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North Africa and Middle East highlights

  • Yemen / Yemen’s quest for self-determination continues unabated

    Despite conditions of siege and war, the Yemeni people are finding ways to lay the foundations of a diversified and more self-sufficient economy.

    26 Jan 2023 , Lalkar
  • Iran / Iran and the western-manufactured hijab protests

    Attempts to cast imperialist countries as champtions of women’s rights are laughable to anyone familiar with the declining position of women in the west.

    11 Jan 2023 , Lalkar
  • Qatar / Qatar at the crossroads?

    Can US pressure force Qatar to sever its economic ties to Iran and Russia?

    31 Dec 2022 ,
  • Turkey / Iran and Turkey hit Washington’s Kurdish proxies in Iraq and Syria

    Failing US hegemony is making itself felt in some surprising ways – and none of them bode well for the imperialists.

    9 Dec 2022 ,
  • World / Imperialist aggression hastens demise of US hegemony and the rise of Brics

    As history moves on, new alliances are being formed that are more in tune with the real balance of forces in the world.

    25 Nov 2022 , Proletarian
  • Iraq / ‘Normalising’ relationships with Israel now carries the death penalty in Iraq

    A new law may force Iraqi politicians to put their money where their mouth is on the question of Palestine solidarity and anti-imperialism.

    21 Sep 2022 ,
  • Palestine / Obituary for Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

    A CNN investigation has endorsed the view that Shireen was deliberately assassinated. But the truth about Israeli crimes cannot be snuffed out so easily.

    1 Aug 2022 , Lalkar
  • Yemen / Saudis continue to violate the truce in Yemen

    Despite ceasefire agreements, Saudi military attacks are ongoing, as is the brutal blockade of Yemeni ports, leaving millions at risk of starvation.

    8 Jul 2022 , Lalkar
  • Africa / Why African countries are remaining ‘neutral’ over the war in Ukraine

    Historical ties of friendship and solidarity between Africa and the former Soviet Union weigh strongly in the feeling that Africa has towards Vladmir Putin.

    1 Jul 2022 , The African Exponent
  • Russia / USA’s proxy war in Ukraine cementing the world anti-imperialist alliance

    Not only have the imperialists strengthened instead of crushing Russia, they have in the process given new confidence to independent-minded states everywhere.

    23 Jun 2022 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Palestinian Nakba continues with the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

    After 74 years of endless atrocities, the Israelis are further than ever from realising their fascistic goal of an ethnically ‘pure’ state.

    26 May 2022 , Proletarian
  • Media / Yemen v Ukraine: What makes a war newsworthy?

    Why are the crocodile tears of our leaders and their presstitutes reserved for some victims of war and denied to others?

    23 May 2022 , Proletarian
  • World history / Annette Beaumanoir: antifascist and anti-imperialist heroine of our times

    Legendary French resistance fighter and groundbreaking ‘Red Doctor’ who dedicated her long life to serving the people.

    20 May 2022 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Amnesty International: Israel guilty of ‘apartheid against Palestinians’

    Western NGO is forced to conclude that Israel has constructed ‘a cruel system of domination’ that is ‘a crime against humanity’.

    26 Mar 2022 , Lalkar
  • Syria / Bombing of Syria’s Tabqa dam: US war crime that nearly killed untold thousands

    A recent investigation has uncovered the truth about an action for which the imperialists had previously denied responsibility.

    29 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • UAE / Dubai’s freezing of F-35 order is a slap in the face for the USA

    Another formerly loyal vassal is looking to keep its options open as imperial America’s star wanes.

    12 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • Education / No academic freedom to support Palestine

    Bristol academic sacked for refusing to bow to the diktat of the zionist world lobby.

    18 Dec 2021 , Lalkar
  • Climate change / Cop26: Fiddling while the world burns

    Awash with fossil fuel lobbyists and corporate sponsors, the latest ‘climate conference’ was just another greenwashing exercise for monopoly capital.

    19 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • Lebanon / Lebanon has a new government, but remains a vassal state

    The hypocrisy of US imperial enforcer Victoria Nuland denouncing the ‘thieves’ her own government has propped up for decades passes all bounds.

    15 Nov 2021 , Lalkar
  • Education / Prof David Miller and the zionist campaign to crush dissent on campuses

    The list of truths that we are being told we must not utter in public spaces continues to grow, but truth has a way of winning out.

    12 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Palestine solidarity motion deepens division in the Labour party’s ranks

    Keir Starmer has already vowed to ignore the motion passed by an overwhelming majority of conference delegates.

    15 Oct 2021 , Proletarian
  • Tunisia / Ten years on from the Jasmine revolution, the masses are moving again

    The ravages of Covid have added to the longstanding issues of poverty, hunger, unemployment and corruption which brought down Ben Ali a decade ago.

    14 Sep 2021 , Lalkar
  • Afghanistan / US imperialism slinks out of Afghanistan

    As war after war ends in defeat, the much-touted ‘new American century’ is turning out to be the era of imperial decline.

    31 Jul 2021 , Proletarian
  • Iran / US escalates tension with Iran in attacks at home and abroad

    But in doing so, it is only weakening its own already shaky position in the middle east.

    22 Jul 2021 ,
  • Palestine / Nasrallah: Gaza’s victory paves the way for the total liberation of Palestine

    Lebanese resistance leader shows how the Palestinians won in Gaza and what that victory signifies for the middle east.

    19 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • Syria / Bashar al-Assad’s latest presidential election victory is gall to imperialism

    The regime change project may have destroyed countless lives and livelihoods, but the Syrian people remain firm in resisting outside interference.

    9 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Operation al-Quds Sword strikes terror into the heart of Israel

    After bombarding Gaza for 11 days, Israel has achieved only the emboldening and greater unity of Palestinian resistance.

    5 Jul 2021 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / ‘Resiste y avanza’: Venezuelans host global solidarity event for Palestine

    Workers all over the world have been expressing their disgust at the latest zionist outrages.

    18 Jun 2021 ,
  • Palestine / Latest Gaza assault: zionism signs its own death warrant

    Palestinians have given up waiting for the ‘international community’ to act on toothless resolutions and are increasing the strength and unity of their own resistance.

    1 Jun 2021 , Proletarian
  • Britain / Britain commits to nuclear expansion in defiance of non-proliferation treaty

    What is behind the renewed imperialist drive to war?

    15 May 2021 ,
  • Yemen / Imperialism and its sidekicks sink in a swamp of their own making in Yemen

    The indomitable spirit of the Yemeni resistance is further proof that the imperialists and their proxies are incapable of winning a single aggressive war.

    13 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • Health / Imperialism fails the Covid test

    Capitalism is proving itself to be systemically incapable of dealing rationally and humanely with the global pandemic.

    12 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, steal land with impunity

    The violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers against civilians continues, propped up by Israel’s legal system and the world’s blind eyes.

    9 May 2021 , In Gaza
  • Palestine / The ethnic cleansing of the West Bank

    While western politicians and media pursue imaginary ‘antisemites’, they continue to ignore or excuse the murderous crimes of Israel.

    19 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Israel weaponises Covid, witholding vaccine from Palestinians

    While loudly claiming to be the ‘most vaccinated nation’ on earth, Israel continues to ignore the health needs of the occupied and blockaded Palestinians.

    16 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Israel arrests Palestinian politicians ahead of PA elections

    As Palestinian elections draw near, Israel has been rounding up politicians in an attempt to suppress any real exercise of political sovereignty or self-determination.

    15 Mar 2021 ,
  • Yemen / US falters over Yemen war, while Britain stops its ears

    While the US looks to hide its defeat behind talk of peace and principles, Britain continues blatantly to prioritise the interests of its arms manufacturers.

    12 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • Palestine / Israel makes Palestinian children homeless as world watches US election

    Eleven families left searching for shelter after Israeli forces destroyed their village in the Jordan Valley.

    25 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • British politics / The Big Ride for Palestine and the Labour party

    Tower Hamlets council’s decision to ban a fundfaising event for Palestine highlights the Labour party’s role as a tool of British imperial policy.

    9 Feb 2021 , Lalkar
  • USA / Trump’s lengthening shadow will stymie Biden’s return to the Obama ‘norm’

    Efforts to revive the halcyon days where Obama could sign off on endless drone assassinations and still be heralded as a beacon of ‘progress’ will not work.

    28 Jan 2021 , Lalkar
  • Iran / Is the US about to launch an all-out war against Iran?

    Incapable of learning from experience, the war hawks are once more banging the drum for yet another criminal, genocidal but ultimately futile war in the middle east.

    16 Jan 2021 , Proletarian
  • Iran / One year on from the imperialists’ murder of General Qasem Soleimani

    All progressives must support the right of Iran to defend itself against relentless imperialist aggression.

    8 Jan 2021 ,
  • Civil liberties / Julian Assange victorious, for now

    Judge’s ruling makes it clear that the principles supposedly protecting free speech and honest journalism remain in peril.

    5 Jan 2021 , Proletarian
  • World / ICC drops case against Britain, despite ‘clear evidence’ of war crimes

    How can the warmongering criminals rampaging around the globe be held to account?

    28 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
  • Iran / In memoriam Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian scientist who served his people

    Israel hopes by such cowardly assassinations both to decapitate Iran’s defence capabilities and to trigger a new regional war.

    11 Dec 2020 ,
  • Syria / Dirty British propaganda war against Syria exposed

    The war machine is facing a most welcome crisis of legitimacy.

    16 Oct 2020 , Proletarian
  • Yemen / British soldier arrested for protesting collusion in Saudi’s Yemen war

    ‘I’ve seen enough not to speak out and I’d rather sleep peacefully in a cell than stay silent for a pay cheque.’

    29 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Syrian and Libyan oil: Washington’s hand in the till

    People across the middle east continue to suffer war and economic hardships as the price of living on top of coveted oil resources.

    6 Sep 2020 , Lalkar
  • UAE / Gulf states’ pact with the devil over Palestine

    What did the UAE hope to achieve by making public peace with the zionist state?

    3 Sep 2020 , Lalkar
  • Lebanon / Tragedy in Lebanon

    The blast in Beirut port may prove to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

    28 Aug 2020 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Stop the War gets it wrong again

    When is an anti-war movement not an anti-war movement?

    13 Jul 2020 ,
  • Palestine / Palestinian lives matter: the murder of Ahmed Eriqat

    Ahmed Eriqat of Abu Dis was the latest victim of senseless murder by Israeli soldiers in occupied Palestine.

    30 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Under cover of Covid-19: Israel tightens the screws on Palestine

    Israel’s violent suppression and annexation of Palestine continues unabated, but with it so grows the just resistance of the Palestinian people.

    24 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Venezuela / Iran smashes US blockade on Venezuela with fuel delivery

    The axis of resistance is building its network of practical solidarity in the teeth of imperialist opposition.

    11 Jun 2020 ,
  • Yemen / Fake calls for Covid peace in Yemen

    Resistance rejects the strong-arm tactic of ‘dialogue under fire and siege’.

    14 May 2020 , Lalkar
  • Iraq / Occupation at sixes and sevens as resistance gathers pace in Iraq

    Damned if they do and damned if they don’t: US rulers face dilemma about how to proceed as their forces face escalating fire.

    6 May 2020 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Supreme court ruling overturns Israel boycott ban – for now

    What can workers do to stop this advance from being rolled back by Parliament?

    3 May 2020 ,
  • Yemen / Burying bad news: corona-filled papers ignore Britain’s Yemen invasion

    Unreported in British media, British troops have landed in Aden. All that awaits them is the graveyard of imperialist ambitions.

    4 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
  • Health / Now 230 workers’ parties call for united effort to fight Covid-19

    Progressive parties from around the world have signed a joint letter calling for closer international cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus.

    2 Apr 2020 ,
  • Palestine / Deal of the century: US and Israel will reap a bitter harvest

    One unintended consequence of the ‘deal’ is a new impetus toward a united front of Palestinian organisations.

    11 Mar 2020 , Lalkar
  • Syria / Turkey plays with conflagration in Syria

    If Erdogan isn’t careful, he could find himself in outright confrontation not only with Syrian but also Russian armed forces.

    10 Mar 2020 , Lalkar
  • Iraq / Did Trump threaten to kill Iraq’s prime minister?

    Corporate media have failed to report the allegation that Trump threated the Iraqi PM and people if they refused to follow US orders.

    5 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / The oligarch behind the world holocaust forum attended by presidents and kings

    As imperialists shed fake tears over the jewish holocaust, they continue to weaponise alleged ‘antisemitism’ to silence all criticism.

    28 Jan 2020 ,
  • Iran / Self-identifying ‘communists’ blame Iran

    Self-defence is no offence; those who really want to stop war must stand with the resistance.

    16 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Iran / US imperialism digging its own grave ever faster in the middle east

    Slavishly supported by Britain as it does so.

    14 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Iran / Britain is acting as the US’s sanctions lapdog; will it follow into all-out war?

    If the British imperialists fall in line with the US’s drive to war against Iran, they will share the bitter fruits of humiliation and defeat with their partner in crime.

    6 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Iran / Stop the US drive to war with Iran

    Red salute to axis of resistance General Soleimani; imperialists out of the middle east!

    4 Jan 2020 , Proletarian
  • Iraq / Iraq stands at a crossroads

    Who is attempting to manipulate the just anger of the Iraqi people and why?

    2 Jan 2020 , Lalkar
  • North Africa and Middle East / Cheap drones and the shifting strategic balance in west Asia

    18 Dec 2019 , Lalkar
  • 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 , Proletarian
  • 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
  • Trade unions / Stifling criticism of Israel in the British trade-union movement

    TUC votes in support of Palestine, but decision is ignored by the media, including those on the 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 , Proletarian
  • 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 , Proletarian
  • 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
  • North Africa and Middle East / Saudi vs Qatar: thieves fall out

    A sign of waning US imperialist power?

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Syria’s liberation in sight

    In spite of everything US imperialism, Israel and Arab traitors are doing to try to stand in the way, Syria continues to advance towards victory

    1 Aug 2017 , Proletarian
  • Syria / Russian peace proposal takes effect

    US imperialism’s continued backing of jihadis becomes clearer by the day.

    1 Jun 2017 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Palestinian hunger strike ends in victory

    The brave battle of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails is one more indication that the zionist project is doomed.

    1 Jun 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • Syria / 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
  • Lebanon / 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
  • Editorial: Russia backs the Syrian people

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

    Meanwhile, crude attempts to manipulate public opinion proliferate.

    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 in Yemen

    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
  • Egypt / Egypt: The overthrow of political Islam was the work of the masses themselves

    With the exposure of the Muslim Brotherhood as a false friend of the people, all eyes are now on the army to see whether it – or any part of it – can be of use in the people’s continuing quest for freedom.

    1 Aug 2013 , Proletarian
  • Iran / Iran stands tall

    Broad-based international support is strengthening Iran’s hand against the warmongers.

    1 Aug 2012 , Proletarian
  • Palestine / Channel 4’s The Promise breaks new ground for Palestine on British TV

    Drama breaks new ground on mainstream TV by portraying some of the brutality that characterises the state of Israel and shattering its claims to be a democracy.

    1 Apr 2011 , Proletarian

North Africa and Middle East topics

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North Africa and Middle East video

  • World TV / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘New globalisation?’

    Are we witnessing the end of ‘globalisation’ as we have known it for about the last 40 years?

    22 Dec 2022, Proletarian TV
  • Saudi Arabia / The Duran: China and Saudi Arabia, a massive realignment

    Are the rats beginning to desert the sinking ship?

    20 Dec 2022, Proletarian TV
  • World TV / Harpal Brar to Anti-imperialist Platform: ‘Imperialism is going to crash’

    Greeting the newly-formed international antiwar organisation, Comrade Harpal outlines the challenges that face workers in today’s crisis-ridden world.

    25 Oct 2022, WAP
  • World TV / Scott Ritter and Ranjeet Brar: USA used 9/11 to justify global domination

    Only an understanding of imperialism can make sense of the global events of the last 25 years in general, and of the USA’s war drive in particular.

    26 Sep 2022, Proletarian TV
  • World TV / Ranjeet Brar: The relationship between the Ukraine conflict and oil

  • World TV / Comrade Joti on CrossTalk: ‘Russia and the Global South’

  • World TV / Imperialist war threatens Russia, China and the world

  • World TV / Comrade Ranjeet on Kalima Horra: The balance of power is shifting in the world

  • Divide and rule / Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Capitalism and immigration

  • Iran / Iranian professor: ‘Israel is in no position to wage war against Iran’

  • Working-class history / Ivor Kenna: a long life dedicated to the struggle for socialism in Britain

  • Yemen / Who is really fighting whom in Yemen?

  • Iran / Why was General Qasem Soleimani so hated by the USA?

  • British politics / Workers Party’s George Galloway launches No Gulf War campaign

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

  • World TV / The drive to war against Russia and China

  • Palestine / Zionism, Britain and Balfour

  • Iran / Iranian foreign minister explains why Iran is developing ballistic missiles

  • 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 / Food and decolonisation

    How is it that war in Europe should threaten people in Africa and the middle east with starvation?

    16 Jun 2022, Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / The oil slump and its ramifications

    In attempting to retain domination over the oil market, Saudi Arabia has alienated its most important ally, supporter and protector.

    19 May 2020, Lalkar
  • 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
  • Tunisia / Intifada in Tunisia and the fall of Ben Ali

    The long-awaited harbinger of a wider revolt against reactionary Arab regimes.

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