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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In a written statement from the Presidency of Algeria, Abdemadjid Tebboune issued a message addressing the people on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the ceasefire agreement between his country and
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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged the US not to delist Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from its list of terrorist organizations. “We refuse to believe that the United States would de-designate
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched a barrage of drone and missile assaults on Saudi Arabia, targeting a liquefied natural gas (LNG) factory, a water desalination plant, an oil facility, and a power
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Bashar al-Assad met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, in Dubai, according to Assad regime sources, in his first visit to an Arab country since the Syrian
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Moroccan Government Spokesperson Mustapha Baitas announced that the cooperation agreement signed with Israel in the field of trade and economy was approved. At the press conference held after the cabinet meeting, Baitas
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Lebanese President Michel Aoun is scheduled to visit the Vatican next week and meet with Pope Francis. Aoun’s visit, scheduled for March 21, follows a visit to Lebanon by a papal delegation
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Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and the US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland met on Thursday in the capital, Tripoli. The two were reported to have discussed the tense political atmosphere
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Raja Salameh, the brother of Lebanon’s central bank governor, was arrested on Thursday following interrogation at a courthouse east of Beirut, ratcheting up the pressure on Riad Salameh, who is currently facing
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An area around Balad Air Base in Iraq’s northern Saladin province, where US and other foreign contracted personnel are located, has been struck by at least four Katyusha rockets. In a statement
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