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Qasem Soleimani

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Top of The World
Hong Kong convicts first person under national security law
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Top of The World
England to enter third lockdown; Mexico approves Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine; Saudi Arabia ends embargo with Qatar
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Foreign policy
In Iran, all eyes are on US election’s impact on sanctions, security
Rubble and exposed I-beams are shown after the Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq was bombed.
Conflict
More than 100 US troops diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran attack
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin take questions as they announce new sanctions on Iran in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 10, 2020.
Foreign policy
Analysis: Iran-US relationship still precarious with no clear US strategy in sight
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Nuclear
Fearing nuclear proliferation, Europe scrambles to calm Iran tensions
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Military
Trump wants NATO more involved in the Middle East. What does Europe want?
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Conflict
‘Neither the United States nor Iran wants to go to war,’ says former ambassador
US President Donald Trump is shown speaking from a podium wearing a dark suit and red tie.
Conflict
Trump says no casualties in Iran attacks, does not want to use more force
Iraqi flags wave behind a group of men in parliament
Conflict
Iraqi MP calls for peace ‘without using Iraq against Iran’
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Conflict & Justice
Escalating conflict with Iran: What’s happening?
Three leaders of Iraq's paliament are shown sitting at the front of a large room with other lawmakers.
Conflict
Iraq wants foreign troops out after airstrike
Gen. General David Petraeus, commander of the international security assistance force and commander of US Forces in Afghanistan, testifies at a Senate Armed Services committee hearing on the situation in Afghanistan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Military
Gen. Petraeus on Qasem Soleimani’s killing: ‘It’s impossible to overstate the significance’
Major General Qassem Suleimani, who heads the Quds Brigade in Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Conflict
Meet the most powerful man in the Middle East you’ve probably never heard of
Shiite fighters fire a rocket during clashes with ISIS militants in Iraq's Salahuddin province on March 1, 2015. Thousands of Iraqi soldiers and Shiite militiamen sought to seal off ISIS in Tikrit and nearby towns.
Conflict
The US is sitting out Iraq’s big battle in Tikrit — but Iran isn’t
Global Scan
Will the Pentagon’s next war be 3-D printed?