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- Oil at $100 per barrel? Attack on Saudi refineries could shake oil market further
The drone strike on key Saudi oil facilities could stoke already-flaring tensions in the Middle East, driving crude prices higher amid growing fears of supply shortages, market and industry experts believe.Sep 17, 2019 10:16Business News - ‘Thank you, Mr. President!’: Trump thanks himself for making US top energy producerIn the wake of the Saudi refinery drone attacks, US President Donald Trump on Monday congratulated himself in a tweet for making the United States the biggest energy producer in the world.Sep 16, 2019 13:47Business News
- Iraq would face ‘wrath of US’ if oil pipeline projects with Iran go aheadWashington would do anything to prevent an Iran-Iraq oil pipeline from ever being built, even if the Europeans were in favor, policy researchers told RT.Aug 27, 2019 11:33World News
- Without Israel, Middle East would fall to ‘Islamic extremism,’ says NetanyahuNever one to mince his words, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel is the sole force fending off a radical Islamic takeover of the Middle East, arguing Tel Aviv is an indispensable defender of the entire region.Jul 23, 2019 19:29World News
- Most US vets think Middle East regime change wars weren’t worth fighting, survey findsUS veterans are just as war-weary as the general public, according to a recent poll which found nearly two-thirds believe the war in Iraq “was not worth fighting” and more than half think the same about Afghanistan and Syria.Jul 12, 2019 03:19USA News
- Middle East oil tanker insurance rates soar 10-fold since attacks in Strait of HormuzInsurance rates for tankers going through the Strait of Hormuz have skyrocketed tenfold in the two months since the first attacks on tankers off the coast of the UAE, CNBC reports, quoting a chief executive of a shipping company.Jul 11, 2019 09:52Business News
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