For more than one week, the House of Saud has been under fire for its ties to the United States and its crackdown on dissidents. First, U.S. President Donald Trump shared details of his most recent conversation with Saudi Arabia’s … Read More
The Islamic State (ISIS) still maintains large financial assets and a steady revenue stream even after losing 98 percent of its territory in Syria and Iraq, according to a report from Foreign Policy magazine published Wednesday. As noted in a report by Colin Clarke, … Read More
The expert believes that in order to ease tensions Russia should maintain a dialogue with Israel. Sergey Bobylev/TASS MOSCOW, October 8. /TASS/. Air defense systems S-300 will impede Israeli Air Force flights, including reconnaissance ones, over Syria. Although Tel-Aviv earlier … Read More
Iran’s crude exports fell further in the first week of October, according to tanker data and an industry source. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/File Photo LONDON – Iran’s crude exports fell further in the first week of October, according to tanker data and … Read More
Ibn Khaldun—the famous Tunisian historian, geographer and social theorist—believed that decadence leads to collapse for Muslim dynasties. Such a scenario may be playing out with the Saudis, reports Daniel Lazare. Reports are growing that Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s hyperactive … Read More
The biggest increase in US stocks in about 19 months also put pressure on crude prices. Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal. Picture: REUTERS Singapore — Oil prices fell on Thursday from the four-year highs reached the … Read More
Trump claims China attempting to interfere in U.S. midterm elections, addressed U.S. policy on Iran and advances in the denuclearization of North Korea. Trump chairs a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. \ … Read More
US President Donald J. Trump is seen on a screen as he addresses the General Debate of the General Assembly of the United Nations at United Nations Headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 25 September 2018. [EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE] Tensions … Read More
Wreckage from an airstrike by pro-Assad forces near Idlib Province, September 8, 2018 AMER ALHAMWE / AFP / Getty Over the past several weeks, the war in Syria has crept back into the headlines, even competing with the drama and … Read More
Protesters stormed and burned the Iranian Consulate in Basra, Iraq, on Friday. Some have accused the United States or Saudi Arabia of being behind the attack.Credit Credit Nabil Al-Jurani/Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has signaled a new phase in its … Read More