Iraq’s recent energy deals with US companies were a mixed bag of loose agreements that need to be translated into firm commercial terms at a time when Washington failed to Continue Reading
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas appealed to NATO allies Greece and Turkey on Tuesday to enter a dialogue and de-escalate military tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, warning of an “abyss” Continue Reading
France is joining military exercises with Italy, Greece and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean amid a worsening dispute between Turkey and Greece over energy resources in the region, Armed Forces Continue Reading
Turkish air and naval forces conducted joint training exercises in the Aegean Sea, the country’s Defense Ministry said Saturday, amid strains with neighbor Greece over hydrocarbon discoveries. F-16 fighter jets Continue Reading
Last May, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani threatened that there would be a proportionate response to any U.S. attempt to block shipments of Iranian oil to Venezuela. “We will act in reciprocation,” he Continue Reading
The Trump administration is urging Iraq to proceed with a project to connect its power grid with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, among steps to reduce Baghdad’s longstanding dependency Continue Reading
According to the strict Islamic tradition in which she was brought up, Sahar should by now be married with children. But while her mother married at 14 and lived with her Continue Reading
Iraq could lower its reliance on Iranian gas and electricity imports next year if OPEC’s second-largest oil producer can implement multi-billion deals signed with US companies and attract Saudi investments, Continue Reading
But now the parties are moving toward sealing and executing the component deals, which would mark a major rapprochement between Iraq and former Arab adversaries who clashed in the 1991 Continue Reading
Iran’s nuclear body has not said who it believes is behind the fire Iran’s nuclear body has said that a fire last month at a major nuclear facility was caused Continue Reading
