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Saudi Arabia curbs family influence in Binladin group shake-up 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 2056
Saudi crown prince ran brutal campaign to silence dissent more than a year before Khashoggi murder, 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 2091
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Mosby Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 2021
U.S. Senate to vote Wednesday on Saudi Yemen war resolution 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 2045
Iranian human rights lawyer sentenced to 38 years in jail, lashes: husband 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 2105
U.S. Woman Mired in Saudi Arabia Is Granted Legal Saudi Residency 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 2109
Return of the cat man of Aleppo 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 2090
Shamima Begum: IS teenager's baby son has died, SDF confirms 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 2122
IS retakes almost all of vital Syria border town 2 Mosby Nov 2017 Mar 2019 0 3029
Big anti-Bouteflika protest fills Algerian capital 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 2160
Islamic State extremism on show at 'miserable' Syria camp 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1937
Iran cleric linked to 1988 mass executions to lead judiciary 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 2107
Rumours grow of rift between Saudi king and crown prince 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 2132
Saudi app used to track women 'not against' Google rules 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 2083
Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 2070
Ten Islamic State members executed by rival jihadists in northwest Syria 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 2399
Former Yazidi captives of IS reunite with families in Iraq 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1834
Saudi Arabia: detained women's rights activists to be put on trial 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1789
Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif, architect of nuclear deal, resigns 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1863
Iraq President Salih says French Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq will be tried there 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1757
U.S.-backed SDF hands over 280 Islamic State fighters to Iraq 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1750
UN nuclear watchdog: Iran stays within limits of 2015 deal 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1851
Iran starts Gulf war games, to test submarine-launched missiles 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1744
Operation to end last IS Syria pocket hits evacuation snag 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1830
Nine executed in Egypt over Hisham Barakat assassination 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1778
Germany's ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi's killing is having a bigger impact th 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1821
U.S.-backed Syria force seeks help with Islamic State prisoner 'time bomb' 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1711
Iran confirms second failed satellite launch: NBC News 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1704
Egypt: 7 Sinai jihadists killed, 15 soldiers dead or wounded in attack 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1627
Powerful labor union head officially joins Gantz's Knesset slate 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1494

Middle East Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
UK's Saudi weapons sales unlawful, Lords committee finds 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1596
Alarm raised over bill allowing Sisi to rule Egypt until 2034 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1777
Trump former inaugural committee chair defends Saudi Arabia 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1716
Suicide attack kills 20 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards: Fars news 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1568
UAE woman who fled family begs to be allowed to claim asylum 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1725
Iraqi Christians fear returning home, wary of Shiite militia 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1694
Iran warns it would 'raze Tel Aviv to the ground' if attacked by U.S.: IRNA 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1817
Iranians mark anniversary of victory day in 1979 revolution 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1416
Hakeem al-Araibi: Thailand to free Bahraini footballer 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1458
Conflict erupts for control of Libya's largest oil field 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1543
Iran reveals missile, shows off underground factory 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1567
U.S. lawmakers renew push for penalties against Saudi Arabia 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1516
Isis leader believed to have fled coup attempt by his own fighters 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1586
Large number of Iranian prisoners to be pardoned for revolution anniversary: Khamenei 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1696
Briton held in UAE 'after wearing Qatar football shirt' 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1650
Saudi Arabia to address abuse of male guardianship system: media reports 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1637
Iraqi president says Trump did not ask permission to 'watch Iran' 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1862
Saudi female activists face jail conditions akin to torture, say UK MPs 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1525
Bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in Iraq comes under attack 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1652
Pope faces critics over Yemen on first papal visit to UAE 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1997
Egypt to consider longer presidential term: lawmaker 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1566
Iraqi novelist gunned down in Kerbala 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1404
US warns Lebanon's Hezbollah not to funnel ministry's money 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1602
US court finds Assad regime liable for Marie Colvin's death in Syria 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1582
Lebanon forms government after months of deadlock 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1421
Iranian state TV anchor returns to Tehran after 10 days in US detention 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1518
Project Raven: Inside the UAE's Secret Hacking Team of American Mercenaries 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1731
Bahrain upholds life sentence against opposition leaders: BNA 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1574
Iranian commander threatens Israel's destruction if it attacks: state TV 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1362
Bahrain closer to extradition of footballer held in Thailand 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1380

Middle East Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
UAE's gender equality awards won entirely by men 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1468
Outgoing IDF chief: Israel has struck 'thousands' of Iranian targets in Syria 0 Mosby Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1795
I was special envoy to fight the Islamic State. Our gains are now at risk. 0 Mosby Jan 2019 Jan 2019 4 1562
Saudi Arabia Declares War on America's Muslim Congresswomen 8 blue-wave Dec 2018 Dec 2018 13 3876
Torture, reform and women's rights in Saudi Arabia Women are being tortured for demanding basic rig 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1423
The Saudi women detained for demanding basic human rights (yes, these women are still in prison) 0 niyad Dec 2018 Dec 2018 4 1281
Saudi Arabia torturing human-rights activists held in its prisons without charge 4 sandensea Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 2436
UN nuclear watchdog says Iran remains within 2015 deal limits 2 Mosby Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 1766
What is behind the plight of Iraqi women? 0 niyad Oct 2018 Oct 2018 2 1704
Who is killing Yemen's clerics? Mystery murders are sending a chill through the mosques. 1 Mosby Aug 2018 Aug 2018 1 1971
Forced into abusive marriages, Syrian child brides increasingly turn to suicide 4 Mosby Aug 2018 Aug 2018 8 2665
Iran readying massive military exercise in Persian gulf 1 Mosby Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 1983
Iranian drone shot down in northern Israel in February was armed with explosives 0 Mosby Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 2235
Imad al-Alami dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound. 1 Vogon_Glory Jan 2018 Feb 2018 0 2409
Why are Israels religious parties suddenly so influential? 0 Mosby Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1839
A second revolution in Iran? Not yet. 1 Mosby Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 2196
How Syria's White Helmets became victims of an online propaganda machine 0 Mosby Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1808
tRump to Let Assad Stay Until 2021, as Putin Declares Victory in Syria 3 ffr Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 2169
Donald Trumps Jerusalem statement is an act of diplomatic arson 0 Soph0571 Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1906
Saudi Arabias crown prince wants to reengineer his country. Is that even possible? 1 Mosby Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 2054
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