West Asia/ North Africa

Bombings kill more in Yemen as hunger, thirst spread

Warplanes deployed by the Saudi Arabian monarchy, the Gulf Cooperation Council and their allies, all backed by U.S. imperialism, are…

July 6, 2015

Tariq Aziz, former deputy prime minister of Iraq

Workers World publishes the following obituary for Tariq Aziz, written by two former United Nations humanitarian coordinators for Iraq who…

June 13, 2015

Stop military intervention in Iraq

The International Anti-Occupation Network, meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland, at the end of May, published the following statement…

May 30, 2015

Syria says Israeli attack helps al-Qaida

“How can you say that al-Qaida doesn’t have an air force? They have the Israeli air force,” Syria President Bashar…

February 4, 2015

U.S. to double troops in Iraq

President Barack Obama more than doubled U.S. participation in the new war on Iraq on Nov. 7 by ordering an…

November 16, 2014

U.S. expands military role in Iraq

Aug. 18 — This morning the Iraqi government forces claimed they had retaken control of the Mosul Dam in northern…

August 21, 2014

Escritora iraquí discute papel destructivo de EUA en su país

Si uno fuera a ver la evolución de los acontecimientos en Irak como el guión de una película trágica, la…

August 19, 2014

Iraqi author writes of U.S. destructive role in her country

If one were to view unfolding events in Iraq like a tragic movie script, the scene sequence might progress in…

August 16, 2014

U.S. reopens war on Iraq

Aug. 11 — President Barack Obama has now become the fourth successive U.S. president to order the bombing of Iraq,…

August 12, 2014

Anti-Maliki coalition formed in Iraq

July 26 — In early June news from Iraq suddenly burst out in the media, which told us a “terrorist”…

August 4, 2014