Saudi Aramco has become a 100-percent owner of Port Arthur, an oil refinery in Texas. Port Arthur has a capacity of 600,000 barrels per day, making it the biggest in North America. The kingdom’s national oil company previously owned 50 percent in the refinery before acquiring the full stake from Royal Dutch Shell on Monday. […]
OPEC Deal Backfires: Saudis Lose Market Share to Iran, Iraq…
Since the start of OPEC’s production cuts, oil market analysts and experts have been focusing on how U.S. shale would respond to the relatively higher and stable oil prices, possibly eating up some of the cartel’s global market share while the cuts last. The market share war is also going on a micro level within […]
Saudis Hire World’s Biggest PR Firm to Push ‘Muslim NATO’…
An international public relations firm is facing accusations of complicity in “whitewashing” alleged Saudi Arabian war crimes in Yemen after signing a deal to represent a Riyadh-dominated military alliance dubbed the “Muslim Nato”. Middle East Eye understands that Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman hired Burson-Marsteller last month to wage a charm offensive on […]
America Is Trying to Block the Path of the “Shiite Crescent” from Syria…
The southern Syrian opposition forces moved south from the city of Suweida along the Syrian-Jordanian border towards the ancient city of Palmyra in central east Syria. These forces took control of around forty villages, including al-Tanaf, one of the border crossings between Syria and Iraq. They have managed to occupy part of the Syrian desert […]
Whaddayaknow: Saudi Arabia Just Got Elected to the UN Commission on….Women’s Rights
Saudi Arabia continues to have a male guardianship system that dominates all aspects of life for women and girls, they’re also banned from driving cars and do not share the same legal status as men. But yet, the Kingdom was elected to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The commission, according to […]
One Man’s Quest to Prove Saudi Arabia Bankrolled 9/11…
When Jim Kreindler got to his midtown Manhattan office on Friday, July 15, 2016, he had a surprise waiting for him. Twice in the previous eight years, Kreindler had been in the room as then-President Barack Obama promised Kreindler’s clients he would declassify a batch of documents that had taken on near mythic importance to […]
Saudi Banks, bin Laden Companies Sued by U.S. Insurers Over 9/11 Terror Attacks…
Two Saudi banks, along with businesses related to the family of Osama bin Laden face more than $4 billion in lawsuits over the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Reuters reports the plaintiffs are more than two dozen US insurers. The defendants are the Al Rajhi Bank, National Commercial Bank, aviation contractor Dallah Avco, the Mohamed […]
Trump Withholds Syria-Sarin Evidence by Robert Parry….
After making the provocative and dangerous charge that Russia is covering up Syria’s use of chemical weapons, the Trump administration withheld key evidence to support its core charge that a Syrian warplane dropped sarin on a northern Syrian town on April 4. A four-page white paper, prepared by President Trump’s National Security Council staff and […]
Trump Should Rethink Syria Escalation by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity…
Syria: Where the Rubber Meets the Road by Mike Whitney…
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