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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The United Nations’ Special Envoy for Syria expressed concern over the “alarming situation” in Daraa, a city in southwestern Syria subject to a siege by the Assad regime since June 24. In
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On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey is determined to stand with the Sudanese people and government while maintaining strong bilateral ties. Erdoğan made his statements at a press
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Algerian state television featured President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s address to the nation on forest fires. The Algerian President used the expression “criminal hands” regarding the fires that broke out in 17 provinces in
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On Thursday, envoys from the US, China, and other countries urged for an expedited peace process in Afghanistan as a “matter of great urgency,” as well as an immediate halt to strikes
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On Thursday, a public session to discuss last year’s massive explosion at the port of Beirut in the Lebanese Parliament was postponed due to the lack of a quorum. Adnan Daher, the
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According to local media reports during the week, the Libyan Military Prosecutor’s Office under the Ministry of Defense sent an arrest warrant to police forces in the country. In the instructions, it
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The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has offered to make two firefighting planes available to the Algerian government to help it overcome the fires that are ravaging Algeria, the Moroccan Ministry of
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Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun summoned the governor of the Lebanese central bank, Riad Salameh, after his decision to considerably cut fuel subsidies. As the central bank’s foreign currency reserves touched a critical
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Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi visited the family of the slain Karbala mayor on Wednesday. Mayor of Karbala, Abeer Salim al-Khafaji, was killed on Tuesday after a gunman opened fire on him,
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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Nasser Bourita, his Moroccan counterpart, signed off on Wednesday on an air service agreement between the Kingdom of Morocco and the state of Israel and an
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