Jan 06 Iraqi PM urges U.S. cooperation to prevent war By Associated Press Adel Abdul-Mahdi said the U.S. must also work with Iraq to bring about the withdrawal of American troops from Iraqi soil. Continue reading
Jan 06 Congress demands answers from Trump about Soleimani killing By Robert Burns, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press On Monday, two top Senate Democrats called on Trump to immediately declassify the administration’s reasoning for the strike on the Iranian official, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, saying there is “no legitimate justification” for keeping the information from the public. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 4:55 Anger in Beirut as Hezbollah supporters mourn Soleimani By Jane Ferguson Members of Hezbollah and their supporters gathered on Sunday in Beirut, Lebanon, to mourn the death of Iran's top military leader, General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. military airstrike on Friday in Iraq. NewsHour Weekend Special correspondent… Continue watching
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 More U.S. troops deploy to Mideast amid tensions with Iran By Sarah Blake Morgan, Jonathan Drew, Associated Press Hundreds of U.S. soldiers deployed Saturday from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements in the Middle East amid rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general. Continue reading
Jan 04 NATO suspends training mission in Iraq citing security By Associated Press NATO says it has suspended a training mission for soldiers in the Iraqi army in the wake of the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. 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
Jan 03 Watch 5:20 Kaine says Trump's Iran policy hurts U.S. allies, pushes enemies closer together An elite Iranian general is dead, and the United States and Iran appear even closer to conflict. In Washington, members of Congress had mixed reactions to the killing of Qassem Soleimani. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., a member of the Senate… Continue watching