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World braces for Iranian retaliation to US assassination of Soleimani
Iran has warned the United States that it should expect “harsh retaliation” for the US air strike that assassinated the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force at Baghdad airport on Friday. Major-General Soleimani and several officials from Iraqi militias backed by Tehran were killed when an American MQ-9 Reaper drone fired…
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Untangling Qatar’s Vast Finance and Influence Networks
Qatar first came under global spotlight in 2003 when the U.S. Congress was briefed on evidence that Qatari-based charities were laundering cash on behalf of groups linked to al Qaeda. More than 15 years later, further evidence to connect elements of Qatar with global terrorism has surfaced. Most notably, a leaked email from Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential…
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Iran vows to avenge Qasem Soleimani
The President of the United States says the US has quote “terminated” Iran’s most powerful military commander as Iran vows to avenge the killing of Qasem Soleimani in a US airstrike. The United States is sending nearly 3,000 additional troops to the Middle East as a precaution. Listen to the report by Adam Harvey on…
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Israeli PM gives up four ministerial posts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stood down from all his ministerial posts as he grapples with the fallout from corruption charges against him, his office confirmed on Thursday. Netanyahu will remain prime minister, but will give up four other offices: health, social affairs, agriculture and diaspora. Jakov Litzman, the former deputy health minister, has…
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President Trump directs assassination of Iran’s most powerful military figure Major-General Qassem Soleimani
The United States has killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Iran’s spreading military influence in the Middle East, in an air strike on Friday at Baghdad airport, the Pentagon and Iran say. Top Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to Soleimani, was also killed in…
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Benjamin Netanyahu seeks immunity from corruption charges ahead of March election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the Knesset to grant him immunity from prosecution on corruption charges, ahead of a March election that will decide his future. Mr Netanyahu was indicted in November on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three corruption probes, becoming the first Israeli prime minister…
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‘We will take revenge’: Thousands flood Baghdad streets with grief and anger
Baghdad: The mourners came by the thousands on Saturday, flooding the streets of a city that is no stranger to violence. But this time, there was a different edge. The fear was more acute, the potential repercussions more ominous. Iraq’s funeral procession for Major General Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian commander killed in a US airstrike on…
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Rockets fired at Baghdad airport, Qassem Soleimani killed
Baghdad: Key Iranian military leader Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis have been killed in an air strike on their convoy in Baghdad airport, an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters. “The American and Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qassem…
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Iran’s Quds Force commander Soleimani killed in Baghdad strike
Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials said on Friday that Iranian general Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. The officials said the strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilisation Forces. An official…
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US troops fire tear gas at pro-Iran protesters in Iraq
Baghdad: US troops fired tear gas as Iran-backed militiamen and other protesters gathered outside the American embassy in Baghdad for a second day on Wednesday. The militiamen and their supporters had camped out at the gates of the embassy overnight, a day after they broke into the compound, trashing a reception area and smashing windows before…