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A security camera video, purporting to show the US airstrike that killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and several leaders of the Iraqi PMF outside the Baghdad airport, has surfaced online. The 11-second clip, first posted by the Iraqi TV station Ahad, shows an explosion ripping through the parking lot …

Iran reserves the right to avenge the US’ killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani, with dozens of potential targets already on the list, a senior commander within the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says. “Vital American targets in the region have been identified by Iran a long time ago,” …

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani urges a peaceful solution to ease tensions and restore peace to the region following the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), in a US airstrike in the Iraqi capital, …

he Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate, who deployed to Iraq during her service with the US Army National Guard, has repeatedly warned that a conflict with Iran would be “far more devastating” to the US than its Iraq campaign. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has issued a series of statements slamming …

Baghdad has limited the actions of the US military in Iraq, military spokesman Abdel Karim Khalaf said on Saturday, following a drone attack that claimed the lives of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of an Iraqi PMF. “After the recent events that have taken place, …

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has condemned the US assassination of IRGC Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani, warning of devastating consequences for Iraq as senior cleric Muqtada al-Sadr put all his forces on alert. The United States confirmed early on Friday that its forces had assassinated Gen. Soleimani and …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says those who assassinated IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani must await tough revenge. In a statement on Friday, Ayatollah Khamenei said the “cruelest people on earth” assassinated the “honorable” commander who “courageously fought for years against the evils …

Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), have been killed in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The IRGC announced in a statement on Friday morning that …

PMF (Hashed al-Sha’abi) leaders have ordered their supporters to leave the heavily fortified US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, as American troops reinforced the besieged facility. footage (from Ruptly) showed protesters with Hezbollah flags withdrawing en masse in their vehicles. It was not immediately clear from the video how many …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ali Khamenei has strongly condemned the deadly American air raids that targeted the positions of Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi forces, saying Washington is, in fact, taking revenge on the popular forces because of the key role they played in defeating the Daesh terror group. “You are …

Iraqi leaders guaranteed the safety of American personnel and property on Tuesday in a telephone call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the State Department said after protesters attacked the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Pompeo spoke with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and President Barham Salih separately from his office in …

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi warned on Tuesday against any aggression towards foreign embassies and representations in Baghdad, asking protesters outside the U.S. embassy to leave. Thousands of people have gathered in front of the U.S. embassy to condemn Sunday’s U.S. airstrikes in Iraq. ِAbdul Mahdi, who as caretaker …

The United States’ Embassy in Baghdad has been evacuated after thousands of angry Iraqi demonstrators gathered outside the gates of the compound to condemn Washington’s fatal military aggression that targeted Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). Also on Tuesday, Iraqis held a massive funeral procession in the capital Baghdad for the …

Former US Vice-President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden have said he would not testify in the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Biden said on Friday that he would not comply with a Senate subpoena to testify because it would take the focus off Trump. Trump’s tactic is to “take …

Russian military police have taken control of a base near Syria’s northern city of Raqqah only a few days after US servicemen left the site, which lies in a strategic area at a crossroads linking the strategic city with the central and northern regions of the war-ravaged country. Russia’s state-run …

Germans perceive US President Donald Trump as a greater threat to world peace than other top world leaders, according to a new survey from YouGov. The poll, commissioned by German news agency DPA, found that 41 percent of Germans feel Trump is the most dangerous of five globally important leaders, …

U.S. shoppers spent more online during this year’s holiday shopping season, a report by Mastercard Inc showed on Wednesday, with e-commerce sales hitting a record high. The holiday shopping season is a crucial period for retailers and can account for up to 40% of annual sales. But this year, Thanksgiving, …

Diabetes medications and blood-test supplies are sold, traded and donated on black markets because the U.S. healthcare system isn’t meeting patients’ needs, a study shows. In a survey, about half of the people who participated in these underground exchanges said they do it because they lack access to the proper …

China is in close touch with the United States on signing a Phase 1 trade deal, the country’s commerce ministry said on Thursday, adding that both sides are still going through necessary procedures before the signing. Gao Feng, a commerce ministry spokesman, made the comments to reporters at a regular …

China says it is to dispatch a guided-missile destroyer to the joint naval drills with Iran and Russia — which are to be held to hone the trio’s maritime security and anti-piracy prowess but are also interpreted as a show of their close alliance. Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian announced …