Iran’s deputy oil minister, Amir Zamani Nia, said Thursday that six Russian oil and gas companies held preliminary agreements on joint work with the Iranian companies. Russian companies included Lukoil, Zarubisz Oil, TAT Oil, Rosneft, Gazprom and Gazprom Oil. Zamani noted that all parties are exchanging accusations of slowness and ...
More than 5,000 civilians have fled their homes since the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched an offensive on the ISIL Takfiri group’s Syrian bastion Raqa, an SDF spokeswoman said Thursday. “More than 5,000 displaced people have arrived in regions liberated and secured by our forces. They are coming from ...