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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is tightening the regime's grip on oil fields with an eye toward their eventual rehabilitation. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Syria looks to revitalize oil production…

The Jerusalem District Electricity Company is plagued by an ongoing crisis preventing it from paying its debts to the Israeli electricity company. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Israel threatens to…

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad delegation recently met with Qatar’s ambassador to the Palestinian territories in a bid to improve relations between the two parties. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Palestinian…

The Algerian government recently approved a law to regularize the energy sector, which was rejected by protesters. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Draft law on hydrocarbons sparks another quarrel between…

Jordan has recalled its ambassador to Tel Aviv in protest against the ongoing administrative detention of two of its nationals, threatening to take further escalatory steps. Source: Al Monitor Full…

The United Arab Emirates seems to be staging a withdrawal from Yemen’s southern city of Aden while increasing its influence elsewhere in the southern provinces. Source: Al Monitor Full Article:…

A young medical student in Yemen is using social media to force the release of her fiance detained three years ago. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: A very long engagement,…

Protesters in Iraq are directing their wrath toward Iranian influence in their country. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Is Iran’s honeymoon in Iraq over?

Turkey has captured a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, more than a week after the former ISIS leader killed himself during a raid…

Iran briefly held an inspector for the UN nuclear watchdog in the Islamic Republic and seized her travel documents, diplomats familiar with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) work Source:…