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Weeping, Iran supreme leader prays over general slain by US

8:51 pm January 6, 2020

Tehran: Weeping amid wails from a sea of mourners, Iran’s supreme leader on Monday prayed over the remains of a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, an attack that’s drastically raised tensions between Tehran and Washington. The procession for Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani drew a crowd of mourners and […]

Trump’s threats draw Iran’s cultural sites into tensions

11:25 pm January 5, 2020

Dubai (United Arab Emirates) : Iran’s ancient and rich cultural landscape has become a potential US military target as Washington and Tehran lob threats and take high-stakes steps toward a possible open conflict. President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday evening that if Iran attacks any American assets to avenge the killing of a top Iranian general, […]

Saudi 'not consulted' over US strike to kill Iran general

Was the drone attack on Iranian general an assassination?

7:01 pm January 4, 2020

New York: After Friday’s targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, newsrooms struggled with the question: Had the United States just carried out an assassination? And should news stories about the killing use that term? The AP Stylebook, considered a news industry bible, defines assassination as “the murder of a politically important or prominent individual […]

Congress not notified ahead of Soleimani killing: senior US lawmaker

2:55 pm January 3, 2020

Washington: US lawmakers were not told in advance of the attack ordered by President Donald Trump that killed a top Iranian military commander, a senior House Democrat said late Thursday. The strike conducted in Iraq against Iran’s Qasem Soleimani “went forward with no notification or consultation with Congress,” House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel […]

Iran-backed Iraqi militia vows revenge to US airstrikes

11:15 pm December 30, 2019

Baghdad: An Iranian-backed militia said Monday that the death toll from US military strikes in Iraq and Syria against its fighters has risen to 25, vowing to exact revenge for the “aggression of evil American ravens.” The US attack the largest yet targeting an Iraqi state-sanctioned militia and the calls for retaliation, represent a new […]