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07 January, 2020 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: The United States has no plans to pull out militarily from Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Pentagon reporters on Monday, following reports of a US military letter about preparations for a withdrawal. “There’s been no decision whatsoever to leave Iraq,” Esper said, when asked about …

06 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN: Funeral processions to honour Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander who was assassinated last week in an air raid by the United States in Baghdad, are underway in Iran. Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was martyred along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the …

06 January, 2020 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: President Trump has threatened severe sanctions against Iraq after its parliament called on US troops to leave the country. “We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for …

06 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran has put an $80million bounty on the head of Donald Trump as it vowed to attack the White House. The chilling announcement was broadcast live as millions of Iranians to the streets for the televised funeral of assassinated General …

06 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIRUT/ BAGHDAD/ DAMASCUS: Hassan Nasrallah, the Chief of Hezbollah has promised to target US forces in the region in retaliation for the martyrdom of top Iranian and Iraqi commanders in a United States (US) drone attack earlier this week. On Friday, Qassem Soleimani, the …

06 January, 2020 TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ WASHINGTON: Iran has declared that it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal. In a statement, it said it would no longer observe limitations on its capacity for enrichment, the level of enrichment, the stock of enriched …

05 January, 2020 BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN: Iraqi parliament has passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country after the US martyred top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike at Baghdad airport last week. Parliament also called for a formal complaint to be made at the UN …

05 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ DAMASCUS: Hundreds of thousands of mourners have taken to the streets in Iran to receive home the remains of Qasem Soleimani, the general killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad last week. In Avhaz, mourners beat their chests and …

05 January, 2020 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: President Trump has warned the US is “targeting” 52 Iranian sites and will strike “very fast and very hard” if Tehran attacks Americans or US assets. His comments followed the US assassination of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general, in a drone strike. Iran has …

04 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Thousands of mourners gathered Saturday for a funeral procession through Baghdad for Iran’s top general and Iraqi militant leaders killed in a US airstrike that has caused regional tensions to soar. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite …