Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Jaafari said that the Syrian government is committed to fighting terrorism and seeking a political solution through a Syrian-Syrian dialogue without foreign interference and without preconditions. During a speech at a Security Council session held on the situation in the Middle East, ...
Oil prices rose Thursday, building slightly on a surge triggered by OPEC’s output decision, while European stock markets retreated as attention switched to US jobs data and Italy’s weekend referendum. World crude prices soared almost 10 percent on Wednesday after OPEC hammered out a deal to cut oil output for ...