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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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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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Ahead of Delhi polls, Smriti Irani seeks suggestions from citizens for par
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday sought suggestions for the party's manifesto from the people of the national capital.
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Kota infant deaths: No attention was paid by Rajasthan govt, says Smriti I
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): In the wake of deaths of over 100 infants in a government-run hospital in Kota, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday said this shows "no attention was paid by the Rajasthan government" towards the issue despite reports of so many deaths.
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China, Russia, Syria condemn US strike that killed Soleimani
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing/Moscow [China/Russia], Jan 3 (ANI): China, Russia and Syria on Friday condemned the US strike in Iraq that killed Iran's elite Quds Force chief, General Qasem Soleimani.
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US ready for pre-emptive action against Iran's 'bad behaviour': Pentagon C
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 3 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States is ready to take pre-emptive action if needed to defend its personnel, allies and interests in the Middle East against Iranian bad behaviour, Secretary of Defence Mark Esper said in an interview on Thursday.
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Iran: 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits province of Khorasan-e Razavi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 02 (Sputnik/ANI): A 5.8 magnitude earthquake jolted the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan-e Razavi on Thursday, the Iranian Seismological Center said.
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Our mission is to make Iran behave like normal nation: Pompeo
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 31 (ANI): Hours after US forces conducted strikes in Iraq and Syria against facilities linked to Iranian- backed Shia militia group, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said that US mission is "to make Tehran behave like a normal nation."
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Strikes by US in Iraq, Syria an act of terrorism: Iran
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Dec 30 (ANI): Iran on Monday said that strikes by the United States against five targets of Iranian backed paramilitary groups in Iraq and Syria are an act of terrorism.
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Trump briefed on 'successful' strikes on Kataib Hezbollah in Syria, Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): US President Donald Trump was on Sunday briefed about the airstrikes against facilities linked to an Iranian-backed Shia militia group in Syria and Iraq by top American security advisors and said that the operation was a total success.
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US strikes target 5 facilities linked to Iranian-backed Shia militia in Ir
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): US forces conducted strikes in Iraq and Syria against five facilities linked to an Iranian-backed Shia militia group, which has been blamed for a series of attacks on a joint US-Iraq military facilities housing American troops, Pentagon said on Sunday.
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