Category: 3. Middle East

Saudi Arabia has held talks with Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan on the escalation involving Iran and ways to achieve security and stability in the region.

According to a statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry on…

Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has said that “every drop of blood has a price that the criminal killers will soon pay” in a message of condolence following the death of senior security official Ali…

DUBAI, March 19 (Reuters) – Iran is considering a proposal to levy transit fees on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a lawmaker said on Thursday, a potential bid to monetise Tehran’s newfound grip over the critical waterway through…

Qatar’s main gas facility is among the energy sites targeted by Iran after its own main gas field was hit in an attack by Israel. Gulf nations’ ministers have condemned the escalation and called for an end to the conflict.

By Nazih Osseiran and Emilie Madi

March 19 (Reuters) – Lebanese food courier Hamza Hareb now keeps his distance if he spots a car with tinted windows while on a delivery run in Beirut. Hezbollah is rumoured to use such cars, and Hareb wants to…

Air strikes come hours after pro-Iran armed group Kataib Hezbollah announces conditional suspension of US embassy attacks.

Air strikes have killed two fighters from the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in…

Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said on Wednesday that the United States has lost control of its foreign policy and is involved in a war that is not its own.

Writing in The Economist, he said the United…

Donald Trump said the US was unaware of Israel’s South Pars strike and warned Iran against targeting Qatar.

BEIJING, March 19 (Reuters) – China, home to the world’s biggest oil refining sector, said it was ready to work with Southeast Asia in addressing energy problems stemming from the war in Iran and called on the parties involved to immediately…

United States President Donald Trump has temporarily waived a century-old shipping law to help ease the cost of transporting oil, gas and other commodities within the US.

The move allows foreign-flagged vessels to transport goods between US ports…