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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Turkey’s National Defense Ministry said on Sunday that the Turkish army “neutralized” 13 YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria, near Turkey’s southern border. The ministry said on Twitter that the terrorists attempted to
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Palestinians and Israelis to respect and protect the status quo of Jerusalem’s sacred sites. “The Secretary-General is gravely worried about the escalating security situation in Jerusalem,” according
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On Friday, Iranian authorities, the second such incident in as many weeks, seized an oil tanker smuggling fuel in the Gulf. An official told Iran’s Tasnim News Agency that seven crew members
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Israeli jets carried out airstrikes near Damascus on Thursday night for the second time in under a week, Syrian media said. Syrian news agency SANA, citing a military source, said Syrian air
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For the third time since the beginning of 2022, petrol prices in Tunisia were increased as per an official statement. Prices of gasoline and diesel have risen by 5-10 percent, according to
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President Isaac Herzog of Israel issued a strong warning against holding early elections, citing the country’s volatile security situation and political unrest as justifications. In an interview with the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation,
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that Tehran will not allow Israel to jeopardize the security of Iran and the region. Speaking during a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein,
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Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, one of which was critically injured, in the occupied West Bank during a raid on a refugee camp, the Palestinian health ministry said. According to a statement
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Assaults on Baghdad’s northern suburbs by rockets were repulsed by the Iraqi forces. As the Baghdad Operations Command reported on Wednesday, its officers “arrested three individuals after monitoring their activities on the
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