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Title of discussion thread	Replies	Author	Start time	Last reply	Recs	Views
Lebanon's top Christian clerics blast politicians as hunger, hardship bite	0	Eugene	3 hrs ago	3 hrs ago	0	68
This former intelligence official was a hero. He's now the target of a brutal campaign by MBS.	0	Eugene	May 28	May 28	1	231
U.S. military says Russia flew 14 MiG 29s and Su-24s to Libya	1	Eugene	May 27	May 27	2	285
Coronavirus: Yemen's healthcare system 'in effect collapsed'	0	Eugene	May 23	May 23	1	211
Investigators Build Case for IS Crimes Against Yazidis	0	Eugene	May 23	May 23	0	179
Libya's eastern leader Haftar says army to take formal control	0	Eugene	Apr 28	Apr 28	1	180
Yemen war: Separatists declare autonomous rule in south	0	Eugene	Apr 26	Apr 26	1	310
Saudi tribe challenges crown prince's plans for tech city	0	Eugene	Apr 24	Apr 24	0	385
Prominent Saudi rights activist dies in prison: sources	1	Eugene	Apr 24	Apr 24	0	162
J'lem city hall was firebombed.	0	Mosby	Apr 22	Apr 22	4	261
Outspoken Saudi princess reveals that she is in prison	0	Eugene	Apr 17	Apr 17	2	416
US says Iranian vessels 'harassed' American warships in Arabian sea	0	Eugene	Apr 16	Apr 16	0	269
UN inquiry stops short of directly blaming Russia over Idlib attacks	0	Eugene	Apr 7	Apr 7	1	238
OPCW report set to blame Syria chemical attacks on Bashar al-Assad	0	Eugene	Apr 2020	Apr 2020	0	201
Trump calls MBS his 'friend' -- 18 months to the day after Jamal Khashoggi's murder	1	Eugene	Apr 2020	Apr 2020	1	313
Iran hits back after Trump claims it is planning Iraq attacks	1	Eugene	Apr 2020	Apr 2020	1	293
Europe sends medical goods to Iran in trade test	0	Eugene	Mar 2020	Mar 2020	0	256
Looks like it's over for Netanyahu	9	Mosby	Mar 2020	Mar 2020	39	1607
U.S. counters Iraq's condemnation of airstrikes on Iran-backed militia facilities	0	Eugene	Mar 2020	Mar 2020	0	261
Egypt jails prominent political figure for a year over 'false news'	1	Eugene	Mar 2020	Mar 2020	0	355
Netanyahu opposition parties unite to back bill blocking his re-election	0	left-of-center2012	Mar 2020	Mar 2020	4	451
'One orb, slightly used': MBS book reveals fate of Trump's mysterious Saudi sphere	1	Eugene	Mar 2020	Mar 2020	0	458
Erdoğan is reaping what he sowed: Turkey is on the brink of disaster in Syria	1	Eugene	Mar 2020	Mar 2020	2	532
Libya peace efforts thrown further into chaos as UN envoy quits	0	Eugene	Mar 2020	Mar 2020	0	184
Saudi rapper faces arrest for Mecca Girl music video	0	Eugene	Feb 2020	Feb 2020	1	561
Turkish soldiers killed in Syria amid threats of escalation	0	Eugene	Feb 2020	Feb 2020	0	398
Tehran-backed Hezbollah steps in to guide Iraqi militias in Soleimani's wake	0	Mosby	Feb 2020	Feb 2020	0	454
Purge of reformists in Iran election could doom nuclear deal, say diplomats	0	Eugene	Feb 2020	Feb 2020	0	461
Inquiry strikes blow to Russian denials of Syria chemical attack	0	Eugene	Feb 2020	Feb 2020	1	485
Meet the Palestinian professor who took his students to Auschwitz	1	Mosby	Jan 2020	Jan 2020	4	705
First suspected cases of Coronavirus in Israel, several hospitalized	0	bronxiteforever	Jan 2020	Jan 2020	1	595
Lebanon forms government with backing of Hezbollah and allies	0	Eugene	Jan 2020	Jan 2020	0	450
ISRAELI MODEL SAYS LEBANESE DESIGNER BANNED HER FROM SHOW	2	Mosby	Jan 2020	Jan 2020	0	681
As protests restart in Iran, demonstrators refuse to trample US, Israeli flags	1	Mosby	Jan 2020	Jan 2020	7	802
Informants in Iraq, Syria helped U.S. kill Iran's Soleimani - sources	0	Mosby	Jan 2020	Jan 2020	1	539
No more pretending	3	Mosby	Jan 2020	Jan 2020	0	482
Suleimani's death is a huge blow to Iran's plans for regional domination	4	Mosby	Jan 2020	Jan 2020	0	654
EU funds for migrants in Libya enrich their abusers instead	0	Eugene	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	0	456
More than 235,000 people have fled Idlib region in Syria, says UN	0	Eugene	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	0	540
Messaging app ToTok is reportedly a spying tool for the UAE	0	Eugene	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	3	579
Isis in Iraq: Militants 'getting stronger again'	0	Eugene	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	0	387
Defiant protesters back in Baghdad square within an hour of slaughter	0	Eugene	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	1	480
Iraq risks breakup as tribes take on Iran's militias in 'blood feud'	1	Eugene	Nov 2019	Nov 2019	0	509
Iraq in turmoil as 45 shot dead by security forces in protests	0	Eugene	Nov 2019	Nov 2019	1	465
Iraq protesters torch Iran consulate in Najaf, curfew imposed	0	Eugene	Nov 2019	Nov 2019	1	427
Saudi Arabia: arrests of dissidents and torture allegations continue	3	Eugene	Nov 2019	Nov 2019	1	635
Foreign jets used in Libyan refugee centre airstrike, claims UN report	0	Eugene	Nov 2019	Nov 2019	1	582
Under shroud of secrecy US weapons arrive in Yemen despite Congressional outrage	0	Eugene	Nov 2019	Nov 2019	1	560
Iran further distances itself from 2015 deal by fuelling Fordow centrifuges	0	Eugene	Nov 2019	Nov 2019	1	440
'Fear factor is broken': protesters demand removal of Iraqi government	0	Eugene	Nov 2019	Nov 2019	0	525
UN investigates alleged use of white phosphorus in Syria	0	Eugene	Oct 2019	Oct 2019	2	622
Lebanon paralysed by 'WhatsApp tax' protests	0	Eugene	Oct 2019	Oct 2019	0	441
Turkey-Syria offensive: Kurds reach deal with Syrian army	1	Eugene	Oct 2019	Oct 2019	2	669
The Guardian view on Syria and Trump: a disaster, still being made	1	Eugene	Oct 2019	Oct 2019	0	522
At least 750 Isis affiliates escape camp after Turkish shelling	0	Eugene	Oct 2019	Oct 2019	1	542
Saudi king approves U.S. military deployment: SPA	0	Eugene	Oct 2019	Oct 2019	0	583
Erdoğan has managed the unthinkable: uniting all the other Middle East rivals	1	Eugene	Oct 2019	Oct 2019	1	539
More Than 100 Killed And Thousands Injured In Anti-Government Protests In Iraq	0	Eugene	Oct 2019	Oct 2019	0	605
Syria camp is at risk of falling under ISIS control, Kurdish general says	0	Eugene	Oct 2019	Oct 2019	0	653
Netanyahu said to have agreed Rivlin's proposed power share deal, Gantz refused	0	Mosby	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	1	675
EU nations lead condemnation of Saudi human rights record	0	Eugene	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	1	682
Israel Election: Blue and White are slightly ahead	9	Mosby	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	2	874
Airstrikes kill 18 pro-Iran fighters in eastern Syria	0	Eugene	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	0	733
Iranian tanker reaches destination, oil sold: ministry tells TV	0	Eugene	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	1	707
Iran acknowledges rocket explosion, says test malfunctioned	1	Eugene	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	0	700
Sportswashing: how Saudi Arabia lobbies the US's largest sports bodies	0	Eugene	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	0	753
Saudi Arabia struggles to hold Yemen coalition together as allies face off	0	Eugene	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	0	581
Yemen war: More than 100 dead in Saudi-led strike, says Red Cross	0	Eugene	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	0	681
Confusion as Turkey says Iranian tanker now headed toward Lebanon	1	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	0	815
Drone attacks in Middle East raise fears of escalating conflict	0	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	1	660
Khan Sheikhoun: Syria rebels pull out of key town after five years	0	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	0	715
Saudi woman activist rejects release deal tied to denying torture: family	0	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	0	702
'Scores' killed in Yemen as UAE-backed fighters seize parts of Aden	0	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	0	673
The UAE's ambitions backfire as it finds itself on the front line of U.S.-Iran tensions	0	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	0	651
Britain appalled by Syria situation after ceasefire ends: foreign minister	0	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	1	736
Ceasefire collapse in northwest Syria threatens millions: U.N. envoy's adviser	0	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	1	620
Saudi Arabia women's rights reforms may still be thwarted by custom	1	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	0	810
Iraqis choose refugee camps over ruined homes	1	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	1	642
U.S. launches last-ditch effort to stop Turkish invasion of northeast Syria	0	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	0	787
Facebook bans 'Saudi Arabia-linked propaganda accounts'	0	Eugene	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	0	789