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Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada, Qatar’s energy and industry minister, addresses journalists. AP

Qatar Energy Minister Says Oil Market Recovering, Wants ‘Fair’ Oil Price

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2016 | Business

Qatar’s energy and industry minister said Tuesday that the oil market is slowly recovering from its steep drop but crude is still not trading at a “fair price” to encourage investment. “The oil market is recovering slowly but steadily. Luckily,...

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Reuters

How Iran Killed the “Spring” and Revived “ISIS”

by Hani Nasira | May 23, 2016 | Features

Dubai-By going back to the history, we can say that sectarianism in the Islamic and Arab world was almost non-existent during the first and second Abbasids reign. Ever since, religious institutions evolved and co-existed. During certain exceptional times, differences...

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A natural gas flare on an oil well pad burns as the sun sets outside Watford City, North Dakota January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Cullen/Files

Oil Falls after Iran Dulls Hopes for Production Freeze

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2016 | Business

Brent oil prices fell for a fourth consecutive session on Monday after Iran insisted it would not freeze crude output, bringing back investor attention to a global glut. Deputy Oil Minister Rokneddin Javadi said on Sunday that Iran has no plans to freeze the level of...

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Former U.N.-Arab League special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. Reuters

Lakhdar Brahimi Fears Syria’s Somalization

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 23, 2016 | Middle East

Algiers- Former U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has said that Syria is not just in danger of division but is under the threat of Somalization. “Iranian influence there is stronger than the Russian influence,” Brahimi said on Sunday during a lecture held at...

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Fighet from Jeish al-Fatah having a break in Khan Tuman, where the opposition is fighting the Syrian regime and the Iranians, Reuters

Iranian Generals Prepare for Military Escalation near Damascus, Aleppo

by Nazeer Rida | May 20, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Recent military attacks carried out by Syrian regime militants in Damascus’s Western and Eastern Ghouta suburbs revealed that the local agreements reached out with opposition factions in a partially independent way, aimed at neutralizing surrounding areas...