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Huge crowds in Iran for commander’s funeral
Tens of thousands of Iranians thronged the streets of Tehran today for the funeral of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a US air strike last week and his daughter said his death would bring a “dark
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Turkey striving to reduce tensions between US, Iran
ANKARA: Turkey is going to great lengths to reduce tensions between the United States (US) and Iran, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday following the recent killing of a top Iranian commander in a US drone strike in the Iraqi
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Iraq wants foreign troops out after air strike, US urges leaders to reconsider
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Parliament yesterday called for US and other foreign troops to leave amid a growing backlash against the US killing of a top Iranian military commander that has heightened fears of a wider Middle East conflict. In a war
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Trump vows to hit 52 Iranian targets if Iran retaliates after drone strike
US President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or US assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader, as tens of thousands
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Body of top Iranian commander killed by US returned to Iran
The body of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US military strike, was returned to Iran today, the official IRIB news agency reported. Soleimani’s body was flown to the city of Ahvaz in southwest
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Asian shares stumble, oil surges after US air strikes in Iraq
Asian shares fell today, erasing early gains, while oil prices spiked after US air strikes in Iraq killed a top Iranian commander, heightening geopolitical tensions. Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force and top Iraqi militia commander
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Iran’s Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s Abu Mahdi killed in US airstrike
General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds force, has been reported killed alongside six others following a US airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. Iraqi officials and the state television reported that aside from Soleimani, Iraqi militia commander Abu
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