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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Anti-government protests take hold in southern Syria 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1413
Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards - report 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 4829
Hungry, hunted, terrified: unending plight of the Afghan women who served in military and police 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 15 2371
US military may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz to stop Iran seizures 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 4438
Iran will close government offices, banks and schools for 2 days over high temperatures 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1392
'There's no other option but to fight': Iranian women defiant as 'morality police' return 6 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 11 2768
The Taliban has reportedly agreed to relocate the TTP within its borders. Many fear a rise in ethni 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 2259
Revealed: Saudi Arabia's $6bn spend on 'sportswashing' 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1738
Riyadh detains relatives of US citizen after a Pennsylvania lawsuit, rights groups say 0 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2049
Iraq to summon US ambassador over remarks about Christian church head 0 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 1200
Iran's morality police return after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women 0 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 2377
With increasing Taliban restrictions against Afghan women, the mental health crisis worsens. "I feel 0 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 3731
UK invites Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to visit 0 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 1055
Israel is targeted on Twitter more than any other country, study finds 0 Mosby Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 1965
Do you think that MBS is permanent or he will be dethroned 0 no_hypocrisy Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1103
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 8602
Amid the health and economic crisis in Afghanistan, the Taliban refuses to help. Instead, blames th 4 niyad Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 2142
Pew: 87% of Israelis has positive view of America 2 Mosby Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 1559
Afghan lawyers and judges are being persecuted by the Taliban. It threatens Afghan women, the justic 3 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 2138
Norway Invites Taliban Officials to the Oslo Forum - A Growing Normalization of the Taliban Means G 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 2446
Taliban's Rule in Afghanistan Sets Dangerous Precedent for Global Peace 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1329
Silenced Resilience: Afghan Women Entrepreneurs Navigating Taliban Restrictions 0 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 825
UN Report: Acute Starvation Grips Afghanistan, Affecting Women and Children 1 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 3707
The Taliban Enforces Strict Ban on Music in Afghanistan, Prohibiting the Afghan People From Listeni 1 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 2350
Amid all the doom and gloom in the world, a bright spot... 0 True Dough May 2023 May 2023 5 1304
Belgium aid worker freed in prisoner swap with Iranian diplomat jailed for bomb plot 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 0 2391
Iran unveils latest version of ballistic missile amid wider tensions over nuclear program 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 0 1662
Woman shot dead in northern Israel in 16th case of femicide in 2023 2 Mosby May 2023 May 2023 2 2184
Iran hid weapons among earthquake aid to target U.S. troops, leak says 0 Mosby May 2023 May 2023 0 1461
Saudis said set to host top Hamas delegation, further dimming Israeli hopes for ties 0 Mosby Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 2291

Middle East Continued...

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'I Oppose the Mandatory Hijab' Button Campaign Puts Iranian Women's Rights Front and Center 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 3096
UN chief demands Taliban revoke ban on women staff 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 1055
Tensions rise in the Middle East amid Ramadan and Passover - ABC News 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 2180
Haredi parties were at forefront of overhaul push. Then they weren't. What changed? 0 Mosby Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 2757
Taliban Arrests Prominent Education Activist 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 1421
Templars who (most) became Nazi in the 1930s-40s - Fascinating 1957 article.Translated 8 PostTruth Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 7924
Campaign calls for gender apartheid to be crime under international law 2 niyad Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 1409
A Letter from an Afghan Educator: Optimism in the Face of Agony 0 niyad Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 2013
'I Am Erased!': Afghan Women Leaders Urge International Community to Take Action 0 niyad Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 2539
Saudi Arabia sends first female team to global tennis event 0 niyad Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 1338
'They used our hijabs to gag us': Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police 0 niyad Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 3116
Iraqis protest over killing of YouTube star by her father 6 niyad Feb 2023 Feb 2023 11 1627
Iranian protesters sentenced to death were tortured, says Amnesty report (trigger warning rape) 0 bronxiteforever Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 3175
Secretary of State Blinken to visit Egypt, Israel and West Bank 0 Tetrachloride Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2296
OPCW blames Syria gov't for 2018 chlorine gas attack in Douma 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 2054
The trailblazing female Muslim Arab IDF major 0 Mosby Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 2439
Iranian chess player 'moving to Spain' after competing without headscarf 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 3080
'My heart is bleeding': Afghan women devastated by university ban 4 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 3134
Turkey, Saudi Arabia condemn Taliban's university ban for women 2 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 1384
US warns Taliban of 'costs' over university ban for Afghan women 0 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 2986
What does future hold for Afghan women after university ban? 0 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 1973
Arab Gulf countries crack down on homosexuality 1 Behind the Aegis Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 2522
Iran: protestors set fire to Khomeini ancestral home 3 cbabe Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 3853
Cholera in Syria, Lebanon 1 Tetrachloride Oct 2022 Nov 2022 1 1664
Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: 'Women in Iran have discovered their power and deci 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 3526
Iran and US set for UN confrontation over Mahsa Amini protests 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 2437
LIV - OPEC - Twitter 0 LessAspin Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1752
Inside a Groundbreaking Anthology That Sheds Light on 18 Queer Arab Voices 0 Behind the Aegis Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 3340
Women Everywhere Are Standing Up Against 'Gender Apartheid' 4 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 2597
'I Felt Like the Luckiest Girl in the World': Afghan Students Restart College in the U.S. 2 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 3829

Middle East Continued...

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Iranian security forces intensify crackdown in Kurdistan 1 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1699
Nika Shakarami: Iran protester's family forced to lie about death - source 0 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 3363
Iran protests: Schoolgirls heckle paramilitary speaker 0 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 2483
From Iran, Solidarity With American Women 2 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 2398
US scrambles F-15 jet to shoot down Iranian drone that appeared to threaten US forces in Iraq 0 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 3800
Thirteen killed in Iraq as Iran attacks Kurdish groups blamed for protests 0 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 2504
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman named prime minister 1 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 2581
BBC page on Iran and "The Blue Girl" 0 Tetrachloride Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 1717
US relaxes internet sanctions on Iran in support of protesters 1 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 4 5266
Qatar fund launches initiative to support conflict-affected women 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 1477
'You are not honourable anymore' Shamed and trafficked into Iraq's sex trade 2 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 3614
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 4263
Buildings stormed after Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi political leader, retires 0 Eugene Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 2519
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Mosby Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 2362
UAE ambassador to return to Iran after six-year absence 0 Eugene Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 2621
Israeli, German archeologists reconstruct Hasmonean destruction of Greek city 0 Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 2640
Saudi woman Salma al-Shehab given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter 0 Eugene Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 3198
Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr supporters storm parliament building in Baghdad 0 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1659
Body of man who fell into sinkhole under pool found by rescue teams 0 sl8 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 3112
Erdogan asks Russia and Iran to back Turkey's incursion into Syria 1 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 2715
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