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Title of discussion thread	Replies	Author	Start time	Last reply	Recs	Views
Egypt bans singer from performing over free-speech remarks	0	Eugene	8 hrs ago	8 hrs ago	1	101
U.S. pressure on Hezbollah, Iran is working, Pompeo says in Beirut	0	Eugene	Friday	Friday	0	195
Death toll climbs at Syrian camp	0	Eugene	Thursday	Thursday	2	185
Victory over Islamic State to be announced after enclave searched: SDF	0	Eugene	Thursday	Thursday	0	56
U.S. grants Iraq 90-day waiver to buy Iranian energy: State Dept	0	Eugene	Wednesday	Wednesday	0	182
Islamic State fighters pinned on Syrian riverbank, warplanes fly above	1	Eugene	Wednesday	Wednesday	1	158
Algerian army says protesters have expressed 'noble aims'	0	Eugene	Wednesday	Wednesday	0	60
Powerful Algerian party abandons beleaguered Bouteflika	0	Eugene	Wednesday	Wednesday	0	56
How Iran fuel oil exports beat U.S. sanctions in tanker odyssey to Asia	0	Eugene	Wednesday	Wednesday	1	65
Saudi Arabia curbs family influence in Binladin group shake-up	0	Eugene	Tuesday	Tuesday	1	197
Saudi crown prince ran brutal campaign to silence dissent more than a year before Khashoggi murder,	0	Eugene	Monday	Monday	2	161
This message was self-deleted by its author	1	Mosby	Mar 10	Mar 13	0	237
U.S. Senate to vote Wednesday on Saudi Yemen war resolution	0	Eugene	Mar 12	Mar 12	0	181
Iranian human rights lawyer sentenced to 38 years in jail, lashes: husband	0	Eugene	Mar 11	Mar 11	2	193
U.S. Woman Mired in Saudi Arabia Is Granted Legal Saudi Residency	0	Eugene	Mar 11	Mar 11	0	200
Return of the cat man of Aleppo	0	Eugene	Mar 8	Mar 8	3	204
Shamima Begum: IS teenager's baby son has died, SDF confirms	1	Eugene	Mar 8	Mar 8	1	181
IS retakes almost all of vital Syria border town	2	Mosby	Nov 2017	Mar 8	0	965
Big anti-Bouteflika protest fills Algerian capital	1	Eugene	Mar 8	Mar 8	0	130
Islamic State extremism on show at 'miserable' Syria camp	0	Eugene	Mar 8	Mar 8	0	182
Iran cleric linked to 1988 mass executions to lead judiciary	0	Eugene	Mar 7	Mar 7	1	239
Rumours grow of rift between Saudi king and crown prince	0	Eugene	Mar 5	Mar 5	0	264
Saudi app used to track women 'not against' Google rules	0	Eugene	Mar 5	Mar 5	1	227
Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home	0	Eugene	Mar 3	Mar 3	0	245
Ten Islamic State members executed by rival jihadists in northwest Syria	2	Eugene	Mar 2	Mar 3	1	280
Former Yazidi captives of IS reunite with families in Iraq	0	Eugene	Mar 2	Mar 2	1	159
Saudi Arabia: detained women's rights activists to be put on trial	0	Eugene	Mar 2	Mar 2	1	159
Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif, architect of nuclear deal, resigns	0	Mosby	Feb 25	Feb 25	0	219
Iraq President Salih says French Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq will be tried there	0	Eugene	Feb 25	Feb 25	0	203
U.S.-backed SDF hands over 280 Islamic State fighters to Iraq	0	Eugene	Feb 24	Feb 24	0	187
UN nuclear watchdog: Iran stays within limits of 2015 deal	0	Eugene	Feb 22	Feb 22	1	199
Iran starts Gulf war games, to test submarine-launched missiles	0	Eugene	Feb 22	Feb 22	0	205
Operation to end last IS Syria pocket hits evacuation snag	1	Eugene	Feb 21	Feb 21	0	220
Nine executed in Egypt over Hisham Barakat assassination	0	Eugene	Feb 20	Feb 20	0	249
Germany's ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi's killing is having a bigger impact th	0	Eugene	Feb 19	Feb 19	2	257
U.S.-backed Syria force seeks help with Islamic State prisoner 'time bomb'	0	Eugene	Feb 18	Feb 18	0	217
Iran confirms second failed satellite launch: NBC News	0	Eugene	Feb 16	Feb 16	0	228
Egypt: 7 Sinai jihadists killed, 15 soldiers dead or wounded in attack	0	Mosby	Feb 16	Feb 16	0	145
Powerful labor union head officially joins Gantz's Knesset slate	0	Mosby	Feb 16	Feb 16	0	108
UK's Saudi weapons sales unlawful, Lords committee finds	0	Eugene	Feb 16	Feb 16	1	201
Alarm raised over bill allowing Sisi to rule Egypt until 2034	1	Eugene	Feb 14	Feb 14	1	197
Trump former inaugural committee chair defends Saudi Arabia	0	Eugene	Feb 13	Feb 13	1	300
Suicide attack kills 20 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards: Fars news	0	Eugene	Feb 13	Feb 13	0	227
UAE woman who fled family begs to be allowed to claim asylum	0	Eugene	Feb 11	Feb 11	4	300
Iraqi Christians fear returning home, wary of Shiite militia	1	Eugene	Feb 11	Feb 11	1	140
Iran warns it would 'raze Tel Aviv to the ground' if attacked by U.S.: IRNA	1	Eugene	Feb 11	Feb 11	0	357
Iranians mark anniversary of victory day in 1979 revolution	0	Eugene	Feb 11	Feb 11	0	99
Hakeem al-Araibi: Thailand to free Bahraini footballer	0	Eugene	Feb 11	Feb 11	0	135
Conflict erupts for control of Libya's largest oil field	0	Eugene	Feb 8	Feb 8	1	212
Iran reveals missile, shows off underground factory	0	Mosby	Feb 7	Feb 7	1	259
U.S. lawmakers renew push for penalties against Saudi Arabia	0	Eugene	Feb 7	Feb 7	0	139
Isis leader believed to have fled coup attempt by his own fighters	0	Eugene	Feb 7	Feb 7	0	153
Large number of Iranian prisoners to be pardoned for revolution anniversary: Khamenei	0	Eugene	Feb 7	Feb 7	0	202
Briton held in UAE 'after wearing Qatar football shirt'	0	Eugene	Feb 5	Feb 5	0	263
Saudi Arabia to address abuse of male guardianship system: media reports	0	Eugene	Feb 4	Feb 4	0	230
Iraqi president says Trump did not ask permission to 'watch Iran'	1	Eugene	Feb 4	Feb 4	1	292
Saudi female activists face jail conditions akin to torture, say UK MPs	0	Eugene	Feb 4	Feb 4	0	129
Bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in Iraq comes under attack	0	Eugene	Feb 3	Feb 3	1	254
Pope faces critics over Yemen on first papal visit to UAE	1	Eugene	Feb 2	Feb 3	0	290
Egypt to consider longer presidential term: lawmaker	0	Eugene	Feb 3	Feb 3	0	232
Iraqi novelist gunned down in Kerbala	0	Eugene	Feb 3	Feb 3	0	126
US warns Lebanon's Hezbollah not to funnel ministry's money	0	Eugene	Feb 1	Feb 1	0	232
US court finds Assad regime liable for Marie Colvin's death in Syria	0	Eugene	Jan 31	Jan 31	1	228
Lebanon forms government after months of deadlock	0	Eugene	Jan 31	Jan 31	0	142
Iranian state TV anchor returns to Tehran after 10 days in US detention	0	Eugene	Jan 30	Jan 30	1	267
Project Raven: Inside the UAE's Secret Hacking Team of American Mercenaries	1	Eugene	Jan 30	Jan 30	0	276
Bahrain upholds life sentence against opposition leaders: BNA	0	Eugene	Jan 28	Jan 28	1	291
Iranian commander threatens Israel's destruction if it attacks: state TV	0	Eugene	Jan 28	Jan 28	0	122
Bahrain closer to extradition of footballer held in Thailand	0	Eugene	Jan 28	Jan 28	0	105
UAE's gender equality awards won entirely by men	0	Eugene	Jan 28	Jan 28	0	144
Outgoing IDF chief: Israel has struck 'thousands' of Iranian targets in Syria	0	Mosby	Jan 12	Jan 12	0	414
I was special envoy to fight the Islamic State. Our gains are now at risk.	0	Mosby	Jan 3	Jan 3	4	353
Saudi Arabia Declares War on America's Muslim Congresswomen	8	blue-wave	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	13	1180
Torture, reform and women's rights in Saudi Arabia Women are being tortured for demanding basic rig	0	niyad	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	2	333
The Saudi women detained for demanding basic human rights (yes, these women are still in prison)	0	niyad	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	4	178
Saudi Arabia torturing human-rights activists held in its prisons without charge	4	sandensea	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	1	451
UN nuclear watchdog says Iran remains within 2015 deal limits	2	Mosby	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	3	432
What is behind the plight of Iraqi women?	0	niyad	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	2	566
Who is killing Yemen's clerics? Mystery murders are sending a chill through the mosques.	1	Mosby	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	1	609
Forced into abusive marriages, Syrian child brides increasingly turn to suicide	4	Mosby	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	8	688