NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than 2 percent on Thursday, with Brent slipping back from four-month highs as investors focused on the risk that emerging market crises and trade disputes could dent demand even as supply tightens. The International Energy Agency warned that although the oil market was tightening at the moment and world oil demand would… Read more »
The war in Syria is fairly complicated from all perspectives. From an American point of view we are fighting a humanitarian crisis by supporting the Syrian rebels. The goal of the rebels is to topal the reign of Bashar al-Assad, the current President of Syria. Bashar al-Assad is a ruthless leader who has done everything in his power to suppress… Read more »
On September 7, a three-way summit in Tehran failed to produce a clear agreement between Russia, Turkey and Iran on the fate of Syria’s Idlib province, the last stronghold of the Syrian armed opposition. A ceasefire suggested by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was rejected and a full-fledged government offensive now seems imminent, in what is expected to be Syria’s deadliest battle yet. Idlib… Read more »
ADEN/GENEVA (Reuters) – A Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes on the outskirts of Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah as heavy fighting resumed days after U.N.-sponsored talks between the warring parties collapsed, military sources and residents said on Wednesday. A senior Yemeni source in the coalition told Reuters that the alliance had renewed an offensive to take control of… Read more »
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Despite the collapse of Islamic State last year and a widespread international perception that Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is winning the war, there have been major new escalations around the country. Seven years in, Syria’s conflict has killed hundreds of thousands, driven millions from their homes, disturbed the regional balance of power and dragged in foreign nations… Read more »