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Saudi Arabia women's rights reforms may still be thwarted by custom 1 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1351
Saudi Arabia: arrests of dissidents and torture allegations continue 3 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1322
Saudi Arabia: detained women's rights activists to be put on trial 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1252
Saudi Arabias crown prince wants to reengineer his country. Is that even possible? 1 Mosby Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1379
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman named prime minister 1 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 2330
Saudi crown prince ran brutal campaign to silence dissent more than a year before Khashoggi murder, 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1569
Saudi female activists face jail conditions akin to torture, say UK MPs 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 976
Saudi influence in spotlight as US calls on Riyadh to end Sudan violence 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 0 1247
Saudi intercepts drone launched by Yemen's Houthis towards Jizan: state media 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1413
Saudi king approves U.S. military deployment: SPA 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1258
Saudi man receives death penalty for posts online, latest case in wide-ranging crackdown on dissent 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1774
Saudi oil chief says energy security imperiled by attacks 0 Eugene Mar 2022 Mar 2022 0 1807
Saudi rapper faces arrest for Mecca Girl music video 0 Eugene Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 1479
Saudi Teenager Faces Death Sentence for Acts When He was 10 1 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1455
Saudi tribe challenges crown prince's plans for tech city 0 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 1427
Saudi woman activist rejects release deal tied to denying torture: family 0 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1231
Saudi woman Salma al-Shehab given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter 0 Eugene Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 2973
Saudi women activists back in court as West watches 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1224
Saudi women can now travel without male guardian's approval - report 0 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1416
Saudi-Egyptian deal on Red Sea islands sparks anger 0 Bad Dog Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1922
Saudis said set to host top Hamas delegation, further dimming Israeli hopes for ties 0 Mosby Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 2029
Saudis Scale Back Ambition for $1.5 Trillion Desert Project Neom 0 Eugene Apr 6 Apr 6 1 549
Saudis used 'incentives and threats' to shut down UN investigation in Yemen 0 Eugene Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1616
Secretary Clinton Says Syrian President Assad ‘Must Go’ (video) 1 tabatha Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 2004
Secretary of State Blinken to visit Egypt, Israel and West Bank 0 Tetrachloride Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2062
Seized Galaxy Leader ship in Yemen's Hodeidah port area - owner 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 1102
Senators reach deal to vote on blocking Saudi arms sale 1 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1266
Seven Minutes that Can Save a Syrian School from a Bomb 0 Mosby Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1241
Several arrests at protest over dying Iranian lake 0 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1309
Several dead, dozens rescued after migrant boat capsizes off Lebanon 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 2081

Middle East Continued...

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Several suspected U.S. spies 'due to be' sentenced to death, Iran says 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1430
Shades of Iraq in Afghanistan? Problems with shoddy contracting work 1 unhappycamper Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1774
Shamima Begum: IS teenager's baby son has died, SDF confirms 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1459
Shipping giants suspend all journeys through Red Sea following attacks on vessels 0 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 801
Ships entering Yemeni waters must obtain permit, Houthi minister says 1 Eugene Mar 4 Mar 4 3 491
Siege of Saraquib 1 tabatha Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 1919
Silenced Resilience: Afghan Women Entrepreneurs Navigating Taliban Restrictions 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 566
Six months on from elections, Iraqis frustrated by political deadlock 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 2505
Six Turkish sailors freed by Libya warlord Khalifa Haftar 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1386
Snow storm in Saudi Arabia, first time in 50 years. 2 BigmanPigman Feb 2021 Feb 2021 5 1757
Some may wish to sign this Save the Children Fund petition about Syria 1 LeftishBrit May 2012 May 2012 2 2388
Sorry Deleted 0 RocRizzo55 Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 417
Sportswashing: how Saudi Arabia lobbies the US's largest sports bodies 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1302
State Department OKs nearly $6 billion in weapons sales to Gulf allies 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 1 1430
Suez Canal Economic Zone Signs Deals for Green Energy 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 2924
Suicide attack kills 20 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards: Fars news 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 1070
Suleimani's death is a huge blow to Iran's plans for regional domination 4 Mosby Jan 2020 Jan 2020 0 1412
Suspected UAE spy 'kills himself in Turkish prison' 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1285
Syria asks journalists to report to government 2 maddezmom Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 1706
Syria camp is at risk of falling under ISIS control, Kurdish general says 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1325
Syria massacre "an extension" of Syria air force operation: U.N. 0 MindMover Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 1638
Syria may respond to Israeli air strike, says ambassador 0 R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1536
Syria says revolt over, but army still shooting 0 Mosby Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 1485
Syria unrest: France's Bouvier and UK's Conroy out of HomsAdvertisement 0 maddezmom Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 1647
Syria war: 'Russian air strikes kill dozens' in Idlib 0 Eugene Oct 2020 Oct 2020 0 1041
Syria war: UN resumes aid to Syrians on Jordan border 0 Mosby Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1249
Syrian army, allies thrust east to break siege in Deir al-Zor city 0 Mosby Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1554
Syrian food and vaccines at risk as Russia uses UN veto to scupper aid plan 0 Eugene Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 1169
Syrian ground forces storm rebel stronghold of Idlib 0 ellisonz Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 1597
Syrian News 0 tabatha Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 1468

Middle East Continued...

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Syrian rebel forces occupy second border post with Turkey 0 Mosby Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 1733
Syrian regime 'preparing for final victory against rebellion 0 Mosby Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1148
Tales of Horror From Syrian Refugees Written by Abdullah Omar Published Sunday, March 25, 2012 0 tabatha Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 1788
Taliban Arrests Prominent Education Activist 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 1181
Taliban Leader: Afghan Women's Rights "have been fully Secured." 2 niyad Jan 27 Jan 27 3 648
Taliban's Rule in Afghanistan Sets Dangerous Precedent for Global Peace 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1066
Tech File: Foldable, "Workboat in a Box" goes to work for Bahrain Defence Force 0 Sherman A1 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 2 2369
Tehran-backed Hezbollah steps in to guide Iraqi militias in Soleimani's wake 0 Mosby Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 1301
Templars who (most) became Nazi in the 1930s-40s - Fascinating 1957 article.Translated 8 PostTruth Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 6996
Ten Islamic State members executed by rival jihadists in northwest Syria 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1650
Tensions in Tehran: Iran’s Mullahs vs. the Revolutionary Guards 1 Mosby Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2258
Tensions rise in the Middle East amid Ramadan and Passover - ABC News 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1955
The "Statement of Purpose" (SOP) for this group. 2 Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 2085
The 81-year-old woman inspiring a nation to recycle 0 sandensea Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 3802
The Arab World Braces for the Summer of Counter-Revolution 4 JCMach1 Feb 2012 Feb 2012 1 2282
The Arab world needs to admit: It's racist 5 Mosby Apr 2017 Apr 2017 3 1675
The attempted coup in Turkey: Hell hath no fury like a teflon Sultan. 0 forest444 Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1374
The Butcher and the Surgeon 0 Mosby Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 1381
The Case for Aiding Syria’s Rebels 0 Mosby Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 1885
The CIA Sent Warnings to at Least 3 Khashoggi Associates About New Threats From Saudi Arabia 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 2 1362
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