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U.S. warns merchant ships of possible Iranian attacks in Middle East 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1429
The CIA Sent Warnings to at Least 3 Khashoggi Associates About New Threats From Saudi Arabia 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 2 1608
U.S. commander says he could send carrier into Strait of Hormuz despite Iran tensions 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 1 1562
US sanctions to hit Iran's metals industry, a major employer 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 1 1543
State Department OKs nearly $6 billion in weapons sales to Gulf allies 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 1 1731
Iraq is pushing to build an isolation camp for 30,000 Iraqis who lived under ISIS in Syria 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 2 1665
Haftar's ally UAE says 'extremist militias' control Libyan capital 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1564
U.N. decries barrel bomb assault in rebel-held northwest Syria 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1448
Suspected UAE spy 'kills himself in Turkish prison' 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1518
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar is no democrat - UN envoy 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1521
Fall of Bashir risks leaving Sudan prey to rival regional powers 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1566
Yazidi leaders to allow Isis rape survivors to return with children 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1485
Amnesty, monitors say U.S.-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Syria's Raqqa 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1482
From Sudan's protesters, a warning to Saudi Arabia and the UAE: Don't meddle 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2131
U.N. rights boss condemns Saudi Arabia beheading 37 men 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1461
Bahrain king reinstates nationality to 551 citizens tried in courts 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1525
Four killed in failed attack on Saudi state security building 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1364
U.N. urges resolving fate of 2,500 foreign children at Syria camp 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1578
Dispute flares among U.S. officials over Trump administration Iran arms control report 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1499
Egypt constitutional changes could mean Sisi rule until 2030 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1620
Bahrain court sentences 139 to jail in mass terror trial 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1515
In Libya, a rogues' gallery of militias prepare for war 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1428
Iraq seeks multibillion dollar fee to receive Isis prisoners 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1468
Flood-hit Iran getting no financial aid from abroad due to U.S. sanctions: statement 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1719
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 1586
Cholera is surging once again in war-ravaged Yemen 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1531
US expected to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a foreign terrorist organization 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1611
House rebukes Trump on Saudi Arabia, backs measure to end Yemen involvement 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1461
Egypt killed tourists with US weapons. An American survivor wants justice 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1499
The Islamic State's refugees are facing a humanitarian calamity 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2061

Middle East Continued...

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Saudi women activists back in court as West watches 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1447
Algeria's Bouteflika to resign before mandate ends April 28: state media 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1666
America's Foreign Hackers: American Hackers Helped UAE Spy on Al Jazeera Chairman, BBC Host 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1449
How the mysteries of Khashoggi's murder have rocked the U.S.-Saudi partnership 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1624
Houthi leader attacks UK's Jeremy Hunt over efforts to relax Saudi arms ban 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1602
Human rights groups urge F1 to act over jailed Bahraini activist Najah Yusuf 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1583
Egyptian actors who criticized Sissi in Washington are kicked out of union 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1812
Luxembourg court delivers setback to 9/11 families' Iran claims 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1346
Eleven female Saudi activists appear in Riyadh court 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1735
Airstrike on remote Yemen hospital kills at least seven 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1669
Islamic State group: Syria's Kurds call for international tribunal 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1958
Egypt bans singer from performing over free-speech remarks 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1990
U.S. pressure on Hezbollah, Iran is working, Pompeo says in Beirut 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1842
Death toll climbs at Syrian camp 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1757
Victory over Islamic State to be announced after enclave searched: SDF 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1553
U.S. grants Iraq 90-day waiver to buy Iranian energy: State Dept 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1838
Islamic State fighters pinned on Syrian riverbank, warplanes fly above 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1838
Algerian army says protesters have expressed 'noble aims' 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1598
Powerful Algerian party abandons beleaguered Bouteflika 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1658
How Iran fuel oil exports beat U.S. sanctions in tanker odyssey to Asia 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1634
Saudi Arabia curbs family influence in Binladin group shake-up 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1746
Saudi crown prince ran brutal campaign to silence dissent more than a year before Khashoggi murder, 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1793
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Mosby Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1728
U.S. Senate to vote Wednesday on Saudi Yemen war resolution 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1730
Iranian human rights lawyer sentenced to 38 years in jail, lashes: husband 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1791
U.S. Woman Mired in Saudi Arabia Is Granted Legal Saudi Residency 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1809
Return of the cat man of Aleppo 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1782
Shamima Begum: IS teenager's baby son has died, SDF confirms 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1784
IS retakes almost all of vital Syria border town 2 Mosby Nov 2017 Mar 2019 0 2626
Big anti-Bouteflika protest fills Algerian capital 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1811

Middle East Continued...

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Islamic State extremism on show at 'miserable' Syria camp 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1627
Iran cleric linked to 1988 mass executions to lead judiciary 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1792
Rumours grow of rift between Saudi king and crown prince 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1800
Saudi app used to track women 'not against' Google rules 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1743
Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1754
Ten Islamic State members executed by rival jihadists in northwest Syria 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1973
Former Yazidi captives of IS reunite with families in Iraq 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1552
Saudi Arabia: detained women's rights activists to be put on trial 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1467
Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif, architect of nuclear deal, resigns 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1572
Iraq President Salih says French Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq will be tried there 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1462
U.S.-backed SDF hands over 280 Islamic State fighters to Iraq 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1458
UN nuclear watchdog: Iran stays within limits of 2015 deal 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1532
Iran starts Gulf war games, to test submarine-launched missiles 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1455
Operation to end last IS Syria pocket hits evacuation snag 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1493
Nine executed in Egypt over Hisham Barakat assassination 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1485
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 1520
U.S.-backed Syria force seeks help with Islamic State prisoner 'time bomb' 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1407
Iran confirms second failed satellite launch: NBC News 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1403
Egypt: 7 Sinai jihadists killed, 15 soldiers dead or wounded in attack 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1331
Powerful labor union head officially joins Gantz's Knesset slate 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1201
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