
The Lebanese cabinet approved on Wednesday two decrees related to the offshore oil resources in the context of the governmental endeavor to launch the excavation projects delayed due to political disputes. During its first session after gaining the parliament’s confidence, the government endorsed the decrees which set out the blocks ...

The US-led international coalition has been systematically bombing the Syrian infrastructure since 2012 and has not targeted ISIL-held oil facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday. “Outgoing CIA head Brennan is well aware of the fact that long before the start of the Russian ...