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Saudi intercepts drone launched by Yemen's Houthis towards Jizan: state media 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1765
Iraq sentences three French citizens to death for joining Isis 2 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1779
Turkey sends weapons to Syrian rebels facing Russian-backed assault: Syrian sources 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1766
Iraqi protesters urge Baghdad to stay out of U.S.-Iran showdown 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1669
US officials: Plan may send up to 10,000 troops to Mideast 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1666
Iranian children are dancing to pop music and the government is furious 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1804
Federal court presses Trump administration to release Khashoggi documents 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1671
No Iran threat in Syria or Iraq, top British officer says, contradicting US 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 4 1648
UAE says four vessels subjected to 'sabotage' near Fujairah port 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1721
Iran Guards reject U.S. talks, cleric threatens carrier 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1711
U.S. warns merchant ships of possible Iranian attacks in Middle East 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1508
The CIA Sent Warnings to at Least 3 Khashoggi Associates About New Threats From Saudi Arabia 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 2 1701
U.S. commander says he could send carrier into Strait of Hormuz despite Iran tensions 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 1 1658
US sanctions to hit Iran's metals industry, a major employer 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 1 1625
State Department OKs nearly $6 billion in weapons sales to Gulf allies 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 1 1825
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 1748
Haftar's ally UAE says 'extremist militias' control Libyan capital 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1642
U.N. decries barrel bomb assault in rebel-held northwest Syria 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1535
Suspected UAE spy 'kills himself in Turkish prison' 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1604
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar is no democrat - UN envoy 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1605
Fall of Bashir risks leaving Sudan prey to rival regional powers 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1657
Yazidi leaders to allow Isis rape survivors to return with children 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1575
Amnesty, monitors say U.S.-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Syria's Raqqa 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1578
From Sudan's protesters, a warning to Saudi Arabia and the UAE: Don't meddle 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2240
U.N. rights boss condemns Saudi Arabia beheading 37 men 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1543
Bahrain king reinstates nationality to 551 citizens tried in courts 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1600
Four killed in failed attack on Saudi state security building 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1446
U.N. urges resolving fate of 2,500 foreign children at Syria camp 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1656
Dispute flares among U.S. officials over Trump administration Iran arms control report 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1584
Egypt constitutional changes could mean Sisi rule until 2030 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1695

Middle East Continued...

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Bahrain court sentences 139 to jail in mass terror trial 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1593
In Libya, a rogues' gallery of militias prepare for war 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1516
Iraq seeks multibillion dollar fee to receive Isis prisoners 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1553
Flood-hit Iran getting no financial aid from abroad due to U.S. sanctions: statement 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1823
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 1678
Cholera is surging once again in war-ravaged Yemen 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1620
US expected to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a foreign terrorist organization 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1699
House rebukes Trump on Saudi Arabia, backs measure to end Yemen involvement 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1547
Egypt killed tourists with US weapons. An American survivor wants justice 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1579
The Islamic State's refugees are facing a humanitarian calamity 1 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 2198
Saudi women activists back in court as West watches 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1535
Algeria's Bouteflika to resign before mandate ends April 28: state media 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1743
America's Foreign Hackers: American Hackers Helped UAE Spy on Al Jazeera Chairman, BBC Host 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1531
How the mysteries of Khashoggi's murder have rocked the U.S.-Saudi partnership 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1703
Houthi leader attacks UK's Jeremy Hunt over efforts to relax Saudi arms ban 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1680
Human rights groups urge F1 to act over jailed Bahraini activist Najah Yusuf 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1682
Egyptian actors who criticized Sissi in Washington are kicked out of union 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1898
Luxembourg court delivers setback to 9/11 families' Iran claims 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1445
Eleven female Saudi activists appear in Riyadh court 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1829
Airstrike on remote Yemen hospital kills at least seven 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1763
Islamic State group: Syria's Kurds call for international tribunal 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 2065
Egypt bans singer from performing over free-speech remarks 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 2088
U.S. pressure on Hezbollah, Iran is working, Pompeo says in Beirut 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1932
Death toll climbs at Syrian camp 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1828
Victory over Islamic State to be announced after enclave searched: SDF 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1641
U.S. grants Iraq 90-day waiver to buy Iranian energy: State Dept 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1933
Islamic State fighters pinned on Syrian riverbank, warplanes fly above 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1960
Algerian army says protesters have expressed 'noble aims' 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1687
Powerful Algerian party abandons beleaguered Bouteflika 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1739
How Iran fuel oil exports beat U.S. sanctions in tanker odyssey to Asia 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1719

Middle East Continued...

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Saudi Arabia curbs family influence in Binladin group shake-up 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1835
Saudi crown prince ran brutal campaign to silence dissent more than a year before Khashoggi murder, 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1875
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Mosby Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1801
U.S. Senate to vote Wednesday on Saudi Yemen war resolution 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1807
Iranian human rights lawyer sentenced to 38 years in jail, lashes: husband 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1876
U.S. Woman Mired in Saudi Arabia Is Granted Legal Saudi Residency 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1886
Return of the cat man of Aleppo 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1863
Shamima Begum: IS teenager's baby son has died, SDF confirms 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1882
IS retakes almost all of vital Syria border town 2 Mosby Nov 2017 Mar 2019 0 2733
Big anti-Bouteflika protest fills Algerian capital 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1904
Islamic State extremism on show at 'miserable' Syria camp 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1711
Iran cleric linked to 1988 mass executions to lead judiciary 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1884
Rumours grow of rift between Saudi king and crown prince 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1897
Saudi app used to track women 'not against' Google rules 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1829
Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1836
Ten Islamic State members executed by rival jihadists in northwest Syria 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 2092
Former Yazidi captives of IS reunite with families in Iraq 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1632
Saudi Arabia: detained women's rights activists to be put on trial 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1556
Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif, architect of nuclear deal, resigns 0 Mosby Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1652
Iraq President Salih says French Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq will be tried there 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1551
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