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Jordan back on the blocks Amman rolls out some old favourites as it hopes to finally gain upstream traction Jordan’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) has kicked off efforts to enlist companies to explore for and develop oil and gas, inviting bids for nine blocks covering large swathes of the country. In mid-April, energy and mineral resources minister Hala Zawati said that the Al Azraq, Sirhan, Sirhan Development phase, Jafr, West Safawi, Dead Sea, North Highlands, Petra and Rum acreages would all be opened up for exploration, with the ministry publishing promotional material...

WHO Yemen Update Situation report - Issue no.2 (February 2021) [EN/AR] Format HIGHLIGHTS • Projected health needs in 2021 have increased by 11.9 per cent compared with 2020 levels, with approximately 20.1 million people in need of health assistance, including 11.6 million people who are in acute need. • WHO and partners continue their fight against child malnutrition as nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021. • Oral Cholera Vaccination Campaign: WHO and UNICEF implemented the second round of the oral cholera vac...

Sunday, 14 February, 2021 - 12:15 US military vehicle near an oil facility in northeastern Syria (AFP) Damascus, Deir Ezzor - London- Asharq Al-Awsat The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Saturday the targeting of ISIS commander Abu Yassin al-Iraqi by a drone strike staged by the US-led International Coalition in the countryside of Syria’s northeastern province of Deir Ezzor. According to sources reporting to the UK-based war monitor, al-Iraqi was the successor of Abu Ward al-Iraqi, who was assassinated early ...