Iraq wants foreign troops out after air strike; US urges leaders to reconsider
Reuters Iraq’s parliament called on Sunday for US and other foreign troops to leave amid a growing backlash against the US killing of a top Iranian military commander that has heightened fears of a wider Middle East conflict. In a war of words between Iran and the United States, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo […]
US says it killed top Iranian commander Soleimani in air strike
Updated: 4.30pmBaghdad, IraqReuters The United States killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Iran’s spreading military influence in the Middle East, on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport, the Pentagon and Iran said. Top Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to Soleimani, was also […]