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US long watched Soleimani, but feared risks of a strike

Soleimani killing ‘irreparable blow’ for Tehran: exiled opposition

7:39 pm January 3, 2020

Paris: The killing of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in a US strike is an “irreparable blow” for Iran’s Islamic regime, the leader of a Paris-based exiled opposition group said Friday. Soleimani was killed earlier Friday in a strike at Baghdad’s international airport, prompting Tehran to vow “revenge” and dramatically upping the stakes in bitter […]

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 […]

Trump ordered killing of Soleimani to protect US personnel abroad: Pentagon

2:43 pm January 3, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump ordered for the US airstrike in Iraq that killed General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, in a “decisive defensive action” to protect US personnel abroad and deter future attacks being planned by Iran, the Pentagon said Friday. General Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite al-Quds force and […]

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 […]

North Korea’s Kim at critical crossroads decade into rule

North Korea’s Kim warns of ‘grave’ economic challenge

3:42 pm December 30, 2019

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned top ruling party officials of the “grave situation” facing the nuclear-armed state’s economy and called for urgent corrective measures. His comments, reported Monday by state media, came on the second day of a key party meeting held ahead of a year-end deadline for Washington to shift […]