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Iran, Iraq, Syria sign $10B gas pipeline deal

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Iran, Iraq, and Syria have signed a deal for the construction of the Middle East’s largest gas pipeline, which would carry gas from Iran’s South Pars gas field to Europe via Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon and beneath the Mediterranean Sea. Iraq has said that it needs 10 to 15 million cubic meters of Iranian gas per day.

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Syria to sign Paris Climate pact, leaving US alone; Trump disinvited from climate summit

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This week Syria, the final nation invited to join. Following President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States from the Paris Climate Accord—a global pact to reduce carbon output and curb climate change—only two other nations had not signed the treaty. Now, the U.S.

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Syrian oil ministry announces oil shale tender

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Syria’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has announced a tender for investing in oil shale in the Khanaser area, 103 km in southeastern Aleppo, over an area of 150 km 2 divided into 14 blocks with geological reserves of 2.3 Oil shale deposits in Syria. In 2005, Syria reactivated the effort. Source: Gerjes, 2010.

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Uber, Lyft respond to Trump ban on entry to US from targeted countries

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Last Friday, President Trump signed an executive order suspending “immigrant and nonimmigrant entry” into the US from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen for 90 days, with the potential for adding further countries of origin to the list of proscribed.

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Mystery electric BMW, US isolated, Tesla's long odds, Hyundai Ioniq, battery cobalt: Today's Car News

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Today, we've got two BMW electric-car stories (one on battery cobalt, another on a mystery debut later this month), the long odds Tesla faces, the unlikely prospect of Syria one-upping the U.S. on climate, and our last Best Car To Buy 2018 finalist. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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By adding an airbase to their military presence in Syria, the Russians—coordinating with Iran, Syrian President Assad, and eventually possibly Iraq—would have the capability to disrupt shipments from Persian Gulf and Red Sea terminals. In addition, mismanaged confrontation with the U.S.

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Israel carves playground as automobile era powerhouse

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Even if it has made ease with some, it nonetheless faces blackmails from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. All the way through a lot of its historical past, antagonistic neighbors have surrounded Israel. “It is a country that needs to innovate to keep a technological advantage, to keep itself safe,” Ellencweig stated.