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US believes Ukrainian plane shot down by Iranian missile, says Pompeo

US has given Ukraine ‘important data’ on Iran plane crash: foreign minister

8:02 pm January 10, 2020

Kiev: US officials have handed Kiev “important data” following a plane crash in Iran, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on Friday. “President Volodymyr Zelensky and I met with US representatives,” Prystaiko said in a post on Twitter. “We have received important data which will be processed by our experts.

Iran launches missile strike against US in Iraq

3:08 pm January 8, 2020

Washington: Iran has launched over a dozen ballistic missiles targeting at least two bases where US military and coalition forces’ are stationed in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. According to Iranian state TV, the attacks were in revenge for the killing of the commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, General Qasem Soleimani, in a […]

Putin visits Turkey to talk Libya, Syria and gas

3:02 pm January 8, 2020

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to inaugurate a new gas pipeline, with tensions in Libya and Syria also on the agenda. Putin arrived late on Tuesday after paying a surprise visit to Syria — his first to Damascus since the war began — at a moment […]

Iraqi armed factions call meeting to begin anti-US fight

8:49 pm January 7, 2020

Baghdad: Iraqi armed factions called on Tuesday for an urgent meeting to face “the war against the resistance,” after a US strike on Baghdad last week killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders. “We will regroup the forces of the resistance in a single entity to respond to Washington,” said Nasr al-Shammary, deputy head of the […]

Iranians mass for funeral in hometown of general killed by US

2:09 pm January 7, 2020

Kerman: Iranians gathered in Kerman for the burial Tuesday of top general Qasem Soleimani in the final stage of funeral processions after he was killed in a US strike in Iraq. The massive number of mourners in the hometown of the slain commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ foreign arm appeared to match the huge turnout […]