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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After a series of incidents in Israel provoked five days of army raids in the occupied West Bank, Israeli troops killed a Palestinian in the city of Nablus. During the Nablus assault,
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Despite Iranian opposition, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait plan to develop a disputed gas field while asking Tehran to commence dialogue. An agreement to develop the Arash/Dorra maritime gas field, dubbed “illegal” by
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Najib Mikati, the Lebanese Prime Minister, will visit Saudi Arabia during Ramadan, a television channel announced. This is another indicator of the two countries’ strengthening relations following the return of Saudi Arabia’s
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Qatar and Iran have signed two aviation agreements, local media reported. According to Qatar’s news agency, the two countries signed a bilateral agreement on operational processes to connect the Doha Flight Information
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An explosion near Sidon in southern Lebanon early on Tuesday killed at least one person and injured seven others, according to local media. According to a news network, an explosion happened near
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According to the written statement made by Algeria’s state energy company Sonatrach, an agreement has been reached between Sonatrach and Italian energy company ENI regarding natural gas. The agreement, signed in the
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Kuwait has pledged assistance to Lebanon’s cash-strapped government, the Lebanese government said Sunday. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah called Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. According to a statement issued
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According to Israeli police and official Palestinian media, two Palestinian women were killed by Israeli forces in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian woman
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Hans Grundberg, the UN special envoy to Yemen, arrived in the rebel-held capital Sanaa on Monday for the first time since taking office nine months ago. According to a source at Sanaa
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Fifteen EU member states urged the European Commission to expeditiously disburse aid to Palestine which has been delayed due to controversy. In a letter dated April 8 and obtained on Monday, a
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