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Iraq predicts oil will rise to $64-65 per barrel

Last Updated: Sunday, March 1, 2015, 23:47

Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi said Sunday he expects the price of crude oil, which dropped to a six-year low in January, to continue recovering to reach USD 64 or USD 65 per barrel.

Oil set for record bear run as OPEC output grows

Last Updated: Saturday, January 31, 2015, 01:57

Oil fell below $49 a barrel on Friday and was on course for its seventh straight month of declines, the longest such bear run on record as a supply glut showed no signs of easing with OPEC increasing production in January.

Hackers target Malaysia Airlines, threaten data dump

Last Updated: Monday, January 26, 2015, 16:54

The website of Malaysia Airlines was commandeered for several hours on Monday by hackers who referenced the Islamic State jihadists and threatened to expose data taken from the carrier`s servers.

1,400 dead since Syria rebel-jihadist clashes began

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 01:36

Nearly 1,400 people have been killed in Syria since clashes between rebels and the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) erupted this month, a monitor said Thursday.

ISIL `reaching out` to Syria rebels via audio message

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 00:32

The al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has reached out to other rebel groups in Syria to head off infighting, in an audio message posted online on Sunday.

Rebels, jihadists in fierce battle at Syria`s Saraqeb

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 19:43

A fierce battle broke out Saturday between Syrian rebels and the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) around the northwestern town of Saraqeb, a monitoring group said.

Al Qaeda group vows to attack Syrian rebels, opposition leaders

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 00:16

An al Qaeda affiliate based in Iraq and Syria has vowed to crush opposition groups it has been confronting in the worst outbreak of infighting among rebels.

`274 dead` in four days of Syria rebel-jihadist clashes

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 09:39

At least 274 people have been killed in four days in Syria since the outbreak of fighting between rebels and jihadists, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.

Iraq PM Nuri al-Maliki urges Fallujah residents to drive away Qaeda militants

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 09:34

As Iraqi military bombarded the city of Fallujah to drive away the al Qaeda-linked militants who have seized parts of Anbar province, residents fled the country.

Rocket kills 5 in Syrian town: Activists

Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 19:36

A rocket smashed into the home of a family in the embattled Christian town of Sadad in central Syria, killing five people as al Qaeda-linked rebels and soldiers clashed for control, activists said.

Syria opposition condemns jihadist attacks on rebels

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 15:04

Syria`s opposition National Coalition condemned attacks by al Qaeda loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on mainstream rebels of the Free Syrian Army.

29 dead in Syria clashes between Kurds, jihadists: NGO

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 21:18

At least 29 people have been killed in fighting between Kurdish and jihadist fighters in northern Syria in the past two days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.