Claude Salhani

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• Jordanian King Warns Of Impending World War III

  Published 10 December 2014 | viewed 31,566 times

  When OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, imposed an oil embargo on the West for its support of Israel in the October 1973 Arab-Israeli…

• A Truce In The Holy Oil War?

  Published 25 November 2014 | viewed 9,616 times

  Could this be the first step in defeating the Islamic State? In an unexpected move Sunday, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain agreed…

• Report Finds Gulf States Unstable Despite Resource Wealth

  Published 18 November 2014 | viewed 15,596 times

  Sectarian and ethnic tension, religious violence, and terrorism threats appear to be rising trends in the Gulf region according to a new study on the…

• Want To Hurt Russia? Lower The Price Of Oil

  Published 13 November 2014 | viewed 30,996 times

  Why would the oil producers, who have over the years raised the price of oil at every opportunity they got suddenly agree to drop the…

• Islamic State Looks To Mediterranean To Continue Oil Operations

  Published 04 November 2014 | viewed 18,563 times

  There is serious concern that the battle for control of Syria by the group calling itself the Islamic State may soon shift from the mountainous…

• How Safe Are Turkey’s Oil And Gas Pipelines?

  Published 30 October 2014 | viewed 13,759 times

  Bashar Assad is a man of his word. In 2011, when the civil war began in Syria, President Assad delivered a promise to the international…

• Kurds Are The Last Line Of Defense For The West In Kobani

  Published 21 October 2014 | viewed 9,297 times

  While still a predominant factor in the war being waged by the Islamic State, oil is taking a back seat as the full brunt of…

• Kurds Are “Fighting For America” Against Islamic State

  Published 14 October 2014 | viewed 9,150 times

  The group known as the Islamic State, also often called by its former name, ISIS, (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), has established itself as…

• Islamic State Battles Kurds Over Border Town To Maintain Oil Trade

  Published 08 October 2014 | viewed 16,319 times

  Islamic State militants have been fighting for the past week for control of a key town straddling the Syrian-Turkish border. A victory by IS in…

• How Islamic State Uses Oil To Fund Its Onslaught

  Published 01 October 2014 | viewed 13,490 times

  In a remote area along the Turkish-Syrian border, a line of oil trucks materializes seemingly from nowhere. Quietly, the vehicles line up to purchase oil.…

• Azerbaijan’s Geopolitical Importance Goes Beyond Oil and Gas

  Published 23 September 2014 | viewed 16,102 times

  The Middle East is being consumed by some of the worst violence in its history, caused by Arabs themselves amidst unprecedented cruelty and destruction. At…

• Oil: A Blessing And A Curse For The Middle East

  Published 17 September 2014 | viewed 55,137 times

  What exactly is at stake in the battle for control of the Middle East, other than the obvious -- the region’s abundant oil and natural…

• Islamic State’s Ultimate Goal: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Wells

  Published 09 September 2014 | viewed 77,504 times

  For the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, Syria and Iraq were a good place to start their campaign, but in order to survive…

• Europe Needs A New Source of Oil and Gas, Fast

  Published 04 September 2014 | viewed 25,414 times

  Summer is over and many Europeans may have to keep warm this coming winter by thinking about their summer holidays while wrapped in blankets, praying…

• All’s Fair In Love And War And Oil

  Published 26 August 2014 | viewed 11,719 times

  An Iraqi Kurdish crude oil tanker has been seen floating off the coast of Israel after offloading its cargo, ship tracking data has shown.If true,…

• Oil Companies Turning Away From The Middle East

  Published 19 August 2014 | viewed 25,740 times

  The violence and cutthroat politics of the Middle East, combined with declining oil and gas production levels, has triggered a subtle but significant shift away…

• U.S. Airstrikes Against IS Won’t Be Enough

  Published 12 August 2014 | viewed 9,141 times

  The followers of the new so-called Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, have been on the rampage again this week, wreaking havoc and sowing death…

• Does UAE Conscription Law Signal the End of the Dream?

  Published 05 August 2014 | viewed 11,660 times

  The United Arab Emirates announced in June that it is introducing compulsory military service for all male citizens aged between 18 and 30 and setting…

• Disproportionate Reaction To Death Fans the Flames of Hatred

  Published 29 July 2014 | viewed 5,957 times

  When it comes to the Muslim Arab world, Western nations have often been accused of maintaining a double standard about the value of human life,…

• Are Civilian Flights Over War Zones Safe?

  Published 23 July 2014 | viewed 5,121 times

  In the aftermath of the shoot-down over Ukraine of Malaysian Airways Flight 17 last week, and the deaths of its 298 passengers and crew, the…