Israel braces for Iranian retaliation after Soleimani assassination
Israel’s defense minister summoned the country’s military and security chiefs to Tel Aviv on Friday in the wake of the U.S. air strike that killed senior Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.
Iraq’s Sadr mourns Soleimani, says followers ready to defend Iraq: statement
Populist Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr mourned on Friday the killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leaders in a U.S. air strike in Baghdad and said his militias were ready to defend Iraq.
Residents flee Australia’s alpine region as fires approach
The Australian village of Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains region has been evacuated and is under threat from fast-approaching fires that have razed bushland in the country’s east.
Soleimani was Iran’s celebrity soldier, spearhead in Middle East
Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the top commander of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, helped Iran fight proxy wars across the Middle East by inspiring militias on the battlefield and negotiating with political leaders.
U.S. kills top Iranian commander Soleimani in air strike
The United States killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Iran’s spreading military influence in the Middle East, in an air strike on Friday at Baghdad airport, the Pentagon and Iran said.
Atlantia’s motorway concession must be revoked: deputy minister
Atlantia’s motorway concession must be revoked and the Italian government will make the decision in the coming days, Italy’s Deputy Transport Minister Giancarlo Cancelleri said in an interview on Friday.
Rouhani says Iran more determined to resist U.S. after Soleimani’s death
Iran will be more determined to resist the United States, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday, in response to the killing of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, Iranian state television reported.
Iran will take a crushing revenge for assassination of Soleimani: official
Iran will take a crushing revenge for the assassination on Friday of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the top commander of the elite Quds Force, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami said, according to state news agency IRNA.
Iran summons Swiss envoy over assassination of Quds force chief Soleimani: TV
Iran protested on Friday to a Swiss envoy representing U.S. interests in Tehran over the assassination of the Iranian Quds force chief Qassem Soleimani, state television reported.
Greece, Israel and Cyprus call Turkey’s planned Libya deployment ‘dangerous escalation’
Turkey’s bill allowing troop deployment in Libya marks a dangerous escalation in the North African country’s civil war and severely threatens stability in the region, a joint statement by Greece, Israel and Cyprus said late on Thursday.
