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US to deploy thousands of additional troops to Middle East following Solei
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): The United States will deploy thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, amid rising tensions with Iran, following airstrikes that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, informed a US defence official.
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Michael Pompeo speaks to Pak Chief of Staff Bajwa over Qassem's killing in
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo spoke to Pakistan's Chief of Staff Qamar Bajwa over "US defensive action to kill Qassem Soleimani" to protect American interest in the region.
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Netanyahu supports Trump after Iran's Soleimani killed in US airstrike
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Jan 4 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday came out in the support of Trump administration for carrying out the strike near Baghdad's international airport which led to the killing of Iran's elite IRGC Qassem Soleimani, saying that "The US has the rig
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Pakistan miffed with US over action on Iran, says 'important to avoid unil
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 3 (ANI): Miffed with United States over its airstrike that killed Iran's elite Quds Force chief General Qassem Soleimani, Pakistan on Friday said it is important for the countries to avoid "unilateral actions" and "use of force" and adhere to the fundamental princip
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Vital that situation doesn't escalate further: India advocates restraint a
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Hours after a US airstrike near Baghdad international airport killed Iran's elite Quds Force chief General Qassem Soleimani, India on Friday called for restraint, saying that it is vital that the situation does not escalate further.
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Iran's Khamenei appoints Soleimani's deputy as head of Quds Force
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 3 (ANI): Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday appointed Deputy Commander of the Quds Force Esmail Ghaani as the head of the unit after Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike earlier today in Baghdad, local media reported.
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Oil prices jump in Asian trading market following Soleimani's death
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong [Asia], Jan 03 (ANI): Oil prices in the Asian trading market have jumped after media reported that the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani, was killed in a US airstrike near Baghdad's international airport.
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Iran's Quds Force chief Qassim Soleimani among 7 killed in US airstrike at
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 3 (ANI): The head of Iran's elite Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani, has been killed alongside six others following a US airstrike at Baghdad's international airport on Thursday, reported Al Jazeera.
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Michael Pompeo postpones Ukraine visit after attack on US embassy in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 2 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Wednesday postponed his visit to Ukraine, after its embassy in Iraq was besieged by Shiite protesters following airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
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Baghdad embassy attack: US will protect and defend its people, says Michae
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Jan 1 (ANI): Amid US embassy siege in Baghdad, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday held telephonic conversations with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and President Barham Salih separately, saying that the United States will protect and defend its people in Iraq.
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Hundreds of protestors storm US Embassy in Baghdad following airstrikes
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 31 (ANI): Hundreds of protestors stormed the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in a demonstration against the American airstrikes that had killed two dozen members of an Iran-backed militia group in Iraq and Syria over the weekend.
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Airstrikes kill 11 Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan's Kandahar province
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Shorabak [Afghanistan], Dec 31 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 11 Taliban terrorists have been killed in the Shorabak district of the southeastern Afghan province of Kandahar after a series of airstrikes targeted militant strongholds, the Afghan National Army's 205th Corps said in a statement on
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