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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Local media reported on Wednesday that rockets were used to assault the Khor Mor gas field in the Sulaymaniyah governorate in Iraq. According to Iraqi media reports, security authorities have started an
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The Turkish foreign minister declared on Thursday that Israel and Turkey have started working to elevate their diplomatic representation to that of ambassadors in the relevant nations. At a press conference with
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The intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was dismissed by the country on Thursday and replaced with a senior military commander. IRGC chief Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami appointed Brig.
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In a potential opportunity for Europe to diversify its gas sources as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria held talks this week on the revival of a decades-old project
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A strategy for national reconciliation has been launched by Libya’s Presidential Council on Thursday amid a deep political crisis in the country. In a speech during a ceremony held in the capital
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The United States has been ordered by an Iranian court to pay $4.3 billion in compensation for the killing of the country’s nuclear scientists. Israel, a major ally of the US, is
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The new era of cooperation in bilateral ties, including political, economic, military, security, and cultural relations, was discussed by the Turkish president and the Saudi crown prince on Wednesday. In an official
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On Wednesday, Kuwait’s Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dissolved the country’s parliament and called for early elections. In a televised statement, the crown prince said, “Based on our constitutional rights, we
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Authorities from Lebanon, Egypt, and Syria on Tuesday in Beirut signed a contract for the re-flow of gas from the “Arab Natural Gas” line. At the ceremony for the gas deal conducted
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In advance of early elections in October, the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) voted on a bill to dissolve itself on Wednesday. 110 MPs voted in favor of the measure on Wednesday. Next week
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