Solar Projects Show Rapid Growth in Middle East

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:01:57 +0000

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Solar power continues to make inroads in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and other parts of the Persian Gulf region. The Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA) in late September said it

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Saudi Crown Prince Warns Of Threat To Global Oil Supply

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 22:20:19 +0000

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has told the BBC that if a war was to break out between Iran and Saudi Arabia, oil prices could rise up to “unimaginably high numbers.” He says this is possible if the world doesn’t try to deter Iran, and that more escalation will threaten the world’s interests. “Oil supplies will be disrupted and oil prices will jump to unimaginably high numbers that we haven’t seen in our lifetimes.”

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Over 2 million Muslims in Mecca for start of hajj pilgrimage

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 06:57:59 +0000

Over 2 million Muslims in Mecca for start of hajj pilgrimage

More than 2 million pilgrims were gathered in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Friday to perform initial rites of the hajj, an Islamic pilgrimage that takes the faithful along a path traversed by the Prophet Muhammad some 1,400 years ago.

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Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows Saudi weapons sales

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 23:05:54 +0000

Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows Saudi weapons sales

WASHINGTON – The Senate has failed in a bid to override a series of vetoes issued by President Donald Trump, allowing the administration to move forward with plans to sell billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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