New York: A media report that US President Donald Trump had authorised the killing of Iranian military leader Qassim Soleimani seven months ago could undermine his claims that the US action was precipitated by imminent threats to US embassies. Trump’s approval to kill him was given seven months ago, “if Iran’s increased aggression resulted in […]
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India asks citizens to avoid travel to Iraq
New Delhi: India on Wednesday issued an advisory for Indian nationals asking them to avoid travelling to Iraq for now. The advisory came soon after Iran claimed to have attacked two US military bases in Iraq, in retaliation to the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qasem Soleimani in an American drone attack on […]
Iran hits US airbases in Iraq in response to Soleimani’s death
Tehran/Baghdad: Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that it launched a missile attack on the US airbase of Ain al-Asad in Iraq in retaliation against the death of Major General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in an American drone attack on January 3. “Tens of surface-to-surface missiles,” were fired at the strategic […]
Soleimani’s killing divides Sunni-Shia world
New Delhi: As much as the troika of Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan has been portraying itself as the champion of Islam and the Muslim world, the killing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qasem Soleimani has exposed the historic Shia-Sunni sectarian faultline once again. Though the general population among Sunnis, who constitute around […]
35 killed in stampede during Soleimani’s funeral procession
Kerman (Iran): At least 35 mourners were killed on Tuesday in a stampede during a funeral procession for Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani in his hometown of Kerman, where he will be laid to rest later in the day, according to state media. Besides the 35 victims, Iranian state TV also confirmed that 48 others […]
US-led coalition, Iraqi military deny fresh airstrike in Baghdad
Baghdad: The US-led coalition and the Iraqi military on Saturday denied any fresh airstrike north of Baghdad, after it was reported that a convoy of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) or the Hashd Shaabi was attacked. “The coalition did not conduct airstrikes near Camp Taji in recent days,” Xinhua news agency reported citing the coalition […]
Twitter abuzz after US air strike kills Iranian General
Washington: Reacting to the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, head of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, in a US air strike, Twitterati went into an overdrive, with users praising US president Donald Trump as well as posting funny comments and memes. Pentagon confirmed that an air strike following directions from Trump, killed Soleimani near […]
Could Iranian commander Gen. Soleimani’s killing rebound on Trump?
New Delhi: General Qasem Soleimani, the once reclusive head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) elite Quds Force who in the past directed inumerable covert operations abroad, has finally emerged in the global limelight following his death in a US airstrike ordered by American President Donald Trump. Solemani was a major figure in the […]