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Body of slain general Qasem Soleimani returned to Iran
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 5 (ANI): The body of Iran's elite Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani -- who was killed in a US airstrike earlier this week -- was returned to Iran on Sunday, country's state-run IRIB news agency reported.
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If Iran strikes American assets, US will hit 52 Iranian sites, warns Trump
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Sunday has warned Iran saying if it strikes any Americans or American assets, the US has "targeted 52 Iranian sites" and it "will be hit very fast and very hard."
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UK to deploy warships to Strait of Hormuz amid tensions over US strike
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The United Kingdom said it will send two warships to the Strait of Hormuz to ensure the safety of UK vessels and citizens amid rising tensions in the Middle East in the wake of the killing of a top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani by the United Sta
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Protests across US following air raid in Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): A flurry of protest have started across the United States following Friday's airstrike which killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani and seven others.
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May attack Iraq's military bases used by US forces, warns Kataib Hezbollah
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Jan 5 (Sputnik/ANI): Kataib Hezbollah, Iraqi Shia militias within the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces, threatens to launch attacks on military bases used by the US forces in Iraq starting Sunday evening, according to a statement by the group's command.
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Multiple rockets launched in Baghdad's Al-Jadiriya, Balad Airbase
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 5 (ANI): Multiple rockets were launched in Baghdad's Al-Jadiriya area and outside Balad Airbase here on Sunday, informed Iraqi Army official.
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Soleimani responsible for killing at least 603 US personnel, says US State
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): US Department of State on Saturday announced that the slain IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani was responsible for killing at least 603 US service members and for killing thousands more in Iraq.
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Iran, Qatar Foreign Ministers hold talks over regional issues after killin
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 4 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani held talks over the regional issues here on Saturday.
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Airstrike on Iraqi Shia militia in northern Baghdad kills at least five pe
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 4 (Sputnik/ANI): At least five people were killed on Saturday by an airstrike on a vehicle convoy of Iraq's Shia Popular Mobilization Forces in northern Baghdad, a source in security forces told Sputnik.
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US to deploy thousands of additional troops to Middle East following Solei
Updated : 6 years, 2 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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Iran's Khamenei appoints Soleimani's deputy as head of Quds Force
Updated : 6 years, 2 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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China, Russia, Syria condemn US strike that killed Soleimani
Updated : 6 years, 2 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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