The military alliance said in a statement Saturday that even if the Canadian-led mission is to continue in the future, security concerns for its personnel were “paramount.” Soleimani was the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force and the mastermind of its regional security strategy.
The day of mourning in the Iraqi capital ended Saturday evening with a series of rockets that were launched and fell inside or near the Green Zone, which houses government offices and foreign embassies, including the U.S. Embassy.
US President Donald Trump gave the approval to kill Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Major General Qassem Soleimani at the last minute while he was on a vacation at his resort in Florida.
US President Donald Trump’s statement on Soleimani being involved in terror acts as far as New Delhi hasn’t gone down well with defence experts and former diplomats, who point out that it directly defies the call for restraint issued by MEA
Qasem Soleimani was the architect of Iran’s regional policy of mobilizing militias across Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, including in the war against the Islamic State group. He was also blamed for attacks on U.S. troops and American allies going back to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The body of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump, will reach Tehran after funeral processions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and the cities of Najaf and Karbala, a media report said.
Russia on Friday condemned USA for the killing of Iran Revolutionary Guards General Qasem Soleimani. In a statement issued by its Foreign Ministry, Russia warned US of 'grave consequences' of latter's actions.
US President Donald Trump on Friday accused the slain Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani of contributing to terror plots in as far away as New Delhi and London.
President Donald Trump said Friday he ordered the killing of a top Iranian general “to stop a war,” not start one, but in the tense aftermath the Pentagon braced for retaliation by sending more troops to the Middle East. Democrats complained that Trump hadn’t consulted Congress, and some worried that the strike made war more likely.
Former CIA official Michael Morell on Friday said that the killing of Iran's General Qasem Soleimani will lead to deaths of American civilians.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is "deeply concerned" by the US strike that killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on Friday, and urged world leaders to show "maximum restraint", his spokesman said.
As tensions escalate between Iran and the United States following the killing of Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has called for “peace, stability and security” in the region.
MQ-9 Reaper drone has a laser range finder/designator, which precisely designates targets for employment of laser-guided munitions, such as the Guided Bomb Unit-12 Paveway II. It was this technology that the United States used to attack the convoy of Iran General Qasem Soleimani.
Global powers are warning that the world has become a more dangerous place after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the targeted killing of Iran’s top general and are urging restraint on all sides. China, Russia and France, all permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, took a dim view of the US airstrike near Baghdad’s airport early Friday that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Iran's supreme leader appointed Esmail Qaani as the new head of the Revolutionary Guards' foreign operations arm after its commander, Qasem Soleimani, was killed on Friday in a US strike on Baghdad airport.
Qasem Soleimani killed: Sledgehammer vs prick needle, flamboyance vs silence, authoritative clarity vs chaotic justice, American bombing vs Mossad's secret missions-- we are talking about two separate style of functioning - equally effective, yet very very different from each other.
The United States has urged US citizens to leave Iraq “immediately." A State Department statement on Friday cites “heightened tensions in Iraq and the region." Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" after a US airstrike killed Iran's top military commander General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad.
For Iran, the killing represents the loss of a cultural icon who represented national pride and resilience while facing U.S. sanctions. While careful to avoid involving himself in politics, Soleimani’s profile rose sharply as U.S. and Israeli officials blamed him for Iranian proxy attacks abroad.
US army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division arrived in Kuwait on Thursday.
The killing of General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, marks a major escalation in the standoff between Washington and Iran, which has careened from one crisis to another since President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal and imposed crippling sanctions.
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