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Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the Prime Minister’s Office in Tripoli October 20, 2013 (REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny)

Ali Zeidan on Libya’s Struggle

by Michel Abu Najm | Dec 10, 2013 | Interviews

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—The collapse of the authority of the Libyan state in the aftermath of Muammar Gaddafi’s downfall has been well publicized. Incidents like the kidnapping of the country’s prime minister, Ali Zeidan, in October underscored how little control the...

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Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yildiz (R) speaks with Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami (L) at the Iraq-Kurdistan Oil and Gas Conference at Arbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, December 2, 2013 (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari)

Turkey oil minister hopes for Baghdad–Erbil agreement soon

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 4, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The issue of oil exports from the Iraqi Kurdistan region has continued to make the headlines in Iraq following talks between Ankara, Baghdad and Erbil over the last few days about recent oil export agreements between Turkey and Iraqi...

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Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain Al-Shahristani (L) speaks during a joint news conference with Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yildiz in Baghdad December 1, 2013 (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)

Turkey oil deal with Kurdistan must go through Baghdad: Iraqi oil minister

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Dec 3, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s central government rejected attempts to include it in a trilateral committee to discuss oil exports from the Kurdistan region through Turkey on Monday, following the signing of an export agreement between the Kurdistan Regional...

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File photo—A view of a petrochemical complex in Assaluyeh seaport on Iran’s Persian Gulf coast is seen in this May 28, 2006 file photo. (REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/Files)

Iran to reassert authority at OPEC after nuclear deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 2, 2013 | Business

Vienna, Reuters—Bijan Zanganeh returns this week to the same Vienna hotel suite he last occupied eight years ago as Iranian oil minister, ready to prepare OPEC for what Tehran hopes will mark its return as the cartel’s second biggest producer. Emboldened by its...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Nechervan Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, pose for photographers before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, on November 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Kayhan Ozer, Turkish Prime Minister’s Press Office)

Turkish sources confirm oil export deal with Kurdistan region

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Dec 1, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish sources have confirmed the signing of agreements between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, allowing the export of oil and gas directly through Turkey, despite criticism of the move in Baghdad and Washington....