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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Iraq’s state news agency reported that security forces destroyed a major stronghold that belonged to the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group in the west of Mosul. The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said in a
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Tunisia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday that security forces have killed three gunmen from the Jund al-Khilafa (Caliphate Soldiers) terrorist group in the Kasserine province. The ministry stated, “Joint units of the
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Lebanon has welcomed the unanimous passage of a resolution by the UN Security Council extending the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) mandate for an additional year. The Lebanese government submitted
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Iran has responded to US criticism of an EU draft proposal to save the 2015 nuclear agreement, calling it “constructive,” but Washington has not taken a favorable stance. Nasser Kanaani, a spokesperson
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On Thursday, in order to conduct talks with Palestinian officials in the territory, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland arrived in the Gaza Strip. A local
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15 bodies were exhumed from two mass graves in the coastal city of Sirte, Libyan authorities said on Wednesday. The two graves were found in the garden of Ibn Sina Hospital upon
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As part of efforts to resolve Iraq’s months-long political crisis, a Shia political group on Wednesday called for a transitional period to early parliamentary elections. The country’s political groups were called on
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The stuck tanker AFFINITY V has been refloated by tugboats and is now moving slowly after briefly halting traffic in the Suez Canal. After the Singapore-flagged oil tanker reported that it had
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On Tuesday evening, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian departed for Moscow, where he will meet with high-ranking Russian officials, including his counterpart Sergey Lavrov. On Wednesday, Amir-Abdollahian and Lavrov are expected to
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