Baghdad angered by US strikes against Iran-backed group in Iraq
The Wall Street Journal | Gordon Lubold, Nancy A. Youssef and Isabel Coles: Iraqi officials reacted angrily on Friday to American airstrikes…
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Iraq condemns US air strikes, warns of consequences
Reuters – Iraq condemned overnight U.S. air strikes on Friday, saying they killed six people, and warned of dangerous consequences for what…
Claim over attack on US base in Iraq linked to Soleimani assassination: Iran’s Shamkhani
Tasnim – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said there might be links between the US regime’s move…
US wages airstrikes against multiple Hashd Sha’abi positions across Iraq
Press TV – The United States has carried out a string of airstrikes against multiple locations of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units…
A narrative collapses as Trump tweets: ‘It Doesn’t Really Matter’
The New York Times | Annie Karni: In the 10 days since it carried out the drone strike that killed Maj. Gen.…
Airport informants, overhead drones: How the US assassinates General Soleimani
NBC News | Ken Dilanian and Courtney Kube: The Americans were waiting for him. Armed with a tip from informants at the…
The sociology of reactions to Gen. Soleimani’s assassination
The Wall Street Journal – The most interesting thing about the letters on the conflict with Iran (“Next Steps for U.S. After…
US envoy says it seems Iran concluded response to Soleimani assassination
Reuters – U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook said on Friday it seems that Iran has concluded its retaliation for the…
Daesh terror group praises ‘allied’ US for assassinating Gen. Soleimani
Press TV – The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has hailed the recent assassination of Iran’s top military commander, Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani,…
US comes under fire at UN Security Council meeting for assassinating Gen. Soleimani
Press TV – Dozens of countries attending a UN Security Council meeting have used the forum to take a swipe at the…
The problem with complaining that ‘everyone’s an Iran expert now’
The Guardian | Tom Whyman: Sure, Twitter has a lot of ill-informed blowhards. But don’t dismiss on-the-ground voices and those who hold…
Confrontation in Congress looms over Iran conflict
The New York Times – A White House briefing angers many in Congress, including at least two Republicans. A classified briefing on…
In assassinating Soleimani, Trump’s only success is the uniting of a once divided Iran
Euronews | Massoud Shadjareh: The extrajudicial killing of Iranian official Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandis by US forces last…
Soleimani assassinating the latest in a long, grim line of US assassination efforts
The Guardian | Ed Pilkington: There has been no shortage of US attempts to remove foreign adversaries through highly dubious legal or…
Iran summons Brazil’s charge d’affaires over Soleimani comments
Press TV – Iran has summoned Brazil’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran after the government in Brasilia expressed support for the US assassination…
How did US drones find and target Qassem Soleimani in the first place?
TRT World – A US missile strike killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani late Thursday, escalating the Washington-Tehran stand-off and inflaming…
Muslims should unite after Iran commander’s assassinating: Malaysian PM
Reuters – Muslim countries should unite to protect themselves against external threats, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday after describing…
Iran will feel it must retaliate against US, say military analysts
The Guardian | Dan Sabbagh: Tehran likely to ‘seek revenge’ through proxy militias in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon Iran will feel it has…
Uproar and consequences mount for Trump after Soleimani assassinating
CNN | Stephen Collinson: The Trump administration is already in danger of losing control of the swift chain reaction and political storm…
As important as Qassem Soleimani was, Iran’s Quds Force will not fall apart after his assassinating
Independent | Bel Trew: It seemed too fantastical to be true when reports first swirled of the killing of Qassem Soleimani, the…
Iran’s military threat: The US can’t protect everything all the time
CNN | Brad Lendon: Iran’s vow to strike the US military in retaliation for the killing of its top general presents the…
US soldiers, officers will go home in coffins after Soleimani assassination: Nasrallah
Press TV – The secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has severely condemned the assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the…
Timeline: How the Iran crisis unfolded after Qassem Soleimani’s murder
Euronews with AP – In the early hours on Friday, 3 January, the US conducted an airstrike at Baghdad airport that killed…
US assassinating of Iran’s top commander unnerves allies, dims hopes Iran nuclear deal can be saved
The Washington Post | Loveday Morris and Michael Birnbaum: European leaders on Friday warned that the targeted killing of Iran’s top military commander…
Mideast stocks get a mauling as Soleimani assassinating raises tension
Bloomberg | Filipe Pacheco: The U.S. killing of Iran’s most senior military commander reverberated through Middle Eastern markets, sending stocks into retreat…
Boris Johnson’s silence on Soleimani assassination is ‘deafening’ say critics
The Guardian – Politicians attack the prime minister for not addressing the Middle East crisis from his holiday on Mustique Boris Johnson…
Pakistanis protest US assassination of Iran’s Soleimani
Press TV – Pakistanis take to the streets of Islamabad in a demonstration called by a student organization after an unprecedented US raid…
Hunt: US confrontation with Iran is ‘dangerous game of chicken’
The Guardian | Simon Murphy: Comments come as Foreign Office cautions against all but essential travel to Iraq and Iran Jeremy Hunt…
Majlis examines details of US assassination of Gen Soleimani
IRNA – National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) on Friday evening discussed different aspects of the US assassination…
Russian defense ministry highlights Solemaini’s contribution to combating ISIS in Syria
TASS – According to his statement, the killing of the commander will lead to an escalation of military-political tensions in the Middle…
Soleimani’s assassination unites Iranians
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Many Iranians were shocked to wake up to the news of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the chief…
Iranian media react to Quds Force chief assassination
Press TV – One day after the assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the dailies across the country reacted to the…
Targeted assassinating of Iranian General puts US at crossroads in Middle East
The Wall Street Journal | Michael R. Gordon, Nancy A. Youssef and Vivian Salama: The U.S. drone strike that killed the Iranian…
Qassem Soleimani: chants of ‘death to America’ at Baghdad funeral
The Guardian | Michael Safi: Thousands of mourners attend funeral procession for Iranian general killed in US airstrike Thousands of mourners have…
Shia Muslims of India’s Kashmir protest Soleimani assassination, vow ‘revenge’ on US & Israel
RT – The assassination of Iran’s elite Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad has sparked an angry reaction among Shia Muslims…
What Iran lost with Soleimani’s assassinating
Al-Monitor | Ali Hashem: The top military commander’s influence went beyond his military prowess, and will be something that no successor can…
After Soleimani, Iran will hit back hard – possibly on multiple fronts’
The Guardian | Simon Tisdall: Iran has military, covert and diplomatic options. And this new phase of the confrontation could quickly get…
Soleimani’s successor warns of harsh consequences in aftermath of IRGC commander’s assassinating by US
Sputnik – Esmail Ghaani was named the new head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ foreign operations branch, the Quds Force, shortly…
Iran will take harsh but not hasty revenge: Armed Forces spox
MNA – Spokesman of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi announced on Saturday that Iran will respond the US move…
Ansarallah slams assassination of IRGC commander
IRNA – Leader of Yemeni Ansarallah Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi in a message condemned US terrorist act to assassinate IRGC’S Quds Force Commander…