Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met on Wednesday with representatives from Chevron Worldwide and Qatar’s Power International Holding Company. The goal was to move forward with a memorandum of understanding to develop an offshore oil and gas…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Syria, Chevron, Qatar power company, sign oil deal MOU
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Irish attorney general raises concerns on sanctioning services in Israeli settlements
DUBLIN, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Ireland’s top government lawyer has raised several “significant” legal and practical issues in long-awaited advice on whether planned curbs on trade with Israeli settlements should be extended to services, a junior…
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What does Iran want from talks with the US?
Iran and the United States are holding talks on Friday in Oman, with Tehran pushing to focus squarely on its nuclear programme, while Washington’s demands go beyond that.
The two foes had held several rounds of Oman-mediated nuclear talks in 2025,…
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Iran, US to negotiate over proxy terror, ballistic missiles
Iran has agreed to discuss its ballistic missile program and its use of proxy terror groups in talks with the United States slated for Friday morning, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing three Iranian officials and one Arab…
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Turkey is doing its best to prevent US-Iran conflict, Erdogan says
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Parisa Hafezi
ISTANBUL/ DUBAI, Feb 5 (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is working hard to prevent U.S.-Iran tensions from tipping the Middle East into a new conflict, as the two adversaries signal that…
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UN human rights agency says it’s in ‘survival mode’ due to funding shortfalls
Chief Volker Turk appeals for $400 million in voluntary funding from countries, warns budget cuts ‘untie perpetrators’ hands everywhere, leaving them to do whatever they please’
The post UN human rights agency says it’s in ‘survival mode’ due to…
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IRGC seizes two vessels with over 1 Million liters of fuel
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have detained two vessels in the Gulf, which are alleged to be carrying over 1 million liters of smuggled fuel, state media reported on Thursday, adding that the vessels’ crews, comprising 15 foreigners, were referred…
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Germany’s Merz shares concerns over Iran escalation on Gulf trip
DOHA, Feb 5 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that concerns about a further escalation in the conflict with Iran have characterised his talks during a trip to the Gulf region.
“In all my conversations yesterday and…
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Turkey to stress need to update customs union with EU during commissioner’s visit
ANKARA, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will push for a speedy resumption of talks with the European Union to update their customs union during a visit to Turkey by the bloc’s commissioner for enlargement, a Turkish Foreign…
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Kremlin dismisses Western claims that Epstein was Russian intelligence asset
MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday it did not want to waste time answering questions about unproven suggestions in Western media and by Poland’s premier that late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein may have been some sort of Russian…
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