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.
Israel’s Membership in “The Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Affairs” (UNOOSA): For the First Time since 1948, Egypt votes for Israel at UN By Middle East Monitor, November 02, 2015
“It Will Become a Prison”: Palestinians of Hebron Required to “Register” in Preparation for Severe New Restrictions By International Solidarity Movement, November 02, 2015
New Zealand’s Zionist Diplomacy in the UN Security Council: “Israel Has a Right to Defend Itself” By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, November 02, 2015
Israel’s Encirclement of Al-Aqsa ‘Nearly Complete’ By Jonathan Cook, November 02, 2015
Russia Mourning over Loss of All on Board Flight KGL9268: Black Boxes Recovered By Dr. Christof Lehmann, November 02, 2015
EU Member States Sell Weapons to Israel, Help Enforce Israel’s Illegal Settlement in Occupied Territories By Anthony Bellchambers, November 01, 2015
Russian Air Force Has Destroyed 1623 Terrorist Targets in Syria. Al Nusra and ISIS Join Forces By South Front, November 01, 2015
Russian Airliner Crash: The Islamic State (ISIS) “Claim of Responsibility” By Stephen Lendman, November 01, 2015
ISIS Oil Exports Worth $500 Million a Year ‘Conducted through Turkey’ By RT, November 01, 2015
Video: Israeli Military Threatens Palestinian Refugee Camp, ‘We Will Gas You until You Die’ By Annie Robbins, November 01, 2015
Flashback to 2001: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to British Prime Minister Tony Blair: ‘Stop Bombing Afghan Civilians’ By Cem Ertur, November 01, 2015
Israel Torture and Imprison Palestinian Children. “A Severe Threat to the National Security of Israel” By Stephen Lendman, November 01, 2015
Russia’s Military Intervention in Syria Has Changed the “Middle East Dynamic”. Agreement to Disagree in Vienna on Syria By Stephen Lendman, October 31, 2015
Syria’s White Helmets, NGO “Soft Power” and War Propaganda. The “Moderate Terrorists” Myth Exposed By Vanessa Beeley, October 31, 2015
Israel Tear Gases 8-Month-Old Palestinian Infant to Death By Stephen Lendman, October 31, 2015
Russian Passenger Aircraft with 220 Onboard Crashes over Egypt By RT, October 31, 2015
Syria Says There Is No Evidence Russia Hit Hospitals, US Is Lying By Sean Adl-Tabatabai, October 31, 2015
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki leaves the International Criminal Court in The Hague on June 25, 2015. (AFP photo)
Palestine Submits New Files on Israeli War Crimes to ICC By Press TV, October 31, 2015
Russia’s Anti-Terrorist Campaign in Syria. Moscow’s Broader National Security Interests By William Hawes, October 31, 2015
Shouldn’t the U.S. Compensate Syria for Invading? By Eric Zuesse, October 31, 2015
Is Israel’s Occupation of the West Bank Behind The Current Violence? By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, October 31, 2015
The Islamic State (ISIS) Counteroffensive and the Battle for East Aleppo By South Front, October 31, 2015
Genocide in Palestine: Israel Storms Hospital. In Bethlehem Soldier Yells: “We will Gas you all until You Die.” By Stephen Lendman, October 31, 2015
Islamic State (ISIS) and Al Nusrah Attack Syrian Government Supply Route, Was it Coordinated by the US? By Moon of Alabama, October 31, 2015
The Tony Blair War Crimes Saga in Limbo: Chilcot Iraq War Report “to Be Published June or July 2016”, Chilcot Tells Cameron By RT, October 30, 2015
Israeli Forces Invade Palestinian Hospitals By Stephen Lendman, October 29, 2015
Russia summons US, Saudi and NATO Envoys to Explain Accusations of Russian Airstrikes against Civilians in Syria By Sputnik, October 29, 2015
US Impotence and Russia’s Intervention in Syria: A Watershed Return to International Diplomacy? By The Saker, October 29, 2015
Washington: Assad Still Must Go. US Support of “Jihadist” Mercenaries is Intent Upon Triggering “Regime Change” By Daniel McAdams, October 29, 2015
Israel fast becoming an Armed Ghetto Divorced from Democracy By Anthony Bellchambers, October 29, 2015
Syria: Russian Fighter Jets Hit ISIS and Al Nusrah Terrorist Positions. ISIS Offensive Directed against Al-Safira By South Front, October 29, 2015
New York Times Ignores Root Cause of Violence in Palestine. Dismisses Israeli State Terror against an Entire Population By Stephen Lendman, October 29, 2015
Yemen: From Blitzkrieg to “Dragged-out War” By South Front, October 29, 2015
Is War Beautiful? The Alleged “Glamour of Armed Conflict” By David Swanson, October 29, 2015
Secret Email Leaked from Hillary’s Server: The Real Story of Bush, Blair and Big Oil’s Iraq Agenda By Russ Baker, October 28, 2015
Who are the Terrorists? US Intends “Direct Action on the Ground” in Iraq and Syria, In Support of ISIS… By Stephen Lendman, October 28, 2015
US “Protects” ISIS Terrorists in Ramadi, … 22 Iraqi Troops Killed by US-Led Airstrikes, US Planes Drop Weapons for ISIS By Fars News Agency, October 28, 2015
The Syria-Iraq Battlespace: ISIS Counteroffensive. US-made Military Hardware and Ammunition Supplied to the Terrorists By South Front, October 28, 2015
Watch Out Tony Blair, The Legal Noose is Tightening. “Dead-End Road” towards a War Crimes Trial? By Felicity Arbuthnot, October 27, 2015
Fuelling Tensions between Superpowers: Washington’s “No Fly Zone” Project in Southern Syria By South Front, October 27, 2015
Latest NYT Big Lie: Russia Responsible for Syrian Refugee “Surge” By Stephen Lendman, October 27, 2015
Another Médecins Sans Frontières Hospital Targeted. Yemen Hospital hit by Saudi-led Airstrikes By RT, October 27, 2015
Russia’s “Bombing” of Syrian Hospitals: The Incredible Expanding Lie By Tony Cartalucci, October 27, 2015
The Benghazi Saga: What Both Hillary and the GOP Are Covering Up About Libya By Russ Baker, October 27, 2015
Jeremy Corbyn “Breached” Saudi-UK Special Relationship – Riyadh’s Ambassador to UK By RT, October 27, 2015
Qatar Ready for Military Intervention against Syria, on Behalf of Pentagon. Reckless Policy Fraught with Dire Implications By Andrei Akulov, October 27, 2015
Tony Blair Uses CNN Interview to Cover for His Lies on Iraq By Chris Marsden, October 27, 2015
New Evidence That US Army Deliberately Targeted Hospital in Kunduz By Joseph Kishore, October 27, 2015
The US is “Making a Fool of Itself” in Syria. Bring Back Jimmy Carter! By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, October 27, 2015
Destabilizing and Destroying Countries: Hillary Clinton Hearings on Benghazi and the Nature of Imperialism By Abayomi Azikiwe, October 27, 2015
US Slashes Humanitarian Aid to Palestinians, Boosts Military Aid to Israel by $1 Billion By Briana Madden, October 27, 2015
Syria Refugees Praise Russian Airstrikes, Consider Returning. Syria’s Grand Mufti: “800,000 Refugees have Returned” By Sputnik, October 26, 2015
Egyptian, Saudi foreign ministers ‘reaffirm accords’ over Syria and Yemen By Al Ahram, October 26, 2015
Netanyahu’s Latest Ethnic Cleansing Scheme: Forcibly Displacing East Jerusalem Arab Residents By Stephen Lendman, October 26, 2015
U.S. Backed “Moderate Rebels” Behead Captured Syrian Soldiers and Threaten Minority Groups By Leith Fadel, October 26, 2015
Bush-Blair “Incompetence” or War Crimes? Human Catastrophe Triggered by Two “Irresponsible” Politicians By Anthony Bellchambers, October 26, 2015
Israel Has Arrested 44 Palestinian’s Every Single Day (5 of them children) For 48 Years By True Publica, October 26, 2015
US, Saudi Vow to Boost Terrorist Fighters in Syria against Assad
US, Saudi Vow to Boost the Number of Terrorist Fighters in Syria against Assad By Alalam, October 26, 2015
ISIS Leaders Arrested by Iraqi Forces Confess to Receiving Intelligence and Logistical Support from US By Fars News Agency, October 26, 2015
Black Lives Don’t Matter in Israel By Margaret Kimberley, October 26, 2015
Is Jordan Switching Sides? Putin Signs Military Cooperation Agreement with King Abdullah By Stephen Lendman, October 25, 2015
Counter-Terrorism Vs. “Regime Change” in Syria. US-Russia Clash at the UN Security Council By Carla Stea, October 25, 2015
Countering Russia’s Geopolitical Masterstroke: Washington Wants to Strengthen the Syrian Rebels by Bombing Hezbollah By Steven MacMillan, October 25, 2015
The Middle East Big Game: Forecasting the Conflict By South Front, October 25, 2015
Israel’s Killing Machine: “Bloody Friday” in Palestine By Stephen Lendman, October 25, 2015
It’s Official: Obama Rejects Fighting Terrorism in Syria By Stephen Lendman, October 25, 2015
ISIS Fleeing Syria: Will the “Moderate Syrian Rebels” Move to Miami, America’s Terrorist Haven? By Timothy Alexander Guzman, October 25, 2015
US-Turkey “Buffer Zone” to Save ISIS, Not Stop Them By Tony Cartalucci, October 25, 2015
Baghdad Defies Washington: Iraq and Russia Agree to Hit ISIS Militants Heading from Syria to Iraq By Al Manar, October 25, 2015
‘I think it was Russian!’ – Media Pushing Baseless Claim That ‘Putin is Bombing Civilians’ in Syria By Stuart J. Hooper, October 25, 2015
Israel’s Nine Fictional Claims presented to the UN Security Council. Israel is the Victim of “Palestinian Terror” By Middle East Monitor, October 24, 2015
Why America Will Never Hear the Entire Benghazi Story. A Covert CIA Operation By Larry Hancock, October 24, 2015
The “Islamic State” (ISIS) Counteroffensive in Syria Crushed by Russian SU-24 Fighter Jets By South Front, October 24, 2015
US, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia Meet in Vienna. Fake Media Reports on an Agreement regarding Assad’s Resignation By Stephen Lendman, October 24, 2015
Overcoming the Logic of War. “There are No Winners in a Global Conflict”. Vladimir Putin By Pres. Vladimir Putin, October 24, 2015
Turkish Whistleblowers Corroborate Story on False Flag Sarin Attack in Syria By Peter Lee, October 23, 2015
CIA Ops Finally Revealed: What the US Ambassador in Benghazi was Really Doing By World Net Daily, October 23, 2015
Flashback to 2011: British Press Glorifies Savage Assassination of President Gaddafi by NATO’s Mercenaries By Cem Ertur, October 23, 2015
NATO “Rings Alarm” Over Russia’s Military Might in Mediterranean By Sputnik, October 23, 2015
Clinton Testifies Before House Benghazi Committee By Patrick Martin, October 23, 2015