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US President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran deal in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Friday. AFP photo

Is Europe Able to Protect its Businesses from US Sanctions?

by Rick Noack and Erin Cunningham | Oct 16, 2017 | Features

Berlin- In a decision that could deepen the transatlantic rift, President Trump announced his withdrawal of presidential “certification” of the Iran nuclear deal Friday ahead of a Sunday deadline. Trump previously called the 2015 agreement disastrous and has argued...

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Workers prepare a train at Sudan Railway maintenance complex in Khartoum. Reuters

Sudan Reaps Benefits of Decision to Lift Sanctions

by Saif Al-Yazal Ba Baker | Oct 14, 2017 | Business

Khartoum- The US Treasury Department lifted the ban on more than 223 companies, institutions, banks and Sudanese public and private organizations in line with the political decision made by the US government a week ago to revoke the economic embargo on the country....

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Meeting of the Iraqi ministerial council for national security headed by al-Abadi/KUNA

Iraq Asks Neighboring Countries to Stop Oil Trade with Kurdistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 10, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad — The Iraqi government escalated on Monday against the Kurdistan Region and placed more sanctions in retaliation to the Sept. 25 referendum on independence by officially asking Turkey and Iran to stop all their commercial dealings with Irbil, especially those...

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Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards General Mohammad Ali Jafari attends a press conference in Tehran in 2012. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

IRGC Warns Washington against Labeling it Terrorist Group

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 9, 2017 | World

London- Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corp Major General Mohammad Ali Jaafari renewed on Sunday his threats against US regional bases if Washington decided to designate the Guards as a terrorist group. In a statement delivered during a “strategic” IRGC...

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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir addresses the crowd during a campaign rally in East Darfur, April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

US Lifts Sudan Sanctions 20 Years after Imposing them

by Heba El Koudsy | Oct 7, 2017 | World

Washington- The US State Department announced on Friday that it has lifted a large number of sanctions that it had imposed on Sudan 20 years ago, saying the decision was the result of Khartoum’s cooperation in fighting terrorism and easing humanitarian distress. “The...