A senior US source says that US Vice President Joe Biden has “no plans” to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at next month’s G20 conference in Indonesia, as tensions over the OPEC+ agreement to curb oil output continue to resonate. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that President Joe Biden would be “methodical” in determining how to react to Saudi Arabia about the
On Friday, the Lebanese energy minister said that Qatar is interested in collaborating with TotalEnergies and Eni to explore oil in two regions of the Lebanese seas. Walid Fayad said during a meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati that Qatar wants to join the partnership exploring for oil in blocks 4 and 9 in the Eastern Mediterranean. According to Fayad, Qatari Oil Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi sent a letter expressing
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On Monday, Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halbousi confirmed that talks were underway between Shia, Sunni and Kurdish parliamentary groups to form a national unity government. Without providing further details, al-Halbousi said the
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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu paid a two-day official visit to Bahrain on January 30-31, 2022. The visit reportedly came upon the invitation of the Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al
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On Sunday, fresh protests erupted in Sudan in demand of full civilian rule, with protesters blocking the main land road with Egypt. According to reporters on the ground, protesters in the Northern
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According to a military statement, Iraqi forces killed nine Daesh\ISIS terrorists in an operation in eastern Iraq’s Diyala province. According to a statement by the Ministry of Defense Security Media Network, the
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials reported on Sunday that a ballistic missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi group had been intercepted and destroyed. Issuing a statement through its Twitter account, the UAE
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According to the UN, almost 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have been killed on the battlefield, and the organization is acquiring essential components for weapon systems from Middle Eastern, European,
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Turkey’s Ambassador to Libya Kenan Yilmaz paid a visit to the eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday at the invitation of Benghazi Mayor Saqr Bogwari. Yilmaz met with the members of the
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday, on his first such visit to the Gulf region. Following Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s historic visit to the
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The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Sunday reporting that Foreign Minister Cavusoglu would pay a two-day visit to Bahrain. According to the statement, Cavusoglu’s visit will take place upon the
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