Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Qatar has again promised to ship fuel to Egypt. Officials said Qatar relayed a pledge to send five shipments of natural gas to Egypt during the summer of 2013. The officials said the Doha agreed to an Egyptian request to ease the current fuel crisis, which again sparked unrest. “Qatar [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — The Gulf Cooperation Council is expected to award natural gas exploration and development deals that total $68 billion. The Western consultant, Deloitte, issued a report that the six GCC states were moving to develop gas resources to preserve crude oil assets. Deloitte said Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime has begun arresting critics of its new ally, Qatar. Hamas security forces have sought to stop criticism of Qatar and its leading figures. Palestinian sources said the Hamas regime arrested a former Palestinian Authority minister after he criticized Qatar’s Sheik Yusef Qaradawi, deemed the leading Sunni [...]
Sol W. Sanders As the shale gas revolution begins to ripple through, reordering the world economy, another fossil fuel revolution is in the offing which will again torpedo most conventional wisdom concerning energy. So-called “peak oil”, the end of petroleum exhausted by expanding consumption and diminishing discoveries, the love story of environmental fanatics, has [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian Army has captured scores of foreign fighters, including those from Qatar and European Union states. Arab diplomatic sources said the Army detained Qatari military officers as well as a senior ally of the Saudi intelligence community in the rebel-held town of Qusair. They said the Saudi captured near [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Britain intends to establish a permanent military presence in the Gulf, the report said. The Royal United Services Institute asserted that Britain seeks to restore military bases in Gulf Cooperation Council states. The London-based think tank said Britain was working to reach agreements for army, air force and naval installations. [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has been recruiting Arab states to support a U.S. drive for a Palestinian state in 2014. Officials said the White House and State Department have been lobbying Arab allies of Washington, to support a peace deal with Israel that would enable the establishment of [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey If the European market weren’t so important to Israel, the never-ending saga of European wrong-headedness would be laughable. A Martian watching the antics from space would be overcome by diabolical laughter. The crisis of the week has shifted from Cyprus, where the EU, the ECB and the IMF decided [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has sought to form an international coalition to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad in 2013. Officials said President Barack Obama has decided to launch an initiative to convene Arab and Western allies to end the civil war in Syria. They said Obama intends to meet the leaders [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — An Islamist cell accused of plotting to overthrow the United Arab Emirates was linked to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Qatar. Officials said an Islamist cell that operated in the UAE was linked to several Arab League states. They said the so-called Al Islah cell was helped and [...]
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