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Malta, Libya sign agreement on collaboration in healthcare 0 tabatha Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 1496

'A dirty business': how one drug is turning Syria into a narco-state 1 Eugene May 2021 May 2021 2 1779

'Armstrong of the Arab World': Syria's first astronaut Mohammad Faris dies in exile 0 Eugene Monday Monday 4 314

'Dying every two hours': Afghan women risk life to give birth (possible trigger warning) 2 niyad Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1409

'Fear factor is broken': protesters demand removal of Iraqi government 0 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 1222

'I Am Erased!': Afghan Women Leaders Urge International Community to Take Action 0 niyad Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 2304

'I Felt Like the Luckiest Girl in the World': Afghan Students Restart College in the U.S. 2 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 3511

'I Oppose the Mandatory Hijab' Button Campaign Puts Iranian Women's Rights Front and Center 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 2846

'Insult Turkey's Erdogan' contest set up by Spectator magazine 0 Bad Dog Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1703

'Israeli' ship targeted by Houthis is Liberia-flagged, says Ambrey 0 Eugene Feb 21 Feb 21 0 575

'Joints will be separated': Jamal Khashoggi's murder, retold 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1330

'My heart is bleeding': Afghan women devastated by university ban 4 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 2752

'One orb, slightly used': MBS book reveals fate of Trump's mysterious Saudi sphere 1 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 0 1411

'Scary to be queer': Lebanon cracks down on LGBTQ rights 0 Behind the Aegis Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 2055

'Scores' killed in Yemen as UAE-backed fighters seize parts of Aden 0 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1232

'There's no other option but to fight': Iranian women defiant as 'morality police' return 6 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 11 2296

'They used our hijabs to gag us': Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police 0 niyad Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 2814

'Weak' US let Saudis jail more dissidents, says rights group 0 Eugene May 2021 May 2021 0 1049

'You are not honourable anymore' Shamed and trafficked into Iraq's sex trade 2 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 3250

(lengthy, incredible, hopeful, inspiring. Please read) The Rainbow Manifesto: Towards an Iranian 0 niyad Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 883

(X-post) Only 5% of Palestinians and 6% of Lebanese accept gay relationships 3 Behind the Aegis Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1987

***Mes Aynak Update*** 0 littlemissmartypants Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1509

11 Egyptian soldiers killed near Suez Canal 0 Tetrachloride May 2022 May 2022 1 2042

3 die in suspected drone attack in UAE 0 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 0 1654

40 maps that explain the Middle East 0 elleng Jul 2019 Jul 2019 6 1636

972mag.com 4 annabanana Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 2498

99% of Iran’s reformist parliamentary candidates rejected 1 Mosby Jan 2016 Jul 2016 1 1697

A doctor in Egypt is set to stand trial on Thursday in relation to the female genital mutilation 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1767

A dried-up arm of the Nile provides another clue to how Egyptians built the pyramids 1 Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 Aug 2022 8 3982

A Letter from an Afghan Educator: Optimism in the Face of Agony 0 niyad Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1778

Middle East Continued...

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A post on AJE Syria blog 1 tabatha Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 1722

A second revolution in Iran? Not yet. 1 Mosby Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1541

Activist Marc Lamont Hill Says Black Lives Matter Supports the 'Dismantling of the Zionist Project' 1 Mosby Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 3503

advice for sight-seeing in Jordan 6 Deep13 May 2012 Jun 2012 0 3002

Afghan lawyers and judges are being persecuted by the Taliban. It threatens Afghan women, the justic 3 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1782

Afghan women barred from beauty salons in latest Taliban edict: "Don't we have the right to work or 5 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 8134

After the Arab Spring: Emerging power structures 'will be worse' : Review of John Bradley's New Book 0 JCMach1 Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 1994

Airstrike on remote Yemen hospital kills at least seven 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1398

Airstrikes kill 18 pro-Iran fighters in eastern Syria 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1316

Al-Jazeera UpFront - Iran elections: Change or no change? 0 Mufaddal Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1950

Al-Monitor: Who's really taking Christian homes in Iraq? 0 Mufaddal Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1486

Alarm raised over bill allowing Sisi to rule Egypt until 2034 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 1120

Algeria's Bouteflika to resign before mandate ends April 28: state media 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1409

Algerian army says protesters have expressed 'noble aims' 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 1348

Ambassador responds to call by Evert and Navratilova to keep women's tennis out of Saudi Arabia 0 Eugene Jan 31 Jan 31 3 910

Ambrey: UK-registered cargo ship reported under attack in Bab al-Mandab Strait 1 Eugene Feb 18 Feb 18 3 934

America's Foreign Hackers: American Hackers Helped UAE Spy on Al Jazeera Chairman, BBC Host 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1210

Americans Abroad for Elizabeth Warren Group 0 davidpdx Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1605

Americans in Jordan: The Goal Is Syria 0 unhappycamper Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1589

Americans must pay taxes on bank accounts in Israel 0 riverbendviewgal Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1369

Amid all the doom and gloom in the world, a bright spot... 0 True Dough May 2023 May 2023 5 1003

Amid the health and economic crisis in Afghanistan, the Taliban refuses to help. Instead, blames th 4 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1739

Amnesty, monitors say U.S.-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Syria's Raqqa 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1261

An airstrike on southern Syria, likely carried out by Jordan's air force, kills 9 2 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1019

Analysis: A deadly blow to Syria's regime 0 UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 1774

Anti-government protests take hold in southern Syria 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1035

AQIM chief buying arms in Libya: source 0 ellisonz Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 1617

Arab Gulf countries crack down on homosexuality 1 Behind the Aegis Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 2209

Armed Bedouins enter Sinai peace force camp 1 azurnoir Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 2244

As protests restart in Iran, demonstrators refuse to trample US, Israeli flags 1 Mosby Jan 2020 Jan 2020 7 1981

Middle East Continued...

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As Syrian Kurds gaining ground, Turkey seeks a pretext for invasion 0 no more banksters Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 1841

Assad hits a wall in Syrian war as front lines harden 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1232

Assad's wife shops while protests rage, leaks reveal 4 Violet_Crumble Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 3105

At least 750 Isis affiliates escape camp after Turkish shelling 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1128

At summit with Russia, Israel and US demanded Iran leave Lebanon, Iraq -- report 0 Mosby Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1516

Attack on Syria university protest kills four: group 0 maddezmom May 2012 May 2012 0 1662

Attacks surge in Egypt, a day after deadly clashes 0 Mosby Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1369

Australian Jews seek reassurance on Qantas-Emirates deal 0 Violet_Crumble Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2002

Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: 'Women in Iran have discovered their power and deci 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 3296

Azerbaijan arrests 22 over terror plot 1 Mosby Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 1875

Azerbaijan rejects Iranian protests over arms buy from Israel 0 Mosby Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 1352

Baghdad bombing could be the Biden admin's first challenge 3 Mosby Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 1481

Bahrain closer to extradition of footballer held in Thailand 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 781

Bahrain court sentences 139 to jail in mass terror trial 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1286

Bahrain executes three people, despite human rights outcry 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1448

Bahrain king reinstates nationality to 551 citizens tried in courts 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1307

Bahrain upholds life sentence against opposition leaders: BNA 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1020

Bahrain violence grows with mob attacks 0 Mosby Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 1557

Baloch freedom supporters laud bill by Gohmert 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 1943

Bashar Assad eyes seat on UN Human Rights Council 0 Mosby Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 2033

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