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In Libya, a rogues' gallery of militias prepare for war 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1412
Iraq seeks multibillion dollar fee to receive Isis prisoners 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1446
Flood-hit Iran getting no financial aid from abroad due to U.S. sanctions: statement 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1698
Libya's Most Powerful General, a U.S. Citizen, Is Taking Over With or Without the World's Support 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1565
Cholera is surging once again in war-ravaged Yemen 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1512
US expected to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a foreign terrorist organization 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1599
House rebukes Trump on Saudi Arabia, backs measure to end Yemen involvement 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1447
Egypt killed tourists with US weapons. An American survivor wants justice 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1482
The Islamic State's refugees are facing a humanitarian calamity 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2036
Saudi women activists back in court as West watches 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1437
Algeria's Bouteflika to resign before mandate ends April 28: state media 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1623
America's Foreign Hackers: American Hackers Helped UAE Spy on Al Jazeera Chairman, BBC Host 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1426
How the mysteries of Khashoggi's murder have rocked the U.S.-Saudi partnership 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1601
Houthi leader attacks UK's Jeremy Hunt over efforts to relax Saudi arms ban 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1587
Human rights groups urge F1 to act over jailed Bahraini activist Najah Yusuf 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1572
Egyptian actors who criticized Sissi in Washington are kicked out of union 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1794
Luxembourg court delivers setback to 9/11 families' Iran claims 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1320
Eleven female Saudi activists appear in Riyadh court 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1715
Airstrike on remote Yemen hospital kills at least seven 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1649
Islamic State group: Syria's Kurds call for international tribunal 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1937
Egypt bans singer from performing over free-speech remarks 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1970
U.S. pressure on Hezbollah, Iran is working, Pompeo says in Beirut 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1825
Death toll climbs at Syrian camp 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1740
Victory over Islamic State to be announced after enclave searched: SDF 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1539
U.S. grants Iraq 90-day waiver to buy Iranian energy: State Dept 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1826
Islamic State fighters pinned on Syrian riverbank, warplanes fly above 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1822
Algerian army says protesters have expressed 'noble aims' 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1581
Powerful Algerian party abandons beleaguered Bouteflika 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1646
How Iran fuel oil exports beat U.S. sanctions in tanker odyssey to Asia 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1622
Saudi Arabia curbs family influence in Binladin group shake-up 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1729

Middle East Continued...

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Saudi crown prince ran brutal campaign to silence dissent more than a year before Khashoggi murder, 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1778
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Mosby Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1706
U.S. Senate to vote Wednesday on Saudi Yemen war resolution 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1714
Iranian human rights lawyer sentenced to 38 years in jail, lashes: husband 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1774
U.S. Woman Mired in Saudi Arabia Is Granted Legal Saudi Residency 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1794
Return of the cat man of Aleppo 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1764
Shamima Begum: IS teenager's baby son has died, SDF confirms 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1757
IS retakes almost all of vital Syria border town 2 Mosby Nov 2017 Mar 2019 0 2596
Big anti-Bouteflika protest fills Algerian capital 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1790
Islamic State extremism on show at 'miserable' Syria camp 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1613
Iran cleric linked to 1988 mass executions to lead judiciary 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1777
Rumours grow of rift between Saudi king and crown prince 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1780
Saudi app used to track women 'not against' Google rules 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1730
Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1742
Ten Islamic State members executed by rival jihadists in northwest Syria 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1952
Former Yazidi captives of IS reunite with families in Iraq 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1539
Saudi Arabia: detained women's rights activists to be put on trial 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1453
Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif, architect of nuclear deal, resigns 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1559
Iraq President Salih says French Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq will be tried there 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1453
U.S.-backed SDF hands over 280 Islamic State fighters to Iraq 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1448
UN nuclear watchdog: Iran stays within limits of 2015 deal 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1517
Iran starts Gulf war games, to test submarine-launched missiles 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1440
Operation to end last IS Syria pocket hits evacuation snag 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1479
Nine executed in Egypt over Hisham Barakat assassination 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1473
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 1505
U.S.-backed Syria force seeks help with Islamic State prisoner 'time bomb' 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1393
Iran confirms second failed satellite launch: NBC News 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1389
Egypt: 7 Sinai jihadists killed, 15 soldiers dead or wounded in attack 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1317
Powerful labor union head officially joins Gantz's Knesset slate 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1190
UK's Saudi weapons sales unlawful, Lords committee finds 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1299

Middle East Continued...

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Alarm raised over bill allowing Sisi to rule Egypt until 2034 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1380
Trump former inaugural committee chair defends Saudi Arabia 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1416
Suicide attack kills 20 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards: Fars news 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1260
UAE woman who fled family begs to be allowed to claim asylum 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1411
Iraqi Christians fear returning home, wary of Shiite militia 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1322
Iran warns it would 'raze Tel Aviv to the ground' if attacked by U.S.: IRNA 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1456
Iranians mark anniversary of victory day in 1979 revolution 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1116
Hakeem al-Araibi: Thailand to free Bahraini footballer 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1125
Conflict erupts for control of Libya's largest oil field 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1222
Iran reveals missile, shows off underground factory 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1258
U.S. lawmakers renew push for penalties against Saudi Arabia 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1194
Isis leader believed to have fled coup attempt by his own fighters 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1265
Large number of Iranian prisoners to be pardoned for revolution anniversary: Khamenei 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1348
Briton held in UAE 'after wearing Qatar football shirt' 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1328
Saudi Arabia to address abuse of male guardianship system: media reports 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1306
Iraqi president says Trump did not ask permission to 'watch Iran' 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1469
Saudi female activists face jail conditions akin to torture, say UK MPs 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1194
Bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in Iraq comes under attack 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1315
Pope faces critics over Yemen on first papal visit to UAE 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1593
Egypt to consider longer presidential term: lawmaker 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1226
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