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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at the joint press conference. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)

August 20th, 2018 - 10:00 GMT

Foreign Minister Zarif: U.S. Carry Disease of 'Imposing Sanctions on Iran'

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States is suffering from the disease of addiction to imposing sanctions on Iran.

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards

August 24th, 2013 - 07:04 GMT

U.S. forces potentially preparing to move into Syria

A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows bodies of children wrapped in shrouds as Syrian rebels claim they were killed in a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK

August 23rd, 2013 - 06:57 GMT

U.S. unable to "conclusively determine" use of chemical weapons

A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows smoke above buildings following what Syrian rebels claim to be a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013. "AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK"

August 22nd, 2013 - 02:55 GMT

White House believes Assad regime used nerve gas

An Egyptian army armoured vehicle is seen in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo ahead of planned demonstrations on August 18, 2013. (AFP)

August 21st, 2013 - 11:48 GMT

On thin ice: Can the US hold on to its alliance with Egypt?

UNITED STATES, Chilmark : US President Barack Obama makes a statement on Egypt August 15, 2013, in Chilmark, Massachusetts. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON

August 20th, 2013 - 02:32 GMT

US quietly halts aid to Egypt

Policy zig-zags on Egypt have been a feature of the Obama administration for the past 30 months.

August 18th, 2013 - 03:20 GMT

When money doesn't talk: the US' false sense of control over Egypt

Ten solid and irritating reasons America will keep sending aid to Egypt.

August 17th, 2013 - 10:17 GMT

Top Ten Reasons America won't stop military aid to Egypt

(U.S. Department of State)

August 7th, 2013 - 07:58 GMT

U.S. files charges over dead Libyan ambassador

President Barack Obama waves as he returns to the White House in Washington on August 4. (AFP)

August 6th, 2013 - 06:51 GMT

Obama to meet Brotherhood officials

An Egyptian supporter of deposed president Mohamed Morsi holds a portrait of him during a demonstration against the government in al-Nasr street in Cairo on July 30, 2013. (AFP)

August 1st, 2013 - 08:05 GMT

Washington treading a 'fine line' over Egypt crisis

A Palestinian Salafist holds an Al-Qaeda-affiliated flag during a protest against an amateur film mocking Islam in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on September 14, 2012. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/GettyImages)

July 27th, 2013 - 12:56 GMT

Arab Spring: Al-Qaeda's Blessing in Disguise?

Iran would pump 25 million cubic meters of natural gas per day to the Iraqi power plants

July 24th, 2013 - 05:55 GMT

Washington worries about Tehran-Baghdad gas bond