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Syria’s Kafranbel, the icon of the revolution, recaptured
Kafranbel this week became the latest to be seized in a blistering government onslaught against the last rebel bastion in northwestern Syria.
The Syrian town of Kafranbel was long a symbol of humorous defiance to...
A new shale gas revolution – Saudi Aramco
To boost domestic gas supply and end the burning of oil at its power generation plants, Saudi Aramco is launching the biggest shale gas development outside of the United States, Chief Executive Officer Amin...
Tired of cheap oil, Saudis eye price boost to drive Aramco IPO
Two years after triggering an oil price war, Saudi Arabia has seemingly had enough of cheap crude amid budget pressures, fear of a future supply shortage, and as it seeks to offload a stake...
Iraq’s Qayyara oil fields won’t return to production before Mosul retaken
Iraq doesn't expect to resume production from the northern Qayyara oil region before the capture of nearby Mosul from Islamic State (ISIS), an oil ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
The region's two main fields, Qayyara...
‘Teammates’ Qatar and Turkey assert post-coup ties
With his fate still uncertain just hours after the launch of the July 15 coup, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received his first call of support from a foreign leader.
On the other end of...
Suicide bomber kills 54 in Yemen attack
A suicide bomber killed at least 54 people when he drove a car bomb into a militia compound in Aden on Monday, the health ministry said, in one of the deadliest attacks claimed by...
Kerry calls for unity government in Yemen to end war
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he had agreed in talks with Gulf Arab states and the United Nations in Saudi Arabia on a plan to restart peace talks Yemen with...
Kerry tackles Yemen and Syrian conflicts in Saudi Arabia talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, into the early hours of Thursday morning on ways to end Yemen's conflict and resume peace...
Turkish tanks enter Syria in push against ISIS and Kurdish militia
At least nine more Turkish tanks entered northern Syria on Thursday as part of an operation aimed at driving Islamic State (ISIS) out of the border area around Jarablus and stopping Kurdish militia fighters...
Kerry to discuss Yemen and Syria with Gulf Arab states
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will present proposals on ending Yemen's conflict and resuming peace talks in meetings with Saudi leaders over the next two days, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.
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