Author: Steven Sahiounie

Iraq, one of the world’s biggest oil producers, aims to boost its crude reserves to more than 160 billion barrels, Oil Minister Hayan Abdel Ghani said on Saturday. The minister’s comment came during the launch of new licensing rounds for 29 oil and gas fields. According to the World Bank, Iraq has 145 billion barrels of proven oil reserves amounting to 96 years’ worth of production at the current rate. These are among the largest crude reserves in the world. “The ministry has put forward 29 promising projects today,” Abdel Ghani said during the opening of the new bidding process…

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The US does not believe what is happening in Gaza is a genocide, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Monday. “We believe Israel can and must do more to ensure the protection and wellbeing of innocent civilians. We do not believe what is happening in Gaza is a genocide,” Sullivan said. Speaking to reporters, Sullivan said the US wanted to see Hamas defeated, but warned that Palestinian civilians caught in the middle were “in hell.” He also reiterated the Biden administration’s repeated opposition to a major Israeli military operation in Rafah. Sullivan added that the US was concerned about an Israeli…

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