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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Turkiye’s National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that Turkish forces “neutralized” 18 PKK terrorists in the northern regions of Iraq and Syria. The ministry said on Twitter that ten terrorists were targeted
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed issues of concern including the challenges posed by Iran with Qatar’s foreign minister on Monday. The importance of advancing towards a reality where Israelis and
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Lebanon has demanded that the US resume indirect negotiations with Israel to demarcate their maritime border on Monday. The government said in a statement that Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with President
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On Sunday, Qatar, Kuwait, and Iran summoned Indian envoys in their respective countries in response to a spokesperson for India’s ruling party making offensive remarks about Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The Qatari Foreign
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Najib Mikati, Lebanon’s prime minister, warned Israel on Sunday against encroaching on the country’s oil wealth. “The Israeli enemy’s attempts to foment a fresh crisis by infringing on Lebanon’s water wealth […]
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Security sources said late on Sunday that the PKK terror group attacked Peshmerga soldiers of the Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq (KRG). Local Peshmerga commander Major General Salar Teymur revealed that the
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After an eight-year hiatus, the UK announced that it has reopened its embassy in Libya on Sunday Ambassador Caroline Hurndall stated on Twitter that, “This is a demonstration of the UK’s commitment
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Citing a technical error, the Jordanian army announced that two Jordanian pilots were killed on Sunday in a plane crash in northern Jordan during training exercises. The army added in a statement
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According to the Russian presidential envoy for the Middle East and Africa, the Russian Embassy in Libya will resume its work soon. On Saturday, Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters that the opening of
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