A US strike killed top Iranian commander General Qassem Suleimani and the deputy head of Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi military force at Baghdad’s airport early Friday. “The deputy head of the Hashed, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and head of the Quds Force, General Qassem Suleimani, were martyred in a US strike that ...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thanked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his condemnation of Tuesday’s attack on the US Embassy in Iraq, as well as the latter’s “unwavering commitment” to counter Iran’s “malign” influence in the region. In a late Wednesday call “the Secretary and Prime Minister reaffirmed ...