Qayarah and Haditha refineries re-open
Oil refineries are coming back online in northern Iraq as the Oil Ministry seeks to revive local economies and fuel the reconstruction of areas liberated from the self-proclaimed Islamic State Continue Reading
Share value for giant Israeli gas field revised higher
The value present in the Leviathan gas field off the coast of Israel was revised higher for one of the drilling partners, an independent review found. Delek Drilling, an Israeli Continue Reading
Saudi reverse on women drivers propelled by economics
Over the years Saudi officials became so accustomed to being asked by foreign dignitaries and journalists when women would be allowed to drive that they developed increasingly tortuous excuses. They Continue Reading
Kurds Back Independence by 92% in Referendum; Iraq May Send Troops
Iraq’s Parliament asked the country’s prime minister on Wednesday to deploy troops to a disputed area held by Kurdish forces, its latest retaliation against a referendum in which the autonomous Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia’s Mega Bond Sale Sets Clock Ticking on Change
Saudi Arabia has set out an extraordinarily ambitious plan to transform its economy and reduce its huge reliance on oil. Saudi Arabia has been forced by the collapse of oil Continue Reading
Baghdad digs in against KRG referendum
Lawmakers in Baghdad issued a 13-point directive Wednesday calling on Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi to impose federal authority over ports of entry and disputed territory controlled by the autonomous Kurdistan Continue Reading
Saudi king issues decree allowing women to drive: state media
Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, state media said, ending the conservative Islamic kingdom’s status as the only country where that is forbidden. Continue Reading
Iraq warns Kurds as they claim victory in independence vote
Iraq’s prime minister on Tuesday ordered the Kurdish region to hand over control of its airports to federal authorities or face a flight ban, as the Kurds claimed victory for Continue Reading
U.S. dismayed by Kurdish vote
The U.S. State Department said it was dismayed by a decision from the Kurdish government in Iraq to move ahead with a referendum for independence. Photo by Gailan Haji/EPA Sept. Continue Reading
Iraq Orders Kurdistan to Surrender Its Airports
Iraq’s prime minister on Tuesday, angered by a vote on independence by his nation’s Kurdish minority, gave the country’s Kurdish region until Friday to surrender control of its two international Continue Reading