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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Amid a boycott by influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, leaders of Iraqi political parties launched a national dialogue on Wednesday in an attempt to resolve the country’s political crisis. The Sadr movement
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s office stated on Wednesday that, more than a year before the completion of his second term, Sisi accepted the resignation of central bank governor Tarek Amer and
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A German government spokesperson said on Tuesday that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed bilateral and regional issues with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a phone call. In a statement, Steffen
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced on Wednesday that Türkiye and Israel will mutually reappoint ambassadors. In a news conference with his Kyrgyz counterpart Jeenbek Kulubaev, Cavusoglu told, “The steps we would
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Iraq’s state news agency reported that Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Allawi resigned during a Cabinet session on Tuesday. Poor governance in Iraq has been cited as the reason for the minister’s resignation.
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A planned mass protest in Iraq on Saturday has been postponed by influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr until further notice. Al-Sadr said in a statement, “I announce that the Saturday protest has
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On Monday, a Turkish military group left for the United States to discuss the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye. “In order to expedite F-16 procurement and modernization, a technical delegation
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The United States had held direct conversations with the Syrian regime to obtain the release of jailed American journalist Austin Tice, the State Department said on Monday. According to US State Department
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Security sources said on Tuesday that Turkish forces “neutralized” a so-called senior member of the YPG/PKK terror group in northeastern Syria. Sources who requested anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the
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Iran announced on Monday that the United States administration “verbally agreed” to two Iranian demands for restoring the 2015 nuclear accord. At a press conference in Tehran, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stated,
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