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File photo of Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq which was targeted by Iran in response to the US assassination of its top general Qassem Soleimani. (AP)West Asia
Iran: -'We took and concluded proportionate-' action

Foreign Minister Zarif says ‘we do not seek escalation or war’

8 Jan 2020 9:13 AM IST

The attack came in three waves just after midnight, the sources said. (Photo: AFP)West Asia
Iran launches missiles on Iraq base housing US troops

It said the missiles were in response to a US strike last week that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.

8 Jan 2020 9:04 AM IST

This still image from an Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting video shot on January 8, 2020, allegedly shows rockets launched from Iran against the US military base in Ein-al Asad in Iraq. Iran fired \more than a dozen\ ballistic missiles on January 7, 2020, against two airbases in Iraq where US and coalition forces are based, the Pentagon said. (AFP)West Asia
Iran strikes back at US with missile attack on bases in Iraq

Series of ballistic missiles fired at two Iraqi bases housing US troops

8 Jan 2020 8:56 AM IST

US aviation authority has banned the countrys civilian airlines from flying over the Middle East. (AP)West Asia
FAA bans US civil flights over Gulf, Iraq, Iran

Federal Aviation Administration closely monitoring events in the Middle East

8 Jan 2020 8:02 AM IST

In this Jan. 1, 2020 photo, U.S. Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne board a C-17 aircraft at Fort Bragg to be deployed to the Middle East. (AP)West Asia
US prepares for Iranian -'tit-for-tat-' strike

US intelligence notes signs of heightened military readiness by Iran, and a possible hit on the life of an American...

7 Jan 2020 5:34 PM IST

A procession in Tehran on Monday drew over 1 million people in the Iranian capital, crowding both main thoroughfares and side streets in Tehran. (Photo: AP)West Asia
35 killed, 48 injured in Iran as stampede erupts at Soleimani-'s...

The TV says the stampede erupted in Kerman, the hometown of Gen. Qassem Soleimani where the procession was underway on...

7 Jan 2020 3:28 PM IST

Members of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force step on a makeshift US flag with a caricature of President Donald Trump during the funeral procession of Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (poster left) and Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani (poster right) in Baghdad. (Photo: AFP)West Asia
-'State sponsor of terrorism-': Iran to US after killing of Soleimani

All US forces and employees of the Pentagon, agents and commanders who ordered the -'martyrdom-' of Soleimani were...

7 Jan 2020 3:03 PM IST

Iranian mourners gather for the burial of slain top general Qasem Soleimani in his hometown Kerman on January 7, 2020. (AFP)West Asia
We can do it too: Iran parliament designates US forces in Iraq as...

The move matches ruse under which the US assassinated Qassem Soleimani

7 Jan 2020 1:09 PM IST

An image grab from an Iran Press video shows Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) weeping as he recites a prayer in front of the coffin of slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani duing a funeral procession in the capital Tehran on January 6, 2020. (AFP)West Asia
So what made Ayatollah Khamenei weep?

The usually reserved spiritual leader of Iran wept at the funeral of his favourite general, with whom he shared a...

6 Jan 2020 8:17 PM IST

Coffins of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades who were killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike, are carried on a truck surrounded by mourners during a funeral procession, in the city of Mashhad, Iran, on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (AP)West Asia
Iran abandons nuclear limits after US killing

Tehran’s frees itself from any previous commitments against developing an atomic bomb

6 Jan 2020 8:25 AM IST

In this image released by the US Defense Department, equipment assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division is loaded into aircraft bound for the US Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg. - Thousands more US troops were ordered to the Middle East after the US assassinated Irans military mastermind and Tehran promised \severe revenge.\ (AFP)West Asia
Iraq parliament votes to expel US military

Lawmakers in Baghdad vote to get the US to withdraw 5000 troops from Iraq

5 Jan 2020 9:11 PM IST

An Iraqi woman attends the funeral of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani (portrait) and nine others in Baghdad on January 4, 2020. Thousands of Iraqis chanting \Death to America\ joined the funeral procession for Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, both killed in a US air strike. (AFP)West Asia
-'US didnt consult us before attack on Iranian general-': Saudi...

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, both allies of Washington, are also vulnerable to Iranian counter strikes,...

5 Jan 2020 5:12 PM IST

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