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Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps march during a parade in Tehran. (AFP/ File)

April 9th, 2019 - 01:41 GMT

Adding Iran's Revolutionary Guard to US Terror List is Provocative

The decision to label the IRGC as a terrorist organisation is unnecessarily provocative from the Trump administration.

Trump has signed an executive order planning to set up 'safe zones' in Syria while banning Syrians from the US. (AFP/File)

January 26th, 2017 - 08:30 GMT

Trump promises to implement 'safe zones' in Syria

With Trump considering measures to tighten border security, he could turn his attention to the refugee issue later this week. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)

January 25th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

Trump expected to issue executive order to block refugees from 'dangerous' Muslim countries

Six years in, the progressively proxy nature of Syria's war has left civilians more vulnerable to violence and society more fractured and susceptible to sectarian conflict. (AFP/File)

January 25th, 2017 - 09:54 GMT

Licence to kill: The proxy war of foreign powers in Syria

Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. (AFP/File)

January 25th, 2017 - 08:17 GMT

Palestinians can rest easy...for now: US is not planning an embassy move to Jerusalem

Two men observe the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the Palestinian West Bank from Jerusalem on January 23, 2017. (AFP/Thomas Coex)

January 25th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Washington remains silent as Israel moves forward with plan to build new colonies

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin greet each other with a kiss in this mural in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. (AFP/File)

January 24th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Washington announces US is ready to team up with Russia to take on Daesh in Syria

Jerusalem has political and historical significance to Jews, Muslims and Christians and has been a major source of contention between Israel and Palestine. (AFP/File)

January 23rd, 2017 - 01:31 GMT

Palestinians react to US embassy move to Jerusalem

Donald Trump has vowed to move the US Embassy building in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. (AFP/File)

January 22nd, 2017 - 06:57 GMT

White House confirms Trump is planning to relocate US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

The activity included hanging up pictures of Trump with slogans rejecting his views which many have called divisive and racist. As activists began burning images of Trump, Israeli forces quickly arrived and attempted to expel them from the area, while threatening to use force on the activists. (AFP/File)

January 21st, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

As the new US president is sworn in, Palestinian activists set pictures of Trump on fire

President-elect Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he and his wife Melania are greeted by US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as they arrive at the White House in Washington, DC January 20, 2017. (AFP/Jim Watson)

January 20th, 2017 - 04:06 GMT

Donald Trump sworn in as 45th US President

People gather outside the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan to protest against Donald Trump on January 19, 2017 in New York City. Trump will be inaugurated January 20th as the 45th President of the United States. (AFP/John Moore)

January 20th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Trump vows to unite US amid protests across the country

Protesters gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to mark 15 years since the first prisoners were brought to the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on January 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Joe Readle)

January 20th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

On last day, Obama blasts Congress for inaction on Guantanamo, transfers prisoners