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.
Ten Facts Everyone Needs To Know About Israel By Anthony Bellchambers, January 23, 2016
British Doctors Accuse Israel of “Medical Torture” By Stephen Lendman, January 22, 2016
China Backs Establishment of Independent State of Palestine with Jerusalem as Its Capital By Press TV, January 22, 2016
Video: Britain’s Growing Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia By Press TV, January 22, 2016
The Solution is to Eradicate ISIS and Al Qaeda: Syrian Peace Will Be Decided on the Battlefield, Not in Vienna By Tony Cartalucci, January 22, 2016
Turkish Invasion Threat Escalates Syrian Conflict By Bill Van Auken, January 22, 2016
This photo shows a formation of US Navy F-18E Super Hornets in flight after receiving fuel from aKC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq, on September 23, 2014. ©AFP
US Mission Creep in Iraq and Syria. American Boots on the Ground “to Fight the Islamic State”? By Stephen Lendman, January 22, 2016
Anglo-American Merchants of Death and Destruction. Multibillion Dollar Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia By Stephen Lendman, January 22, 2016
Militarization in Yemen. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Mobilizes By South Front, January 21, 2016
Baghdad Kidnappings: Were American Mercenaries working for US Defence Giant on ‘Critical’ Iraq Special Forces Programme? By Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black, January 21, 2016
To the Rescue of ISIS: Turkey Prepares Ground Invasion of Syria By South Front, January 21, 2016
Al Qaeda Militants in Aleppo, Syria, got reinforcements from Turkey – Russian Foreign Ministry By RT, January 21, 2016
German Defence Minister Announces Military Intervention in Libya By Dietmar Henning and Johannes Stern, January 21, 2016
“Staggering” Violence in Iraq: The Legacy of US War and Occupation By Bill Van Auken, January 21, 2016
Israel Spraying Toxins Over Palestinian Crops in Gaza By Belal Aldabbour, January 21, 2016
Foreign Policy Diary By South Front, January 21, 2016
The Scale of the Slaughter: Passive Reporting vs Scientific Mortality Studies By Nicolas J. S. Davies, January 20, 2016
Israeli Minister Secretly Visits UAE amid ‘Shared Concerns’ on Iran: Report By Press TV, January 20, 2016
Heavy Clashes Against ISIS in Deir Ezzor. Syrian Forces Target Al Nusra By South Front, January 19, 2016
The New York Times’s Double Standard on Iran’s Nuclear Program By Matt Peppe, January 19, 2016
Staggering Civilian Death Toll in Iraq: UN Report By Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, January 19, 2016
Israel Frantic over EU Attempts to Tighten Sanctions against West Bank Jewish Settlements By Middle East Monitor, January 19, 2016
Video: The Islamic State’s Counter-Offensive Repealed By Syrian Forces By South Front, January 19, 2016
Yemen: Britain and Saudi Arabia Shoulder to Shoulder in Atrocity By Felicity Arbuthnot, January 19, 2016
How Australia’s Colonial History Helps Shape Its Racist Approach to Syria By Prof. Tim Anderson, January 19, 2016
China’s Xi Jinping Heads for Middle East – Defusing an Explosive Region By nsnbc international, January 18, 2016
Turkey: The Islamic State’s Second Home By Tony Cartalucci, January 18, 2016
China’s Relations with Middle East and Arab Countries: President Xi Jinping By People's Daily, January 18, 2016
US Imposes Sanctions on Iran for Ballistic Missile Program By Press TV, January 18, 2016
Turkish Government Assault on the Academic Community and Freedom of Expression By Kansu Yildirim, January 18, 2016
New US Sanctions on Iran By Stephen Lendman, January 18, 2016
Latest ISIS Atrocity in Syria. “Moderate Terrorists” Trained by the CIA By Stephen Lendman, January 18, 2016
Is the West Bombing ISIS? Russian Data on Alleged US-Led Anti-ISIS Coalition Actions in Syria By ITAR-TASS, January 18, 2016
Israel Must Now Open Its Nuclear Program to IAEA Inspection, or Face Sanctions By Anthony Bellchambers, January 18, 2016
European Parliament, Plenar hall by CherryX per Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Israeli Mother Addresses European Parliament By jfjfp, January 17, 2016
Twenty-five Years Ago: Remembering the Night “Operation Desert Storm” Was Launched on Iraq By Blue Woman, January 17, 2016
Israeli and AIPAC Big Lies About Iran’s Intended Use of “Unfrozen Financial Assets” By Stephen Lendman, January 17, 2016
ISIS Commits Massacre in Village in Deir Ezzor, Claiming the Lives of 300 Civilians By Hazem Sabbagh, January 17, 2016
France: Charlie Hebdo’s Aylan Cartoon Causes Uproar By Anadolu Agency, January 16, 2016
Israel Tortures Palestinian Children; Keeps Them in Outdoor Cages in Winter By Mint Press, January 16, 2016
France Accuses Russia of Killing Civilians in Syria By Stephen Lendman, January 16, 2016
Not-Tweetworthy: UN Selectively Tweeting Syrian Villages, Ignores Foua, Kafarya, Nubl, Zahara Besieged by US Sponsored Terrorists By Eva Bartlett, January 16, 2016
Caught With Our Pants Down in the Persian Gulf. US Navy Personnel Arrested by Iran By Justin Raimondo, January 16, 2016
What Accounts for the Saudi Regime’s Hysterical Belligerence? The Agony of Death By Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, January 16, 2016
Fury at Israeli Plan to Build Town on Historic Muslim Village By Jonathan Cook, January 16, 2016
“Sunnistan”: US and Allied “Safe Zone” Plan to Grab Territorial Booty in Northern Syria By Patrick Henningsen, January 16, 2016
Did Iran “Mistreat” US Navy Personnel Briefly Held Captive? US Media in High Gear By Stephen Lendman, January 15, 2016
Palestinian “Child Prisoners” and the BDS Campaign. Israel’s International Image Continues to Deteriorate By Ben White, January 15, 2016
MPs debate Palestinian Child Prisoners as “Renewed Lethal Violence” Plagues the New Year By Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, January 15, 2016
America’s War against the Islamic State (ISIS): A Complete Hoax. ISIS, Al Qaeda, Al-Nusra, Et Al are US Creations By Stephen Lendman, January 15, 2016
The U.S. Starves Syria: Corporate Media Covers Up American Foreign Policy Atrocities By Margaret Kimberley, January 15, 2016
Netanyahu Calls for Banning Islamic Call to Prayer (Adhan), Causes “Unbearable Noise “ By The Palestinian Information Center, January 15, 2016
Cameron’s “Transparency” Mandate Provides “Green Light” to Britain’s Extra-Judicial Killings and Drone Strikes By Felicity Arbuthnot, January 15, 2016
Pentagon Chief Outlines Plan for Escalation of Iraq-Syria War By Patrick Martin, January 15, 2016
Destruction of ISIS Infrastructure: Russian Aerospace Forces in Joint Combat Mission with Syrian Arab Air Force By South Front, January 15, 2016
Israel Sued in US over Flotilla Attacks. Civil Law Suit against the State of Israel By IMEMC, January 15, 2016
Military Escalation: Egyptian Soldiers Arrive in Yemen to Join Saudi-led Coalition By South Front, January 15, 2016
“Sanctions” Against Russia-Iran: Economic Aggression Revisited By Christopher Black, January 15, 2016
US Desperately Paints Russia as Villain in Syria By Tony Cartalucci, January 15, 2016
Swiss Court Orders Israel to Pay Iran $1.1 Billion in Oil Pipeline Dispute By Aluf Benn, January 15, 2016
Egypt Sends 800 Ground Troops to Engage in Saudi-US War on Yemen By Almasdar News, January 15, 2016
Manipulating Video Images: Sloppy Journalism or War Propaganda? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 14, 2016
Does Washington Plan Greater Middle East War? Is War on Iran Still on the Pentagon’s Drawing Board? By Stephen Lendman, January 14, 2016
Coordinated Operations against ISIS Terrorists in Syria. SAA Infantry, Artillery and Russian Air Force By South Front, January 14, 2016
Madaya: “The Kitten Campaign”. Times of London Lights Match to Propaganda Fire? By thewallwillfall.wordpress.com, January 14, 2016
Syria: Humanitarian Crisis and Media Propaganda: Madaya, Terrorists Besieging Kafarya and Foua By Vanessa Beeley, January 14, 2016
U.S. Media Condemns Iran’s “Aggression” in Intercepting U.S. Naval Ships — In Iranian Waters By Glenn Greenwald, January 14, 2016
Syrian Air Force Targets ISIS Tanker Convoy Smuggling Oil en Route to Turkey. Top Al Qaeda Commander Killed By South Front, January 13, 2016
Syrians Besieged by US Supported Terrorists Risk Death, Fake Media Reports Blame Bashar Al-Assad By Stephen Lendman, January 13, 2016
Why Israel has Silenced the 1948 Story of Nazareth’s Survival. The Only Palestinian City that was not Ethnically Cleansed By Jonathan Cook, January 13, 2016
The Madaya Food Crisis Propaganda Saga: Questions the Mainstream Media Should have Asked but Didn’t. By Vanessa Beeley, January 13, 2016
Spying in Iran’s Territorial Waters? Iranian Military Seizes Two US Naval Vessels, Detains US Naval Personnel By Stephen Lendman, January 13, 2016
VIDEO: Besieged Syrian Town Has Food, But US-NATO Supported “Moderate Terrorists” Won’t Distribute It By Russia Insider, January 13, 2016
What Hillary Knew about Libya. To Justify “Regime Change”, U.S. Routinely Spreads Rumors. By Robert Parry, January 13, 2016
Justifying a “Humanitarian War” against Syria? The Sinister Role of the NGOs By Julien Teil, January 13, 2016
Statement by UNICEF Representative By Julien Harneis, January 13, 2016
Video: Al Qaeda (AQAP) Supported by Saudi Arabia, Militant Groups Challenge Saudi-Backed South Yemen Hadi Government By South Front, January 12, 2016
Behind Netanyahu’s Ban on the “Islamic Movement” in Israel By Jonathan Cook, January 12, 2016
The Madaya Fake Images Media Smear against Syrian Government: CBC Report on the “Starvation Situation” By Vanessa Beeley, January 12, 2016
Video: An Array of ISIS Strongholds Destroyed by Syrian Forces and Russian Warplanes By South Front, January 12, 2016