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The International Energy Agency's chief, Fethullah Barol, told an audience at the Atlantic Council that more than 80 oil and gas fields, refineries and energy terminals were damaged in six weeks of war.
His comments come as the Qatar-based Al Jazeera channel released footage for the first time of Iran's March missile attack on the Ras Laffan gas complex in Qatar and damage to the Al Udeid airbase where some 10,000 U.S.
troops were stationed before the war.
Iran's state news agency, meanwhile, says Iran wants financial compensation from four Gulf Arab states and Jordan for hosting U.S.
troops that attacked it during the war.
Some Arab Gulf states say it's Iran that should pay for region-wide damage.
The International Energy Agency's chief, Fethullah Barol, told an audience at the Atlantic Council that more than 80 oil and gas fields, refineries and energy terminals were damaged in six weeks of war.
His comments come as the Qatar-based Al Jazeera channel released footage for the first time of Iran's March missile attack on the Ras Lafan gas complex in Qatar and damage to the Al Udeid airbase where some 10,000 U.S.
troops were stationed before the war.
Iran's state news agency, meanwhile, says Iran wants financial compensation from four Gulf Arab states and Jordan for hosting U.S.
troops that attacked it during the war.
Some Arab Gulf states say it's Iran that should pay for region-wide damage.
Ayyub Altarawi, NPR News, Dubai.
The meeting included Trump, the Saudi crown prince, and Turkey's president joining over the phone for half an hour with Ahmad al-Shara, a man who just months ago was on the U.S.-designated list of terrorists with a $10 million bounty on his head for ties with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
The meeting included Trump, the Saudi crown prince, and Turkey's president joining over the phone for half an hour with Ahmad al-Shara, a man who just months ago was on the U.S.-designated list of terrorists with a $10 million bounty on his head for ties with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
But since rebel forces ousted longtime President Bashar Assad from power, al-Sharaa has switched from militia leader to statesman in a suit. And this new Syria says it's ready to build a relationship with the U.S.
But since rebel forces ousted longtime President Bashar Assad from power, al-Sharaa has switched from militia leader to statesman in a suit. And this new Syria says it's ready to build a relationship with the U.S.
Trump says he heard from the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Turkey urging him to lift sanctions in order to give Syria a chance at rebuilding and pull it back from Iranian and Russian influence. U.S. sanctions were mostly hurting average Syrians, with an effect so far-reaching hospitals couldn't import spare parts for machines or even fix their elevators.
Trump says he heard from the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Turkey urging him to lift sanctions in order to give Syria a chance at rebuilding and pull it back from Iranian and Russian influence. U.S. sanctions were mostly hurting average Syrians, with an effect so far-reaching hospitals couldn't import spare parts for machines or even fix their elevators.