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 Tuesday, Iraqi President Barham Salih advocated for early legislative elections to resolve a political crisis that erupted into deadly violence this week, leaving dozens dead and hundreds injured. The influential Shia
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Saying it was done to “ensure the safety of shipping lanes,” a news agency affiliated with Iran’s top security body has reacted to a US claim that Iranian forces attempted to seize
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18:00 – After protesters withdraw, clean-up begins in Baghdad As supporters of rival Shia groups withdrew from the Green Zone in Baghdad, protesters and municipality workers began clearing the high-security area late
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According to authorities, at least 10 Yemeni soldiers were killed in a rebel attack in the central Taiz province on Monday. Houthi rebels mounted a deadly attack late Sunday in al-Dhabab district,
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On Sunday, Jordan demanded an immediate cessation of Israeli abuses at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. A spokesperson for the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, Haitham Abu Alfoul, stated that settlement
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International calls for the release of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh are intensifying as he approaches six months on hunger strike to protest his ongoing detention without prosecution by Israel. Images of a
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As supporters of influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the Republican Palace, where the government is seated, Iraq’s Joint Operations Command declared a curfew in the capital Baghdad on Monday. Amid a
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Following clashes in the capital Tripoli, the Military Prosecutor’s Office of Libya’s Defense Ministry issued an arrest warrant for Tobruk parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha on Sunday. For the arrest, the prosecutor’s
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In a move that could further inflame tensions in the country, Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr has announced that he is quitting political life and closing his political offices. On Monday, al-Sadr
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On Monday, registration opened for potential candidates to run for next month’s parliamentary elections in Kuwait. Kuwait’s state news agency reported that the registration process will continue for ten days until September
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