koenig, August 07, 2016
War Crimes: Baby Teeth of Iraqi Children Tell Troubling Tale of War’s Toxic Impacts By Jon Queally, August 07, 2016
Obama’s Mysterious $400 Million Cash Cargo Plane to Iran By Alex Christoforou, August 06, 2016
US State Department Remains Mute on How US Weapons Ended Up in the Hands of Al Qaeda Affiliated Terrorists By Sputnik, August 06, 2016
Washington Uses Terrorist Groups in Syria and Iraq in Order to Oppose the Growing Influence of Iran and Russia in the Region By South Front, August 06, 2016
Images: Libya's so-called freedom-fighting "moderates" literally just repainted their trucks after NATO's 2011 intervention, becoming ISIS' Libyan branch. The US now finds itself justifying yet another military intervention in Libya to fight the very terrorists it helped arm and put into power in 2011.
I Thought NATO “Liberated” Libya in 2011? By Steven MacMillan, August 06, 2016
After Shocking Beheading, “Moderate” Rebels Allegedly Unleashed Chemical Weapons In Syria By Mint Press, August 06, 2016
British Paranoia: How a Book on Art and Culture Draws Suspicions of Terrorism By Felicity Arbuthnot, August 05, 2016
August 6: Hiroshima Day. The Dawn of the Nuclear Age GR News Hour: Three Interviews on the New Nuclear Threat By Michael Welch and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 05, 2016
Video: “Moderate” Terrorists’ Attempted Counter-Offensive In Aleppo By South Front, August 05, 2016
U.S. Bombing Mission In Libya, Special Forces Included By Brandon Turbeville, August 05, 2016
Why do US “Experts” Who Supported the “Moderate” Al Qaeda Terrorists Suddenly Find Syrian Rebel Sectarianism “Extraordinary”? By Moon of Alabama, August 05, 2016
The Enemy Of My Friend Is My Friend: Israel Accepts Billions From The US, But Maintains Ties With Al-Nusra By Richard Silverstein, August 05, 2016
Syria: CNN “Normalizes” Suicide Bombers and “Embeds Reporters” with ISIS and Al Qaeda “Freedom Fighters” By Vanessa Beeley, August 05, 2016
West Support Al Qaeda
U.S. State Department Refused Entry to Jihadist It Employed for Overthrowing President Al-Assad By Eric Zuesse, August 05, 2016
Neocons Promote War on Syria: “Drone and Cruise Missile” Strikes to Take Out Assad By Timothy Alexander Guzman, August 05, 2016
The Afghanistan Quagmire: Time for an Exit Strategy By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, August 05, 2016
John Kerry And Al-Qaeda Join Hands: “Very Different Track” Attack On Aleppo Fails By Moon of Alabama, August 05, 2016
Ten Facts the Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You About the War in Syria By Darius Shahtahmasebi, August 05, 2016