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Israel has urged Palestinians to become stool pigeons and turn in assailants to Israeli security services if they want to spare their homes from destruction. This seems to be the new policy adopted by Israel to combat attacks against its Read more
Saudi Deputy Oil Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Nigerian Oil Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachiwkuto met in Riyadh to discuss the oil market with both parties agreeing that consultations and cooperation between all oil producers are the best way to Read more
Omani foreign affairs minister Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah met with President Rouhani on Sunday and both officials expressed their wish to increase cooperation between the two countries. The Iranian president described bilateral ties as excellent and hoped that economic, Read more
Bahrain’s Interior Minister, Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifa, expounded before clerics, members of parliament and newspapers’ editors in chief the “dangers” posed to Bahrain by some countries, singling out Iran due to its detrimental actions targeting the kingdom’s security and stability. Read more
In an interview published by Spanish newspaper El Pais on Saturday, President Assad said he is willing to respect a ceasefire if only it wouldn’t be exploited by the rebels and their allies to gain territories. The Syrian president said Read more
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that “escalated military activity by several parties” and threats of the use of force “risk derailing efforts to find a sustainable political solution” in Syria. In a report to the Security Council on the Read more
The Central Bank of Bahrain cancelled a $750million bond sale less than 48hours after it was launched and just few hours after Standard and Poor’s (S&P) rating agency downgraded its credit ratings by two notches from BBB- to BB as Read more
Iraqi authorities have been secretly searching for a stolen Ir-192 after they noticed that it was missing around the end of last year. A document dated November 30 that was seen by Reuters and addressed to the environment ministry’s Center Read more
Iran has stated that it supports the agreement reached between Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela in Doha to freeze oil output at January 11 levels without making any commitment whether it would abide by it. After meeting with his Read more
Most oil dependent countries have been downgraded by Standards and Poor’s rating agency and some Gulf countries were among those affected recently with their ratings reduced by 2notches. The agency cited that the falling oil prices contributed to the decision Read more