Lebanese rescuers treated more than 300 people for injuries during hours of clashes between security forces and protesters that rocked central Beirut on Saturday night. It was the highest toll Continue Reading
Iraq finished 2019 with its lowest monthly production average of the year due to OPEC cuts and a brief output drop at its most prolific field. Workers move equipment at Continue Reading
Qatar plans to develop a 800 MW solar power plant near the capital Doha, in partnership with France’s Total and Marubeni of Japan as the Middle East state accelerates its Continue Reading
Russia under President Putin has regained some of the global importance that it lost after the breakup of the Soviet Union. During the Cold War, Moscow had a significant presence Continue Reading
Iran’s economy could contract by as much as 14% this year as US sanctions strangle its oil exports and cut revenues by $50 billion, US State Department Iran envoy Brian Continue Reading
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya, where it is providing military support to the internationally-recognized government if it wants to end the Continue Reading
Iran’s supreme leader threw his support behind the elite Revolutionary Guards in a rare sermon on Friday after their belated admission that they had accidentally downed an airliner triggered days Continue Reading
France has deployed a radar system on Saudi Arabia’s eastern coast that faces the Persian Gulf to help the Kingdom protect its vital oil infrastructure, which was hit by attacks Continue Reading
Iraqi security forces killed at least one protester and wounded 25 others on Friday when they launched tear gas canisters to break up a crowd trying to breach Baghdad’s Sinak Continue Reading
The central achievement of the Iran nuclear deal – keeping Tehran at arm’s length from nuclear weapons – is eroding. The 2015 accord’s many restrictions on Iran’s atomic activities were Continue Reading
