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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At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Qatar’s Emir met the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first such meeting between the two Gulf leaders since a disagreement between Doha
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Amid tension with the judiciary, Tunisian President Kais Saied said he plans to dissolve the country’s Supreme Judicial Council. in a statement on Sunday, President Saied expressed that the council “has become
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Major General Aroldo Lazaro Saenz of Spain has been named by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the interim force commander in Lebanon (UNIFIL). A statement from Farhan Haq read that Saenz
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According to a local security official on Sunday, a roadside bomb targeted a military convoy carrying logistics for the US-led coalition against the Daesh/ISIS terror group in southern Iraq. The official, who
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Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh called on the African Union (AU) on Saturday to revoke Israel’s observer status as heads of state from the 55-member body met in Addis Ababa for a
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Head of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki stated that they support all kinds of regional and international formations in order to ensure peace and stability in Libya. Faki, who met with
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It was announced on Thursday that a US ambassador will be visiting Lebanon the following week to discuss the resumption of negotiations over the maritime border delineation dispute. Amos Hochstein will be
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During rising regional tensions, Israel’s defense minister visited Bahrain and inked a historic security cooperation deal, the first of its kind between Israel and a Gulf nation. As part of the Abraham
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has intercepted and destroyed three drones that breached its airspace over unpopulated regions, according to the country’s defense ministry. “MOD (Ministry of Defense) announces interception and destruction,
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