Ali Nazar al-Shatari will be Iraq's new head of oil marketing as the Sudani government makes changes across several top oil posts.
Q&A: Ahmad Salman, deputy president of Syria’s Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party
A veteran of Syria's oil sector — and a political leader in the oil-rich northeast — discusses negotiations with Damascus over the future of the country.

Ahmad Salman, deputy president of Syria's Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party. (Photo courtesy of Ahmed Salman)