British intel agency MI6 covertly infiltrated post-Gaddafi Libya to create conditions for BP (formerly British Petroleum) and other firms to exploit the country's oil resources.

Venezuela says the US intends to establish a military base on a disputed territory between Venezuela and Guyana called Essequibo.

A senior Yemeni official says the liberation of the strategic central province of Ma’rib will mark an important “milestone” in the battles to expel the occupiers and retake the country’s energy resources

A Middle East affairs expert says Turkey is seeking dominance over the oil resources in Iraq’s Mosul and Kirkuk.