Jan 05 Pompeo: U.S. is now targeting Iran's 'actual decision-makers' By Robert Burns, Associated Press Pompeo was explaining U.S. strategy in the aftermath of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem Soleimani. Continue reading
Jan 05 New risks loom as thousands mourn Iran general killed by US By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands flooded streets Sunday in Iran to walk alongside a casket carrying the remains of a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, a slaying one Iranian official suggested would see Tehran break further out… Continue reading
Jan 05 Hezbollah vows to end U.S. military presence in region By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Hassan Nasrallah said the U.S. military “will pay the price” for the U.S. drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq Friday. Continue reading
Jan 05 Trump's threats draw Iran's cultural sites into tensions By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press President Trump tweeted Saturday evening that if Iran attacks any American assets to avenge the killing of a top Iranian general, the U.S. has 52 targets across the Islamic Republic that “WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD."… Continue reading
Jan 05 Iraq vote, Hezbollah threat leveled at US troops in Mideast By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The U.S. military presence in the Middle East was thrown into jeopardy Sunday, as Iraq's parliament voted to expel U.S. troops from their country while the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said the U.S. military across the region “will pay… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 5:41 U.S.-Iran tensions: a diplomatic quagmire for the Middle East Iran is vowing revenge after U.S. airstrikes on Friday killed the country’s military leader Qassem Suleimani. Thousands of American troops are heading to the Middle East as tensions with Tehran escalate. Douglas Ollivant, former Director for Iraq at the National… Continue watching
Jan 04 Trump stirs Mideast tensions despite talk of 'endless wars' By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Donald Trump may have upended a central element of his foreign policy with a single drone strike. The Friday strike that killed the most prominent Iranian general may have ended any chance that he would get the United States… Continue reading
Jan 04 Thousands mourn Iranian general as region braces for revenge By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Thousands of mourners chanting “America is the Great Satan” marched in a funeral procession Saturday through Baghdad for Iran's top general and Iraqi militant leaders, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike. Continue reading
Jan 03 Analysis: What the killing of Qassem Soleimani could mean By Ali Fathollah-Nejad Through the targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s notorious commander of the Quds Force -- the Revolutionary Guard Corps’ powerful foreign-operations arm -- along with Iran’s main military man in Iraq, Abu-Mahdi Muhandis, the U.S. has clipped the wings of… Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 9:11 Who was Qassem Soleimani, and what does his death mean for Iran -- and the U.S.? Qassem Soleimani was the Middle East's most recognized military commander, strategist and operational chief of Iran's militant proxies and a symbol of its regional ambitions. He was killed in a targeted U.S. drone attack Friday at Baghdad’s international airport. Nick… Continue watching