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A worker walks at Nahr Bin Umar oil field, north of Basra, Iraq December 21, 2015. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani/Files

Unemployed South Iraq Protesters Ask for Job Opportunities

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 8, 2016 | Middle East

Basra-Hundreds of Iraqis from the southern district of Zubair held a protest on Sunday on a road leading to oil fields to ask for job opportunities. The protesters tried to block access to some oil fields in the area managed by UK’s British Petroleum and Italian oil...

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A man pushes his shopping cart down an aisle at a Home Depot store in New York, July 29, 2010.
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U.S. Economy Bounces back with 255,000 Jobs Added to July Payrolls

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 5, 2016 | Business

Government figures on Friday showed that the number of jobs on US payrolls increased by 255,000 in July. The added employments proved lower than revised figures showing 292,000 jobs added in June, but well above the 24,000 jobs added in May. The unemployment rate was...

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Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government patrol the entrance of Sirte as they advance to recapture the city from the Islamic State (IS) group on June 10, 2016 (AFP Photo/Mahmud Turkia

Requests for U.S. Airstrikes in Sirte

by Khalid Mahmoud | Aug 1, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo – In a sudden development, military operations of the Solid Structure sent a letter to the Prime Ministry of the Government of National Accord headed by Fayiz al-Sarraj calling for U.S. airstrikes on ISIS in Sirte. In the letter, Solid Structure said they want...

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An injured member of Kurdish Peshmerga forces reacts as smoke rises after an attack at Bai Hassan oil station, northwest of Kirkuk, Iraq, July 31, 2016. Reuters

ISIS Breaks into West Kirkuk, Iraq Energy Facilities

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 1, 2016 | Middle East

Kirkuk- Energy facilities west of Kirkuk, located in northern Iraq, were made arenas to vicious clashes between ISIS and Peshmerga militants on Sunday. The clashes came after an attack first launching against the AB2 gas compressor station, about 15 km northwest of...

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The building housing Libya’s oil state energy firm, the National Oil Corporation (NOC)

Libya’s NOC Welcomes Opening of Ports, Aims for 900,000 Bpd by Year-End

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 31, 2016 | Business

Libya’s state oil company announced on Sunday that it welcomed the “unconditional” reopening of blockaded oil ports following a controversial deal being brokered between the U.N.-backed government and a force that controls key eastern terminals. The...