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| Sep.26 |
 Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted| King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of activists | |
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| May.15 |
 Damascus |
Syria's Saydnaya prison crematorium hid killings, says US  The Syrian government has constructed a crematorium at a military prison to dispose of the remains of thousands of murdered prisoners
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| Feb.6 |
Syria |
Thousands hanged at Saydnaya prison, Amnesty says
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Iran |
Jason Rezaian and three other US prisoners freed in Iran
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| Mar.20 |
 Turkey |
Twitter 'blocked' in Turkey Twitter users in Turkey report that the social media site has been blocked in the country. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to 'wipe out Twitter'
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| Jan.20 |
Syria |
Syria accused of systematic torture
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| Mar.1 |
Egypt |
NGO workers leave Egypt on U.S. military plane
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| Jan.28 |
Syria |
Arab League suspends Syria mission
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| Dec.27 |
Syria |
Homs residents confront Arab League team
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| Dec.26 |
Syria |
Arab League observers arrive in Syria  Members of an Arab League delegation arrived to look into events on the ground and whether Syria is upholding a commitment to end a brutal c...
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| Nov.12 |
Egypt |
Arab League sanctions for Syria
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| Oct.10 |
Syria |
At least 31 were killed during clashes
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| Sep.21 |
 Iran |
U.S. hikers in Iran freed American hikers Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were released from an Iranian prison into the care of an Omani official
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| Aug.20 |
Iran |
U.S. hikers get eight years in prison
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| Aug.14 |
Northern Syria |
21 dead after naval forces shell city
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Tehran |
Freed US hiker vows to help friends
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| Dec.19 |
Iran |
Dissident Grand Ayatollah Montazeri dies
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| Aug.8 |
Tehran |
UK, French embassy employees on trial
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| Apr.18 |
Iran |
Iran jails journalist as US spy
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| Dec.24 |
Egypt |
Nour jailed for 5 years
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| Dec.5 |
Baghdad |
Witness at Hussein trial describes torture
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| Nov.15 |
Baghdad |
Detainees 'found starving'
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Tehran |
Militia attack Tehran protesters
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| Dec.12 |
Egypt |
Egypt singer jailed for 'inciting debauchery' |
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| Sep.26 |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted| King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of activists | |
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| Jul.18 |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia investigates video of woman walking in miniskirt
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| May.15 |
Damascus |
Syria's Saydnaya prison crematorium hid killings, says US Map of Saydnaya Damascus Syria| The Syrian government has constructed a crematorium at a military prison to dispose of the remains of thousands of murdered prisoners | |
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| Apr.29 |
Turkey |
Turkish authorities block Wikipedia without giving reason |
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| Feb.6 |
Syria |
Thousands hanged at Saydnaya prison, Amnesty says Map of Saidnaya Syria As many as 13,000 people, most of them civilian opposition supporters, have been executed in secret at a prison in Syria, Amnesty International says
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| Nov.3 |
Turkey |
Turkey pro-Kurdish leaders Demirtas and Yuksekdag detained |
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| Nov.2 |
Mosul |
Mosul battle: Militiamen 'torture' IS suspects on city outskirts |
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| Aug.18 |
Syria |
Nearly 18,000 have died in Syria state jails |
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| Aug.5 |
Iran |
Pokemon Go banned by Iranian authorities over 'security' |
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| Jul.23 |
Turkey |
Turkey extends detention without charge to 30 days |
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| Jun.20 |
Turkey |
Turkey charges press freedom activists with 'terrorist propaganda' |
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Iran |
Iran warns Bahrain after Shia cleric stripped of citizenship |
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| May.17 |
Yemen |
Yemen conflict: Houthis 'carry out wave of detentions' |
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| Mar.30 |
Qatar |
Qatar 2022: 'Forced labour' at World Cup stadium |
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| Mar.12 |
Turkey |
Turkish guards hit migrant boat with sticks |
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| Feb.8 |
Syria |
Syria 'exterminating detainees' - UN report
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| Jan.16 |
Iran |
Jason Rezaian and three other US prisoners freed in Iran Iran has released Washington Post reporter and three other Iranian-American prisoners as it anticipates the lifting of international sanctio...
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| Dec.23 |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia 'spares' Sri Lankan maid in adultery case |
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| Sep.11 |
Turkey |
Turkey 'must ensure access' to besieged Cizre |
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| Jun.1 |
Syria |
Islamic State militants 'filmed torturing Syrian boy' |
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| Jun.1 |
Iran |
Iran executed dissident for 'enmity against God'
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| Mar.20 |
Turkey |
Twitter 'blocked' in Turkey| Twitter users in Turkey report that the social media site has been blocked in the country. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to 'wipe out Twitter' | |
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| Jan.20 |
Syria |
 Syria accused of systematic torture There is clear evidence that Syria has systematically tortured and executed about 11,000 detainees since the start of the uprising
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| Sep.18 |
Iran |
Nasrin Sotoudeh 'among freed political prisoners'
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| Mar.1 |
Syria |
Red Cross to enter Homs district
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 Egypt |
NGO workers leave Egypt on U.S. military plane A group of American, European and Palestinian pro-democracy activists accused of fomenting unrest allowed to post bail
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| Feb.3 |
Syria |
'Syria killings' as UN nears vote
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| Jan.28 |
Syria |
Arab League suspends Syria mission The Arab League has suspended its monitoring mission in Syria due to the dramatic spike in violence and mounting fatalities
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| Jan.23 |
Syria |
Syria slams Arab League plan
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| Jan.8 |
Egypt |
Arabs urge end to Syria bloodshed
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| Dec.29 |
Syria |
Syria monitors visit Damascus amid violence
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| Dec.27 |
Syria |
Homs residents confront Arab League team Angry protesters have confronted visiting Arab League monitors in Syria's restive city of Homs, demanding international protection
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| Dec.26 |
Syria |
Arab League observers arrive in Syria | Members of an Arab League delegation arrived to look into events on the ground and whether Syria is upholding a commitment to end a brutal crackdown. A group of 50 Arab League monitors arrives in Syria a... | |
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| Dec.21 |
Syria |
'Horrific massacres' cry Syrian opposition
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| Dec.7 |
Syria |
No guilt over crackdown, says Assad
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| Nov.12 |
Egypt |
 Arab League sanctions for Syria The league has voted to suspend Syria from meetings and impose sanctions against Damascus over its failure to end a crackdown on protesters
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| Oct.10 |
Syria |
At least 31 were killed during clashes The clashes are in numerous Syrian cities. The dead included 14 civilians and 17 members of the army and security forces
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| Sep.21 |
Iran |
U.S. hikers in Iran freed| American hikers Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were released from an Iranian prison into the care of an Omani official. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were released on bail of $500,000 each and their sentenc... | |
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| Sep.13 |
Iran |
U.S. hikers jailed in Iran may be released
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| Aug.20 |
Iran |
 U.S. hikers get eight years in prison The two U.S. hikers detained for two grueling years in Iran on spying charges have been sentenced to eight years in prison
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| Aug.14 |
Northern Syria |
21 dead after naval forces shell city Map of Latakia Syria Tens of people were injured when naval forces shelled Latakia and security forces opened fire in residential neighborhoods
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| Aug.9 |
Syria |
Turkish envoy meets with al-Assad |
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| Aug.8 |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi king: Syrian crackdown unjustified |
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Northern Syria |
Syrian tanks, bulldozers roll into Deir Ezzor
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| Jun.13 |
Bahrain |
Dozens of doctors and nurses on trial
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| Apr.25 |
Syria |
Syria launches bloody new crackdown
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| Mar.30 |
Syria |
Syria leaves state of emergency in place
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| Sep.14 |
Tehran |
Freed US hiker vows to help friends A jubilant American Sarah Shourd reunited with her mother, after authorities released her from a Tehran prison where she had been held for 14 months
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| Sep.10 |
Iran |
Iran calls off release of American hiker
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| Jul.8 |
Iran |
Woman won't be stoned to death
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| Dec.19 |
Iran |
Dissident Grand Ayatollah Montazeri dies Map of Qom Iran 87-year-old theologian was based in the holy city Qom. He was a moving spirit in the 1979 revolution and a critic of President Ahmadinejad
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| Nov.30 |
Gulf |
Iranian navy detains five Britons on yacht
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| Aug.8 |
Tehran |
  UK, French embassy employees on trial A mass trial of Iranians and others arrested in post-election demonstrations resumed, with about 100 defendants in Tehran's Revolutionary Co...
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| Aug.2 |
Jerusalem |
Palestinians evicted
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| Jun.14 |
Tehran |
Hatred, chaos and savage beatings
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| May.11 |
Iran |
U.S. journalist freed in Iran
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| Apr.18 |
Iran |
Iran jails journalist as US spy Roxana Saberi, 31, an Iranian-American journalist has been jailed for eight years by Iran after a brief trial held behind closed doors
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| Nov.19 |
Baghdad |
Saddam trial 'flawed and unsound'
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| Dec.24 |
Egypt |
Nour jailed for 5 years A court sentenced leading government opponent for forgery at the end of a year-long judicial process
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| Dec.5 |
 Baghdad |
 Witness at Hussein trial describes torture The witness is describing the torture of man from a Shiite village in 1982: 'They broke all his body parts'
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| Nov.26 |
Azerbaijan |
Police break up mass rally
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| Nov.15 |
Baghdad |
Detainees 'found starving' The government begun an investigation into the abuse of more than 170 detainees held by Iraqi forces
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| May.12 |
Turkey |
Trial of Kurdish leader 'unfair'
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| Jan.23 |
Iraq |
'Zarqawi tape: Democracy a lie'
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| Oct.10 |
Iran |
Rights activist Ebadi wins Nobel
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| Jun.13 |
Tehran |
Militia attack Tehran protesters Security forces and hardliners have clashed with large crowds who were protesting against clerical rule
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