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Oil prices dip as Saudi Arabia rules out intervention

Oil retreated after Saudi Arabia's influential oil minister said Tuesday it was up to the market to determine prices, effectively ruling out an intervention...

Turkey detains 20 IS suspects ahead of G-20 summit

Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained some 20 people suspected of links to the Islamic State group ahead of a G-20 summit...

Syria activists accuse regime of chemical attack

Syrian activists have accused regime forces of using a “toxic gas” during clashes in a flash-point town southwest of Damascus, saying five men were...

King Salman and Erdogan discuss Syria in telephone conversation

Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone late on Tuesday and said attacks by Russia and Syrian government forces north of...

Russia says Syrian rebels started new offensives during ceasefire – Ifax

Russia's military said on Tuesday that rebels in Syria's eastern Ghouta started new offensives after midday, during a five-hour ceasefire, Interfax news agency reported...

Top Greek court grants refugee status to two Turkish officers

Two Turkish officers who fled to Greece following the failed 2016 army coup were granted political refugee status Wednesday after an appeal lodged by...

Cabinet praises boost in Saudi-US relations

The Cabinet has underscored the significance of further strengthening strategic relations between the Kingdom and the United States in a way benefiting the governments...

Syria Kurds, Arabs form joint military force

Syria’s leading Kurdish militia and several Arab rebel groups that have fought alongside it have formalized their alliance in a new group called the...

Erdogan vows 'no break' in operations against Kurd rebels

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed to press ahead with a military campaign against Kurdish militants after his ruling party swept back...

OPEC and Russia talk of oil teamwork, but Saudi talks of investment

Senior OPEC and Russian oil industry officials stepped up vague talk on Monday of possible joint action to remedy one of the worst supply...

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