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.
Video: The Downing of Russia’s SU-24 Bomber. Testimony of Pilot: “There Was No Warning” By South Front, November 27, 2015
Turkey is a Pawn on the Chessboard for US-NATO War against Russia By Timothy Alexander Guzman, November 27, 2015
“And the Billionaires Are Laughing Somewhere in America” By Felicity Arbuthnot, November 26, 2015
United Nations Committee Calls for End to Israeli Occupation. US, Canada Voted against Resolution By World Bulletin, November 26, 2015
Turkish Prime Minister: I Gave Order to Shoot Down Russia’s Plane Myself. “Turkish Armed Forces carried out Orders given by me Personally.” By Sputnik, November 26, 2015
Guess Who is Behind the Islamic State? Israeli Colonel “Caught with IS Pants Down” By F. William Engdahl, November 26, 2015
Is Turkey Collaborating with The Islamic State (ISIS)? By David L. Phillips, November 26, 2015
An Invisible US Hand Leading to War? Turkey’s Downing of a Russian Jet was an Act of Madness By Dave Lindorff, November 26, 2015
The Downing of Russia’s SU-24 Jet: 17 Seconds That Changed The World. Leaked Letter Exposes Turkey’s Hair-Trigger Reality By Zero Hedge, November 25, 2015
The Downed Russian SU-24. Turkey Is Lying: “NATO Governments Lie Every Time They Open Their Mouths” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, November 25, 2015
Russia Confirms Rescue of Second Su-24 Pilot, Deployment of Air Defense Systems in Syria By Global Times, November 25, 2015
Rescued Su-24 Russian Co-Pilot Rules Out Turkish Space Violation ‘Even for Second’ By Sputnik, November 25, 2015
Why’s The US Hanging Turkey Out To Dry? By Andrew Korybko, November 25, 2015
Russian Air Force Annihilated Militants In Area Where Su-24 Was Shot Down. Erdogan Ordered Turkish Air Force Planes Be Grounded By South Front, November 25, 2015
US-Dominated NATO Supports Turkish Aggression Against Russia By Stephen Lendman, November 25, 2015
The Israeli Declaration of Independence: The World Continues to Ignore its Provisions and those of the British Balfour Declaration By Anthony Bellchambers, November 25, 2015
UN Backs Russia’s War against ISIL / Da’esh By Alexander Mercouris, November 25, 2015
A Turkish Act of War Against Russia. A No Fly Zone in Northern Syria By Joaquin Flores, November 25, 2015
Turkey Downs Russian Fighter to Draw NATO and US Deeper into Syrian Quagmire By Mike Whitney, November 25, 2015
The Perils of Certainty: Obama and the “Assad Regime” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 25, 2015
Netanyahu Paves the Way for a New Era Of Tyranny By Jonathan Cook, November 25, 2015
Russia Deploys Warship Off Syrian Coast To “Destroy Any Threats To Russian Planes” By Zero Hedge, November 25, 2015
Turkey Has Destroyed Russia’s Hope Of Western Cooperation By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, November 25, 2015
Russia-China Relations and the Downing of Russia’s Jet Fighter by Turkey By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, November 25, 2015
Turkey Did Not Act on Its Own. Was Washington Complicit in Downing Russia’s Aircraft? By Stephen Lendman, November 24, 2015
VIDEO: ‘Moderate Rebels’ Attack Russian Rescue Helicopter Searching for Downed Pilots By 21st Century Wire, November 24, 2015
Russian Warplane Down: NATO’s Act of War By Tony Cartalucci, November 24, 2015
President Putin’s Statement on Russian Jet Fighter Shot Down by Turkey. Meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan By Pres. Vladimir Putin, November 24, 2015
The Paris Terrorist Attacks: “Pre-emptive Defense”, A Chronicle Foretold By Patrick Howlett-Martin, November 24, 2015
Russia “Violated” Turkish Airspace Because Turkey “Moved” Its Border By SyrianFreePress, November 24, 2015
Russian Su-24 fighter jet shot down over Syria – Russian MoD (VIDEO) By RT, November 24, 2015
NATO’s Provocative Policy: Russian Su-24 Fighter Bomber Shot Down By Turkey On Syrian Border By 21st Century Wire, November 24, 2015
America’s “Anti-ISIS Coalition” Never existed. There is No “US-led war on ISIS” By Ulson Gunnar, November 24, 2015
In the Wake of The Mali Terrorist Attacks: Escalation of U.S. and French Military Interventions in Africa? By Abayomi Azikiwe, November 23, 2015
The Dirty War on Syria: The Basics By Prof. Tim Anderson, November 23, 2015
Who is Behind the Air Defense System To “Protect ISIS” against Russian Strikes? By Oriental Review, November 23, 2015
The “War on Terror” Made us Unsafe By Jamal Kanj, November 23, 2015
Terror Junkies and the Paris Attacks: The ISIS and the West’s “Addiction” to Funding Radical Groups By Steven MacMillan, November 23, 2015
President Al-Assad Interview: “From the Very First Day, We Were Determined to Fight Terrorism” By SANA, November 22, 2015
PBS, a major US media network, is using footage of Russian airstrikes in Syria to advance Washington’s military agenda.
Media Manipulation: US Shows Footage of Russian Airstrike against ISIS as Its Own By Press TV, November 22, 2015
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Pentagon’s War on Terror: Smokescreen for Ambitious Geopolitical Projects? By Sputnik, November 22, 2015
Week Seven of the Russian Intervention in Syria against Daesh: Dramatic Surge in Intensity By The Saker, November 22, 2015
Iraq Security Forces Seize Two German Planes of the US-led Anti-ISIS Coalition Carrying Weapons, For Whom? By Fars News Agency, November 22, 2015
No-Go With the Flow: Water Politics in Israel and California By Charity Crouse, November 20, 2015
Bashar Al-Assad Interview: “Al Qaeda was Created by the Americans With the Help of Saudi Wahhabi Money”. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar Support ISIS By SANA, November 20, 2015
The Paris Terror Attacks: Canada Helps Avoid Pitfalls of Irrationality By Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin, November 20, 2015
Unreported Crimes against Humanity: More Than 800 Women and Children Have Died in Yemen, and No One Has Food By Samuel Oakford, November 20, 2015
French Say Assad Must Go, President Assad Responds “No Thanks, Get Serious” By Brandon Turbeville, November 20, 2015
US Government Refuses to Accept Russia’s Assessment that Sinai Metrojet Air Crash “Was An Act of Terror” By Sputnik, November 20, 2015
The Anti-Daesh Campaign: Russia Dramatically Increases Military Operations in Syria Directed against ISIS By The Saker, November 20, 2015
US-Led Coalition’s Primary Objective in Syria is To Destroy the Government rather than The Islamic State (ISIS) By Sputnik, November 20, 2015
The Most Important Question About ISIS That Nobody Is Asking: How ISIS Uses Oil Wealth to Finance Its Terror Operations By Zero Hedge, November 20, 2015
U.S. State of Virginia Senator Richard Black to President al-Assad: “The War on Syria was an Unlawful War of Aggression” By Hazem Sabbagh, November 20, 2015
America to Deliver 19,000 Bombs to Saudi Arabia, in Support of the ISIS Terrorists? By Russia Insider, November 20, 2015
Syria: Killing Innocent Civilians as part of a US Covert Op. Mobilizing Public Support for a R2P War against Syria By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, November 20, 2015
Who Supports The Islamic State (ISIS)? Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, Israel, UK, France, USA By Prof. Tim Anderson, November 20, 2015
Video: 500 ISIS Fuel Tankers Smuggling Oil Destroyed by Russian Air Force By South Front, November 20, 2015
Israel: Netanyahu Capitalises on Paris Bombings By Jean Shaoul, November 19, 2015
Nine Ways to Stop Terrorism By Washington's Blog, November 19, 2015
Saudi Arabia and the GCC are Expanding To Eritrea. Geopolitical Implications for Ethiopia By Andrew Korybko, November 18, 2015
Another 9/11? West Leverages Paris Attacks for Syria Endgame By Tony Cartalucci, November 18, 2015
Response to the Paris Terror Attacks: Police State Measures, “No Fly Zone” and “Boots on the Ground” in Syria By 21st Century Wire, November 18, 2015
U.S., Turkey Joint Operation Designed “To Save ISIS”, Not Destroy It By Brandon Turbeville, November 18, 2015
US Approves $1.29 Billion Deal to Re-Arm Saudi Arabia Despite Country’s Mass Atrocities By Sarah Lazare, November 18, 2015
Paris 11/13: The Strategy of Chaos By Manlio Dinucci, November 18, 2015
“No Ground Troops to Syria:” Obama’s Smartest Move in Eight Years? By Mike Whitney, November 18, 2015
“Foreign Made Bomb” Destroyed Russian Plane over Sinai, Moscow Says By Thomas Gaist, November 18, 2015
The Media and the Paris Terror Attacks: Inspiring Panic and Justifying War By Barry Grey, November 18, 2015
Not Just Paris: Why Is Beirut’s Brutal Terrorist Attack Being Ignored? By Anna Lekas Miller, November 17, 2015
After the Paris Terror Attacks: A Drumbeat for Military Escalation and Internal Repression By Bill Van Auken, November 17, 2015
“Humanitarian Retribution” against the Islamic State: Illegal French Airstrikes on Syria hit Stadium, Museum, Clinics By David Raven, November 17, 2015
From Pol Pot to ISIS: The Blood Never Dried By John Pilger, November 17, 2015
Convicted Criminals Serve as ISIS “Freedom Fighters” in Syria: Saudi, Pakistani and Iraqi Prison Inmates Replenish Al Qaeda Ranks By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, November 17, 2015
Syrian Government Forces Advance against Terrorist Positions in Daraa and Southern Aleppo Provinces By South Front, November 16, 2015
Tragedy in Paris. Terrorism and the Politics of Hegemony By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, November 16, 2015
U.S. Demands There Be No Democracy in Syria By Eric Zuesse, November 16, 2015
Terrorism in Paris: Can Obama Level with the People? America’s Allies, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar Support the Islamic State (ISIS) By Robert Parry, November 16, 2015
U.S. Yields to Russia’s Insistence Upon Democracy in Syria By Eric Zuesse, November 16, 2015
With US Backing, France Launches Bombing Campaign in Syria By Nick Beams, November 16, 2015
French Politicians Call on Francois Hollande to Reconsider France’s Foreign Policy towards Syria By Hazem Sabbagh, November 16, 2015