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Arab World Syrian-Jordanian border that saw several Captagon smuggling attempts (AFP)

New US Strategy to Limit Captagon Production in Syria

The US House of Representatives passed Tuesday a bill to counter drug production and trafficking and dismantle networks linked to the Assad regime in Syria. …

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World US Special Envoy for Iran, Rob Malley (AFP)

US Sanctions IRGC-Affiliated Individuals, Entities for Malicious Cyber Acts

The US Treasury imposed new sanctions on the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) for their role in malicious cyber acts. The Department of the…

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Arab World US Ambassador to Sudan John Godfrey (US State Department)

First US Ambassador to Sudan in 25 Years Lands in Khartoum

John Godfrey landed in Khartoum on Wednesday to assume the position of the first US ambassador to Sudan in almost 25 years. “Ambassador John Godfrey arrived…

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World  National Security Advisor John Bolton answers questions from reporters as he announces that the US will withdraw from a treaty with Iran during a news conference in the White House briefing room in Washington, October 3, 2018. (Jonathan Ernst – Reuters)

Bolton to Asharq Al-Awsat: Negotiations with Tehran behind Delay in Revealing Assassination Plot

Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton said that President Joe Biden’s administration has delayed announcing an Iranian plot to assassinate him due to…

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World Republican Senator Tom Cotton during a senate session in March 2022. (AP)

Republicans Urge Biden to Deny Entry Visa for Iran’s Raisi

Several Republican senators have urged the US administration to deny visas for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation to attend the United Nations…

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World US President Joe Biden meets with his national security team to discuss the counterterrorism operation to take out Ayman al-Zawahiri (AP)

Republicans Accuse Biden of Lying over Qaeda in Afghanistan

The killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan raised questions from Republican representatives who are already upset…

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Arab World The House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting (Asharq Al-Awsat)

US Congress Takes Action Against Syria’s Captagon

The House Foreign Affairs Committee has approved a draft resolution that lays out a US strategy to disrupt and dismantle narcotics production and trafficking…

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Arab World US President Joe Biden

Biden Extends US National Emergency with Respect to Lebanon over Iran Arms Transfers to Hezbollah

President Joe Biden has extended the US National Emergency with respect to Lebanon. “It is necessary to continue the national emergency declared” in 2007,…

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