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North Africa and Middle East highlights

  • Syria / Losing the war, imperialism degenerates into open piracy in Syria

    Trump admits it’s all about the oil and moves to steal as much of it as he can.

    27 Nov 2019 ,
  • Syria / Turkey’s invasion troops trained by USA

    The US imperialists have backed 21 of the 28 ‘crazy’ militias leading Turkey’s brutal invasion of northern Syria.

    14 Nov 2019 , The Grayzone
  • Syria / Syrian army curbs Turkish aggression, restores sovereignty, humiliates USA

    Will Kurdish separatists finally learn the lesson that they are entirely disposable to the imperialists?

    7 Nov 2019 ,
  • Syria / Trump pulls US imperialist troops out of Syria – as promised

    Why has this huge step towards Syria’s total liberation been greeted with such howls of rage by those on the self-identifying ‘left’?

    1 Nov 2019 , Lalkar
  • Yemen / Saudi Arabia takes a flogging

    The Saudi dog has been beaten in full view of the US lion; and if the lesson is lost on imperialism, it may find itself embroiled in a fight that will undermine its very foundations.

    4 Oct 2019 ,
  • Syria / Turkey and US sign a robbers’ pact over Syria

    Kurdish nationalists must choose between unstable US-backed ‘self-rule’ and returning to a united Syrian fold.

    12 Sep 2019 , Lalkar
  • Iran / Britain falters onto the warpath against Iran

    With so much else on their plate, Britain’s rulers may not be keen to follow the US into yet another doomed war.

    6 Sep 2019 , Lalkar
  • Industry / British Steel sold for ‘blood money’? A reply to the Morning Star

    Where should workers look for their salvation from the crises that destroy industry and jobs?

    26 Aug 2019 ,
  • Iran / Unions call on British government to send in the gunboats

    What would Bob Crow have said to the ITF’s blindly acquiescing in the war games of our imperial masters?

    30 Jul 2019 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Airbrushing history: Israel buries evidence of its racist war crimes

    Zionist secret services exposed attempting to ‘construct a more convenient version’ of history.

    27 Jul 2019 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Syria looks to its future while US imperialism yearns for the past

    After eight years of bloody war aimed at shoring up its control over the middle east, the US has achieved exactly the opposite.

    24 Jul 2019 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Shifting sands in the middle east

    As Syria advances towards liberation, facts on the ground are pushing Turkey ever closer to Russia, deepening the splits in Nato.

    21 Jul 2019 , Lalkar
  • USA / Jacobin-sponsored ‘socialism’ conference stars US-funded regime-change activists

    A case study in how imperialism creates a controlled ‘opposition’ to endorse its propaganda lies ‘from the left’.

    17 Jul 2019 , The Grayzone
  • Iran / False flags flying over Hormuz strait

    President Trump has yet to light the fuse on the war his hawks are pushing. If he does, the US will live to regret it.

    9 Jul 2019 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Netanyahu fails to form a government

    None of the alternatives is willing to halt Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people.

    19 Jun 2019 ,
  • Iran / False flag in the strait of Hormuz?

    Could the extreme hawks in Washington be trying to force Trump’s hand to launch their hoped-for war against Iran?

    16 Jun 2019 ,
  • Venezuela / Venezuela isn’t Syria … but America’s war tactics are the same

    The US’s template for demonising a nation it wishes to destroy is becoming all-too familiar.

    12 Jun 2019 , In Gaza
  • Syria / Syria fights on

    Only total liberation will allow the country to rebuild a tolerant society and solve the problems that imperialist invasion has created.

    25 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Libya / Libyan, migrant and European workers all pawns in the great imperial game

    The imperialists are desperate to carve up and plunder a way out of the chaos they have created in Libya, but unable to unite around a common strategy.

    21 May 2019 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / More land annexations by the Israeli scorpion

    As the zionists become ever more rabid, they are in reality hastening the date of their own demise.

    29 Apr 2019 , Lalkar
  • Syria / Headlines for Baghuz; silence for al-Hol as US tries to keep its foothold in Syria

    Imperialist media continue to ignore or distort the plight of civilians trapped in US-controlled refugee camps.

    26 Apr 2019 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Israeli election shock: zionism wins again

    The true face of Israeli ‘democracy’ is revealed at the Gaza border fence.

    24 Apr 2019 ,
  • Syria / Trump whistling in the dark over Isis defeat claim

    If Daesh is truly defeated on the ground in Syria, it is to the eternal credit of the Syrian army and people, not US imperialism and its hirelings.

    9 Apr 2019 ,
  • British politics / Antisemitism is cover for a much deeper divide in Britain’s Labour party

    Breakaway MPs hope that smearing Corbyn will obscure the fact that they are remnants of an old political order bankrupt of ideas.

    5 Apr 2019 , Middle East Eye
  • Yemen / The tempering of Yemen’s resistance

    The Stockholm agreement is a milestone in the long struggle of the Yemeni people for freedom.

    28 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Britain lobbies Germany to sell arms to the Saudis

    Crocodile tears over the famine in Yemen are accompanied by strenuous lobbying on behalf of the corporations that are perpetuating it.

    27 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Syria clears away remaining obstacles to liberation

    And the more she advances, the harder becomes the imperialists’ task of keeping together the tissue of lies that was woven to justify their barbaric invasion.

    19 Mar 2019 , Proletarian
  • Syria / US imperialism finds defeat hard to swallow in Syria

    The writing is on the wall: regime-change has failed and US imperialism is heading for the exit.

    16 Mar 2019 , Lalkar
  • Syria / Trump makes a lunge for the exit in Syria

    A collective howl of rage from the liberal establishment greeted Trump’s announcement, but whether or not they manage to put the brakes on, the war in Syria is lost.

    7 Feb 2019 , Proletarian
  • USA / Trump is God’s gift that keeps on giving – but to whom?

    Trump’s running of US imperialism is replete with own goals, causing almost as much pain to his own side as to that of his opponents.

    2 Feb 2019 , Proletarian
  • North Africa and Middle East / World War One in the middle east and its aftermath

    How British and French imperialism carved up the middle east with the backing of their US bankers.

    17 Jan 2019 , Lalkar
  • USA / Texas primary teacher loses her job for refusing to sign a pro-Israel oath

    Meanwhile, the self-proclaimed advocates and defenders of bourgeois ‘free speech’ stand mutely by.

    8 Jan 2019 , The Intercept
  • Syria / Syria carves out her future

    Despite all the best-laid plans of US imperialism, the Syrian people are pushing on relentlessly with the liberation of their country.

    2 Jan 2019 , Lalkar
  • Syria / US imperialism losing the plot in Syria

    The imperialists are raging as strong diplomacy combined with military advances edge the Syrian people ever closer to their final victory.

    9 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
  • Yemen / Yemen fights back against US-backed Saudi aggression

    Despite raining death and destruction and causing horrific suffering to the Yemeni people, the Saudis are no closer to winning their barbaric war.

    4 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
  • World / Imperialists getting desperate as the balance of forces in the world shifts

    The US and EU imperialists continue to decline while China and Russia are steadily advancing.

    29 Nov 2018 ,
  • Palestine / Zionism is a racist and antisemitic tool of imperialist policy in the middle east

    It is not the anti-zionists who are guilty of antisemitism, but the zionists themselves. Accusations meant to silence opposition to Israel’s fascistic nature must be resisted.

    24 Nov 2018 ,
  • Syria / No cooperation with imperialist war crimes in Syria

    Refuse to help with the war effort; full support to the resistance!

    20 Nov 2018 ,
  • Syria / Idlib: Syria stays its hand

    With or without the assistance of the west, Syria will rebuild. It is winning the war and will win the peace.

    12 Nov 2018 , Lalkar
  • Saudi Arabia / Khashoggi – a murder most foul

    Imperialism and its Saudi puppets in the dock.

    30 Oct 2018 , Lalkar
  • British politics / The mixed message of the IHRA definition of ‘antisemitism’

    Anti-zionism and opposition to the fascist activities of Israel must not be conflated with antisemitism.

    16 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Idlib stands on the threshold of liberation

    Imperialism desperately seeks to put a spanner in the works to prevent the final rout of the jihadi menace.

    30 Sep 2018 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Fascist tactics: How Jeremy Corbyn’s detractors are plotting to remove him

    The Labour leader’s opponents don’t care about antisemitism. They’ll just do anything to remove Corbyn.

    18 Sep 2018 , Middle East Eye
  • Palestine / US-zionist ‘deal of the century’ – a slap in the face for the Palestinians

    Trump's much touted 'new deal' for Palestine is no deal at all, and only brings closer the day when Israeli zionism will collapse completely.

    16 Sep 2018 , Lalkar
  • Yemen / Saudi puppets launch US bomb that kills 40 school children in Yemen

    Imperialist governments feign outrage at their proxies' actions while providing them with the weaponry and diplomatic protection to carry out further massacres.

    9 Sep 2018 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Collusion between British security services and jihadis revealed

    Further proof that it is in workers’ interests to oppose and challenge the imperialist foreign policy of our ruling class.

    5 Sep 2018 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Libyan terrorists nurtured by British imperialism bite the hand that feeds

    The terrorist attack on the Manchester Arena was carried out by a young man whose training and radicalisation were facilitated by British secret services.

    5 Sep 2018 , Lalkar
  • Syria / Army moves to liberate Idlib as US faces waning authority in the region

    Islamic State in Syria has been vanquished, to the great consternation of the imperialists, who now stare complete defeat in the face.

    30 Aug 2018 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Israel officially declares itself to be a racist state

    But still thinks people will believe it to be a democracy!

    7 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • Syria / White Helmets ‘evacuated’ from southwest Syria by Israeli forces

    The imperialists have been panicked into action by the realisation that their proxy forces in Syria are not going to last much longer.

    3 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Syria advances to liberation

    The Syrian people are standing firm against all the plots and intrigues by which imperialism hopes to cheat them of their victory.

    10 Jul 2018 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / The Great March of Return and the zionist murder machine

    Israel will act with impunity until decisive collective action is taken against it.

    1 Jul 2018 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / The defiance that launched Gaza’s flaming kites cannot be extinguished

    Israel's fleet of F-16 fighter jets are equipped to take on many foes but not the humble kite.

    28 Jun 2018 , Global Research
  • Syria / The liberation of eastern Ghouta

    Imperialism is fighting a failing endgame.

    2 Jun 2018 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Seventy years since the Palestinian Nakba

    After seven decades of ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, the zionist forces are as far as ever from achieving their impossible dream.

    28 May 2018 , Proletarian
  • Iran / Trump rips up the nuclear deal

    Will Europe follow suit?

    27 May 2018 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Zionist brutality on full display across Palestine

    The Palestinians continue to use every means available to them to resist the brutal occupation of their homeland. British workers must play their part.

    8 May 2018 , Lalkar
  • Leaflets / No to Nato warmongering; stop WW3! Hands off Syria!

    The timing of the imperialist missile strikes on Syria reveals their hopes of saving the defeated jihadis to inflict further suffering on the Syrian people.

    24 Apr 2018 ,
  • Syria / Imperialist plans for a major war as rats cleared out of eastern Ghouta

    British soldiers captured by the Syrian army in Douma give the game away.

    13 Apr 2018 ,
  • Syria / From Afrin to Ghouta, US policy in Syria is backfiring badly

    Each new US plan to rescue something from its failed war in Syria has led to further humiliation for the imperialists.

    13 Apr 2018 , Proletarian
  • Media / The ‘independent media’ that exist to attack independent media

    The enemy’s supposed to hate it: Beeley and Bartlett under attack again.

    7 Apr 2018 , Proletarian
  • North Africa and Middle East / Philby senior and his role in British imperial treachery in the middle east

    The secret manoeuvrings of British imperialism to take over control of Arabia as the Turkish empire was ousted during WW1.

    1 Mar 2018 , Lalkar
  • Syria / Total liberation in sight for Syria

    Last-ditch efforts by the terrorist forces and their imperialist backers to turn the tide merely serve to underline the desperate straits to which they have been reduced.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Media / Blunt hatchets: Guardian attempts to discredit real journalism on Syria

    As the criminal war against Syria faces an all-out defeat, the guardians of liberal opinion are going all-out to bring independent-minded readers back into line.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Iran / Tehran foils imperialist destabilisation plot

    But the government will need to pursue domestic policies favourable to the working masses if it is to strengthen its hand against imperialism.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Trump’s proposed embassy move and savage repression of Palestinians

    Nothing will stifle the justice of the Palestinian cause.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian
  • Media / Media on trial

    Independent journalists expose the lies of the liberal imperialist media such as the BBC, Channel 4 and CNN.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Syria moves forward

    The imperialists are staring a humiliating defeat in the face, and now the demoralised losers are falling out among themselves.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / One hundred years since the Balfour declaration

    A sordid document in the shameful history of British imperialism.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Saudi Arabia / Turmoil in the House of Saud

    The days of the feudal autocratic Saudi monarchy are surely numbered.

    1 Dec 2017 , Proletarian
  • Syria / The liberation of Deir Ezzor

    As the day of total victory draws near for the Syrian patriotic forces, the imperialists and their stooges are casting about for ways to save face as they head for the exit.

    1 Oct 2017 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Liberation of Aleppo is reshaping the middle east

    The total failure of US imperialist policy in Syria has been made clear at the Astana peace talks.

    1 Dec 2016 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / What more can we do for Palestine?

    “In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians.”

    1 Dec 2016 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Syrian president: ‘defeat of the terrorists is the west’s defeat’

    The following are extensive excerpts from an exclusive interview given by President Bashar al-Assad of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Russian international television channel RT, first published on 14 December 2016. Proletarian has made minor corrections to the translation for clarity.

    1 Dec 2016 , RT
  • British politics / Chilcot report: devastating exposure of the British establishment

    Blair hung out to dry in an attempt to divert attention from the continuing crimes of British imperialism.

    1 Aug 2016 , Proletarian
  • Turkey / Turkish coup: more fallout from the war in Syria

    Whoever turns out to have been behind it, the recent coup attempt may be another blow against US imperialist hegemony in the middle east.

    1 Aug 2016 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Hedy Epstein, rights activist and holocaust survivor, remembered

    Hedy Epstein, known and loved by the Palestinian people and their friends and supporters for her courageous work for solidarity and justice, has died aged 91.

    1 Jun 2016 , If Americans Knew
  • Syria / Patriotic forces consolidate their gains

    Confusion and disintegration reign amongst the imperialist-backed ‘opposition’ as Syria and her allies strengthen their position.

    1 Jun 2016 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Patriotic forces advancing

    As Russian forces pull back, the jihadis continue to suffer defeat after defeat.

    1 Apr 2016 , Proletarian
  • Saudi Arabia / The march of the Saudi regime towards its inevitable doom

    The mediaeval autocracy is fuelling the very forces that will bring its decrepit rule to an end.

    1 Feb 2016 , Proletarian
  • Iraq / The axis of resistance and the liberation of Ramadi

    Key Iraqi city has been freed from IS occupation despite the presence of imperialist forces.

    1 Feb 2016 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Resistance turns the tide

    Forward movement on the diplomatic front has only been achieved as a result of the heroic struggle waged by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies.

    1 Feb 2016 , Proletarian
  • The Syrian Arab Army advances

    26 Dec 2015 , Lalkar
  • Syria: Imperialism on the back foot

    Russia’s fraternal aid to Syria continues to expose the false narrative of western politicians and media regarding the fight against fundamentalist terrorism.

    1 Dec 2015 , Proletarian
  • Editorial: Russia backs the Syrian people

    1 Oct 2015 , Proletarian
  • Imperialism raises the stakes in Syria

    Meanwhile, crude attempts to manipulate public opinion proliferate.

    1 Oct 2015 , Proletarian
  • The last thing Lebanon needs is a phony ‘Arab Spring’

    Regime change under the present conditions would be a disaster for Lebanon.

    1 Oct 2015 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Hypocritical imperialist double-dealing in Syria

    While local stooges are working overtime to help imperialism topple the Syrian government, it is the Syrian army that truly combats Islamic State, not the RAF.

    16 Sep 2015 , Proletarian
  • Yemen / Imperialist-backed war continues

    A token ceasefire cannot disguise the vicious aggression that is leading the Arab world’s poorest country towards a catastrophe.

    1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Idlib setback: imperialism crows too soon

    US imperialism’s ‘islamic’ psychopaths cannot win hearts and minds.

    1 Jun 2015 , Proletarian
  • Syria / MI5 and the jihadists: an unholy alliance

    Britain's secret services and reactionary islamists united against Syria.

    1 Feb 2015 , Proletarian
  • Media / A schoolboy’s Christmas letter to Amnesty International

    24 Dec 2012 , Red Youth

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North Africa and Middle East video

  • Syria / Media ignores UN investigation into the White Helmets’ crimes

    Organ theft, staged attacks: UN panel details White Helmets’ criminal activities, while complicit coporate media yawn and look away.

    27 Dec 2018, In Gaza
  • World TV / The drive to war against Russia and China

    A must-watch video for all those who wish to understand what is behind the inexorable drive towards another cataclysmic world war.

    21 Nov 2018, Proletarian TV
  • Palestine / Zionism, Britain and Balfour

    Marking the 100th anniversary of the infamous Balfour Declaration, Comrade Harpal Brar outlines the true history of the origins of zionism.

    21 Sep 2018, Proletarian TV
  • Iran / Iranian foreign minister explains why Iran is developing ballistic missiles

    Mohammed Javad Zarif eloquently lays out the reality for those resisting imperialist domination of the middle east.

    20 Jun 2018, Proletarian TV
  • World TV / Gaza Massacre 14 May 2018 – but Palestine will return!

  • World TV / OAN: No evidence of chemical attack in Syria

  • World TV / Syria briefing: What’s really going on?

  • Britain TV / Hands Off Syria protest in London on the eve of latest British bombing

  • Britain TV / On the eve of Britain’s bombing of Syria, Comrade Dan on Press TV

  • Britain TV / Imperialism on trial: Eva Bartlett

  • Britain TV / Imperialism on trial: Libya, the media and Stop the War

  • World TV / Eva Bartlett: Everything you’ve heard about Syria is a lie

  • Britain TV / Refugees welcome: massive London demonstration protests ill-treatment

  • Syria / US on the road to WW3 in Syria

  • Syria / Defend Syria

North Africa and Middle East theory

  • Theory / Book: The Drive to War Against Russia and China

    Why do the US and British ruling classes seem so set on war with Russia and China, and what can the working class do to prevent such a cataclysm?

    22 Nov 2018,
  • Economy / Sanctions: a self-defeating weapon

    The tectonic plates of the world order are beginning to shift as a consequence of imperialist parasitism.

    1 Sep 2018, Lalkar

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