Tehran Rejects Alleged US Partial Peace Concessions To Iranian Demands As 'Inadequate'

The UK will deploy an RAF midair refueling aircraft to support Saudi Arabia as it wages a war against Ansar Allah in Yemen. “Following a request from the Saudi Arabian Government, the UK has agreed to provide an RAF Voyager air-to-air refueling aircraft to support Saudi defensive activity in support of the legitimate government of […]

Syria’s Druze community, centered around the southern Suwayda Governorate, is undergoing substantial unrest lately, with Sheikh al-Aql Hikmat al-Hijri, one of the religious minority’s top three spiritual leaders, declaring the Druze community to be an “integral part of the State of Israel.” Israel has its own relatively small Druze minority, chiefly in the occupied Golan […]

Another OPEC Exit? Iraq Warns It Could Abandon Oil Cartel If Quota Hike Rejected Iraq is sending a warning shot to OPEC: raise Baghdad's oil production quota to better reflect its capacity and fiscal needs, or risk yet another defection from the oil-producing cartel. "The ministry currently has no intention of withdrawing from OPEC, and we remain committed to operating within the organization's framework and mechanisms," Oil Ministry spokesman Salim Al-Rikabi told Bloomberg via a text message. Al-Rikabi warned, "Of course, taking into consideration that the Ministry is moving forward with...