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Trump says US does not seek war, regime change in Iran
Date: 2020-01-03 22:16:44 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:49 - ID:8254876
WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Friday his country does not seek "regime change" in Iran, less than a day after the US launched an airstrike that killed the country's top general, Qasem Soleimani, CNBC reported. But the ....
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Senior US official: Soleimani planned to attack US facilities in various countries
Date: 2020-01-03 20:45:24 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:8254688
WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (MENA) - Head of Iran's elite Quds Force Qassem Soleimani, killed in a US strike in Iraq on Friday, was planning an imminent attack on US facilities and workers in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and other countries, a senior US official on ....
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Pompeo to Lavrov: US remains committed to de-escalation with Iran
Date: 2020-01-03 20:20:01 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:8254739
MOSCOW, Jan 3 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the situation around Iran in the wake of the US air strike in the area of the Baghdad airport, which killed Iran's Quds Force commander ....
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US deploys 3,500 more troops to Middle East
Date: 2020-01-03 20:18:29 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8254796
WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (MENA) - The Pentagon is deploying roughly 3,500 more troops to the Middle East in response to rising tensions in the region with Iran and one day after a US airstrike killed a top Iranian military commander. The soldiers from ....
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Germany warns of "dangerous escalation" after Soleimani killing
Date: 2020-01-03 18:27:58 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8254700
BERLIN, Jan 3 (MENA) - Germany on Friday warned of what it called a "dangerous escalation point", after the killing of Iran Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in a US airstrike near Baghdad airport, Euronews reported. German government spokeswoman ....
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UN Secretary General concerned by recent escalation in the Gulf, calls for maximum restraint
Date: 2020-01-03 15:45:25 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8254597
NEW YORK, Jan 3 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned by the recent rise in tensions in the Middle East, where the United States killed top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani following violent protests at its ....
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UN official: Soleimani's killing violated international human rights law
Date: 2020-01-03 15:31:26 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:8254577
NEW YORK, Jan 3 (MENA) - Agnès Callamard, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, said that US President Donald Trump-approved drone strike against Qassim Soleimani, Iran’s top general, violated international human rights ....
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Trump tweets after US kills Iranian general: ‘He should have been taken out many years ago!’
Date: 2020-01-03 14:41:40 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8254512
WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump tweeted his first statement responding to American forces’ killing of the top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, saying "He should have been taken out many years ago!" Trump tweeted that ....
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UK opposition leader warns of escalation in Mideast after killing Iranian general
Date: 2020-01-03 13:14:20 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8254331
LONDON, Jan 3 (MENA) – Outgoing Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn urged Friday the UK to stand up to the "belligerent" US after the assassination of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the Mirror reported. Corbyn said there must be restraint on both ....
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Pompeo says US committed to de-escalation after killing Soleimani
Date: 2020-01-03 13:06:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8254333
WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (MENA) - Washington is committed to "de-escalation" after a US air strike in Baghdad killed Qassem Soleimani, the architect of Iran’s growing military influence in the Middle East, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on ....
