All Eyes on the Gulf. The Present and Future of Europe’s Energy Supply
All Eyes on the GulfThe Present and Future of Europe’s Energy Supply The autocratic countries of the Persian Gulf play a key role in the new world order – and […]
OPEC+decision and the Kingdom Saudi Arabia
Oct 22,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Dr. Hazim El Naser Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not deserve the attack it has been subjected to because of the OPEC+decision claims regarding […]
Israel trades gas fields for a line of buoys
An Israeli Navy vessel patrols in the Mediterranean Sea at the maritime border between Israel and Lebanon, off the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, on September 4, 2022. (File photo: […]
Oil-rich Iraq should be flourishing but is, instead, floundering on edge of collapse
Oct 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Iraq remains in turmoil three years after mass protests erupted across the country. Thousands of Iraqis gathered last Saturday in Tahrir Square […]
The implications of Saudi Arabia’s unprecedented economic boom
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG October 04, 2022 Short Url Saudi Arabia announced over the weekend a positive assessment of the economy during 2022, expecting a significant fiscal surplus for the […]
Europe ‘shot itself in lungs’ with sanctions on Russia: Orban
BY REUTERS BUDAPEST JUL 15, 2022 Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban arrives at a European People’s Party (EPP) meeting ahead of a EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 28, 2018. (Reuters […]
Iranian forces seize two Greek tankers in the Gulf: State media
News Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they seized two Greek oil tankers in Arabian Gulf due to ‘violations’ that were committed. Published On 27 May 202227 May 2022 Iranian forces seized […]
Oil and the dollar’s hegemony
Oil and the dollar’s hegemony Shahid Mehmood Published March 31, 2022 – Updated about 3 hours ago WHEN the Covid-19 pandemic struck a few years ago, it caused tremendous upheaval in the workings […]
South Asia, Africa at great risk due to food inflation
RANVIR S. NAYAR March 27, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/zgfsh Besides crude oil, the most visible inflationary impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been on food prices, which have […]
Book Suggestion. BLOOD AND OIL
From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of the world’s most powerful royal family, and how the struggle for succession produced Saudi Arabia’s charismatic but […]
That’s not hilarious Secretary Granholm
WAEL MAHDI November 06, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/p6tku The response that US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm gave to Bloomberg’s Tom Keene on Friday was truly shocking, typical, and full of […]
Iran seized Vietnamese oil tanker: US officials
This frame grab shows Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard speed boats, center, in front of a US warship, left, amid the seizure of a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker, right, in the Gulf […]
IRGC Navy aborts U.S. move to steal Iranian Oil in Oman Sea
IRGC Navy aborts U.S. move to steal Iranian oil in Oman Sea Politics November 3, 2021 TEHRAN – The national TV announced on Wednesday at noon time that the Islamic […]
How can Israel be a good neighbor?
BY HAKKI ÖCAL COLUMNS OCT 25, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3Commercial and residential high-rise properties along the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 2, 2021. (Photo by Getty Images) It is no wonder […]
What’s behind the dispute between Saudi Arabia and the UAE?
The UAE has rejected a Saudi-led deal at a meeting of OPEC+, the latest sign of friction between the Gulf neighbours. A recent dispute at an OPEC+ meeting has exposed […]
OPEC+ leaves oil market wondering after postponing meeting indefinitely
The OPEC+ alliance was unable to reach an agreement last week on extending the current oil output deal. (Reuters/File) Short Url https://arab.news/4dxfh The OPEC+ alliance was unable to reach an […]
How Erbil and Baghdad could fuel Iraq’s recovery
Author HAFED AL-GHWELL January 16, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zy6tz After Daesh’s defeat and expulsion from Iraq, an emergent crop of post-civil war leaders became well positioned to reap a political, […]
American soft coup against Iraqi people
Politics December 31, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – Iran has agreed to resume gas exports to neighboring Iraq, thereby saving Iraq from a widespread power outage. The agreement to […]
Last stand in Yemen as battle for oil-rich province rages
By AFP – Sep 26,2020 – JORDAN TIMES Eight-year-old displaced Yemeni girl, Samar Ali Ahmed, weighing nine-and-a-half kilogrammes and suffering from acute malnutrition, is photographed in Hajjah Governorate, in northern […]
How a rush for Mediterranean gas threatens to push Greece and Turkey into war
Deepening dispute between Nato allies has dragged in neighbours and is in danger of spiralling out of control by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Fri 11 Sep 2020 An increasingly fractious standoff over […]