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- Iraq Seizes Kirkuk, Briefly Knocks 350,000 Bpd Offline
- Trump Just Made Iran A Wildcard
- Kurdistan Accuses Baghdad Of Planning Oil Field Seizure
- Defiant Qatar Restores Diplomatic Relations With Iran
- Arab States Extend Deadline For Qatar Ultimatum
- Saudi Arabia’s New Deal With The US: Averting Implosion?
- How Close Are Kurds To Establishing Full Independence?
- Saudi Power Struggle Could Destabilize The Entire Middle East
- Oil Politics Driving Libya Closer To Failure
- Saudi Arabia Thwarts Attempted Attack On Aramco Facility
- How The Saudi Rift With Egypt Is Spiraling Out Of Control
- Iran And Turkey Court The KRG For Oil
- Did The Saudis Exaggerate Their U.S. Treasury Holdings?
- Turkey, At Energy Crossroads, Sliding Towards Authoritarianism
- Struggle For Libya’s Oil Wealth Reaches Climax
- How Far Will The U.S. Go If Turkey Invades Syria?
- Israeli Minister Stirs Pot With Call For Independent Kurdish Nation
- How Terrorist Groups Benefit from Low Oil Prices
- Does The U.S. Have A Middle East Strategy Going Forward?
- Saudi Arabia Throws Down The Gauntlet, But To Whom?
- Why Is The U.S. Reluctant To Bomb ISIS Oil Fields?
- Egypt’s Return To Strategic And Economic Centrality
- Qatar And Saudi Arabia Threatening To Escalate Syrian Conflict
- The Beginning Of A Dynamic Century In The Middle East
- Russia Is Still Limited In What It Can Achieve In Syria
- Can Russia Really Afford Its Military Campaign In Syria?
- How Russia Is Deploying Its Military In Syria
- Could The Syrian Conflict Irrevocably Change Global Geopolitics?
- Iran Deal May Redefine The Middle East
- Russia Using Iran Nuclear Deal To Expand Sphere Of Influence
- Yemen Conflict Could Be A Catalyst For Something Much Bigger
- Islamic State To Target Saudi Arabia Next
- ISIS Burn Iraqi Oil Fields To Hold Off Iraqi Offensive
- Jordanian King Warns Of Impending World War III
- Report Finds Gulf States Unstable Despite Resource Wealth
- Islamic State Looks To Mediterranean To Continue Oil Operations
- How Safe Are Turkey’s Oil And Gas Pipelines?
- Kurds Are The Last Line Of Defense For The West In Kobani
- Kurds Are “Fighting For America” Against Islamic State
- Islamic State Battles Kurds Over Border Town To Maintain Oil Trade
- ‘Moderate Iran’ Still Only After One Thing
- Azerbaijan’s Geopolitical Importance Goes Beyond Oil and Gas
- Oil: A Blessing And A Curse For The Middle East
- Islamic State’s Ultimate Goal: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Wells
- 3 Things A Deal With Iran Would Likely Include
- U.S. Airstrikes Against IS Won’t Be Enough
- Does UAE Conscription Law Signal the End of the Dream?
- Iran’s Return Prompts Changes to Saudi Arabia Energy Strategy
- A Month of Panic in Iraq
- Israel’s Oil Platforms in Jeopardy and the Samson Syndrome
- How OPEC Could be Threatened by Iraq’s Re-Emergence as a Major Oil Producer
- Iraqi Government Threatens Action Against Kurds as Oil Exports Set to Begin
- Where is US Foreign Policy these Days?
- The Iran Momentum: Hard to Slow, Hard to Control
- UAE to Invest $1.2bn in Kurdish Oil
- Winds of Change are Shifting in Arabia
- Is Iraq's House Too Divided for Oil?
- The Volatile Middle East; Oil and Turmoil
- Oil Money Supports Middle East Uprising
- Syrian Opposition Condemns Russian Oil Deal
- Kurds Helping Baghdad Save Face Over Oil Independence Battle
- Iranian Sanctions Easing to Benefit India
- What Lifting the Sanctions on Iran Means… to Saudi Arabia
- When Iran Negotiations Aren’t About Iran
- Iran’s Looming Energy Crisis
- GCC Energy Subsidies Unsustainable, Says Oman’s Oil and Gas Minister
- Egypt Marches to a Saudi Drummer
- Kurdistan Ups Ante for Oil and Gas Independence
- Syrian Rebel Groups Vie for Saudi Funding and Weapons
- Why Syria is Important to Iran?
- Turkey’s Zorlu Group Fights for Israel Pipeline
- Sanctions Have Only Steeled Iran against US, and Given Power to China
- Syrian Conflict Moves Closer to Iraq
- Kurds Complete Game-Changing Pipeline to Turkey
- Oil and Politics: Who will Take over from the US in the Middle East?
- This Week in Energy: Iran Creeps Back
- Why Iran's Influence May Decide Pakistan's Energy Fate
- Clash of the Oil Titans
- Syria, the Next Phase
- Roadblocks on Iraq’s Leap of Faith to Oil Success
- Oil-Rich Kurds Squeezed in Iraq
- Massive Investor Risk in Turkey as Erdogan Takes on Koc
- Iran Back in the Game?
- Engaging Iran in Syria
- Syria: As the World Backs Off, the Jihadists Attack
- Kurdistan: Turkish Power Brokers String Along UAE Producers
- How the US and Russia can Achieve Peace in Syria
- Will Saudi and Qatari Involvement in the Syrian War Impact their Economies?
- Syrian Chemical Attack: More Evidence Only Leads to More Questions
- Saudi Arabia’s National Security Relies on a New Deal with the US
- Mideast Oil Loses Some of its Power
- Saudi Prince Bandar Schemes in Syria
- Iranian Gas for Ukraine?
- Let the War Begin!
- Could the Chemical Attack in Ghouta be the Markale of the Syrian War
- Oil-Rich Iraqi Kurds May Go it Alone
- India and China Ignore US Sanctions Against Iran
- Syria, Kurds, Jihadists and Hydrocarbons
- Iran-Iraq-Syria Pipeline Must Tempt Europe
- A Cry from the Heart: Syria and the Mathematics of War
- Waiting on Egypt for Oil & Gas Investment
- Is it Possible that the Ongoing Events in Syria and Egypt were Planned?
- Again, We Bring You Oryx
- Is the West Turning Away from Middle East Energy?
- New Pipeline from Kurdistan to Turkey Poses Risk for Relationship with Iraq
- Qatar: Rich in Oil, Natural Gas and Chutzpah
- Market Celebrates Egypt’s Coup, But It’s Not Over Yet
- Oil, Natural Gas and Mayhem
- Qatar’s Transition Acts as Pivot for “Change of Direction” for Middle East
- How Worried is Saudi, Qatar by the Syrian Conflict?
- Instability in the Middle East Makes Accurate Oil Market Predictions Impossible
- POLITICAL ALERTS
- Kurdistan: Pipeline to ‘Independence’
- Why Further Sanctions Against Iran will be Counterproductive
- TURKEY-TURKMENISTAN: 12 Energy Deals Solidify Cooperation
- KURDISTAN: Genel Announces Another Find
- Pakistan Faces Tough Choices with Energy Crisis
- Open Season on Syria’s Civil War
- Iran's New President Won’t Bring Anything New
- Assad is Back, and Syrian Peace Will Be on His Terms
- Playing with Oil and Fire
- Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Petro-Political ‘Peace’ for Syria
- Attacking Iran’s Nuclear Sites Would be Sheer Madness
- The Road to Damascus is Paved With Ill-Intent
- As Kurds Gain Power, Baghdad May be Ready to Deal
- Should the US Intervene in Syria?
- SYRIA: EU Lifts Oil Embargo to Help ‘Opposition’
- The Implications of the EU’s Lifting Sanctions on Syria’s Oil
- Will Syrian Oil Developments Mirror Libya's?
- Syria: When is Enough, Enough? When the Oil becomes “Islamized!”
- Iraq-Jordanian $18 billion pipeline – Reality or Fantasy?
- Kurds Seize Oil Initiative in Iraq
- Targeting Iran's Energy Sector Isn't Working
- Bahrain Places Hezbollah on Terrorist List
- TURKEY-IRAQI KURDISTAN: Another Step Towards Kurdish Independence
- TURKEY-ISRAEL: Energy Cooperation Prospects Boosted by Israeli Apology
- US Training Rebels in Jordan: Get the Story Straight
- When Oil Revenues Go Awry
- Iran’s Oil and Gas will not Protect its Rogue Islamic Regime Anymore
- IRAQ: Flashpoint Nineveh
- Syria Chemical Attack Raises Sinister Questions
- Iran Deploys New Warship in Caspian Sea
- New Breach in the Sanction Wall?
- Reshaping the Syrian Battlefield
- Turkey’s Dreams of Being Energy Hub Strengthened by PKK Negotiations?
- IRAN-IRAQ: Pipeline to Syria Ups Ante in Proxy War with Qatar
- Could Iraq Blow its Oil Opportunity?
- DPRK Test Nuclear Weapon Destined for Iran
- IRAN: Behind the Scenes Ahead of Kazakhstan Talks
- YEMEN: Not an Iranian Invasion
- Syria, L'Enfant Terrible of Foreign Politics
- The Syrian End Game: A Private Actor Arena
- U.S. Violating its Own Sanctions on Iran
- Qatar's Agenda in Syria
- Iran on the Offensive
- Exxon, BP Straddle Front Line in Iraq-Kurd Oil War
- Is Iraq Slipping into Civil War?
- Jordan - Problems Ahead?
- Iraq - Kuwait - Turkey: Relations Hit a New Low
- So Much for Desert Storm - Kuwait and Iraq Collaborate on Energy
- A New Middle East Crisis in the Making
- Iran-Pakistan: Western Pipeline Nightmare
- Iran - Power Play in Strait of Hormuz
- Iran's Real Threat to the West
- The Imperial Dream of the Muslim Brotherhood
- Hezbollah Sends Warm Greetings on Christmas
- Chinese Oil Companies Apparent Victors in Post-Saddam Iraq
- How Bad do Sanctions Really Hurt Iran?
- Tension Escalates in Syria Amid Fears of Chemical Weapons
- Who Should be Doing the Geopolitical Heavy Lifting in The Middle East?
- A Chance for Peace in the Middle East?
- Oil Production and Violence in The Middle East
- Iran Positioned to Threaten Oil Lanes
- Why We Will See an Increase in Violence in the Middle East
- What an Obama Victory Means for the Middle East
- Iran's Untouchable Energy Exports
- As US Abandons Syria to its Fate, One Man Rises Above
- Report Highlights "Troubled" Year for Iraq
- Oil, Guns, Spies and Islamism
- Iran Finally Blinks in Terms of Sanctions Pressure
- Countries Start to Resume Trade with Iran Using Gold to Avoid US Sanctions
- $12M Bounty Hunt for al-Qaeda in Iran
- Iran, Turkey & Syria increasing the Volatility of Oil Markets
- Investing in Iraqi Oil and Gas: Too Risky?
- Turkey Stumbles, But Washington Pushed
- Energy Market Roundup: The Showdown in Iraq
- Turkey-Syria on the Brink of War
- Baghdad is Losing Iraqi Kurdistan - Empowered by Oil and Gas
- Iran Threatens Oil Spill in Persian Gulf
- How are the Sanctions Against Iran Progressing?
- Is a Larger Middle East War Inevitable?
- Sanctions Impact Peaks for Iran
- Afghanistan - Winning Hearts and Minds, One Kilowatt at a Time
- Let Iran Have its Nuclear Technology
- Turkey's New Role in Mideast Worries Many
- The Endless War: Saudi Arabia Goes on the Offensive Against Iran
- Double Dealing in Iraq and Syria: The Kurdish Independence Gamble
- Kurds Don't Hold all the Cards in Iraqi Oil Battle
- Iraq's Kurdish Region Pulling Away from Baghdad Control
- Pakistan Moves Toward Political, if Not Economic, Stability
