Violence intensified on Friday, despite the Iraqi prime minister’s appeal for calm The death toll in anti-government protests that have swept Iraq the past five days has soared to at Continue Reading
Four days of furious protests that met live fire from security forces have left 72 people dead and hundreds wounded across Iraq. The civil unrest has escalated into the oi-rich country’s Continue Reading
Oil prices have fallen sharply over the past week, as the swift return of disrupted Saudi oil production allowed markets to look past geopolitical risk. But that doesn’t meant that Continue Reading
The Iraqi government scrambled on Thursday to curb the third day of violent anti-government protests, as people took to the streets in the capital and in a half dozen southern Continue Reading
The death toll from days of violent demonstrations across Iraq surged to 46 on Friday, most of them killed in the last 24 hours, as unrest rapidly accelerated and the Continue Reading
Criticism of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by some of the members of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family as well as other business elites is mounting following the attack on Saudi Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia’s wellhead crude production stands at 9.9 million b/d, with production capacity of 11.3 million b/d, the kingdom’s energy minister said Thursday. Following the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq crude Continue Reading
Some members of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family and business elite have expressed frustration with the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following the largest-ever attack on the kingdom’s oil Continue Reading
Iraq deployed counter-terrorism troops in the southern city of Nassiriya on Wednesday after police “lost control” when gunfights broke out between protesters and security forces, police sources said. Curfews were Continue Reading
Iraq averaged nationwide oil exports of 3.983 million barrels per day (bpd) in September, a 2.3 percent month-on-month decline reflecting Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban’s promise to decrease Iraqi output in Continue Reading
