Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, condemns the US-Iranian military confrontation taking place on Iraqi soil, saying it risked plunging the war-ravaged country and the wider Middle East into deeper conflict.
Iran says it launched a missile attack on US-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for the US drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing has raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East.
At least 56 people are killed in a stampede in Iran as tens of thousands of mourners pack streets for the funeral of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani whose killing has plunged the Middle East into a new crisis and sparked fears of a wider war.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians throng Tehran's streets for the funeral of military commander Qassem Soleimani, killed by a US drone strike, and his successor promises to drive US forces out of the region in revenge.
Oil prices rise over 1% on Monday, pushing Brent above $70 a barrel, as rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq fanned tensions in the Middle East after a US air strike which killed a top Iranian military commander.
Iran condemns Donald Trump as a “terrorist in a suit” after the US president threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites hard if Tehran attacks Americans or US assets in retaliation for the killing of military commander Qassem Soleimani.
Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, condemns the US-Iranian military confrontation taking place on Iraqi soil, saying it risked plunging the war-ravaged country and the wider Middle East into deeper conflict.
Iran says it launched a missile attack on US-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for the US drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing has raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East.
At least 56 people are killed in a stampede in Iran as tens of thousands of mourners pack streets for the funeral of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani whose killing has plunged the Middle East into a new crisis and sparked fears of a wider war.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians throng Tehran's streets for the funeral of military commander Qassem Soleimani, killed by a US drone strike, and his successor promises to drive US forces out of the region in revenge.
Oil prices rise over 1% on Monday, pushing Brent above $70 a barrel, as rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq fanned tensions in the Middle East after a US air strike which killed a top Iranian military commander.
Iran condemns Donald Trump as a “terrorist in a suit” after the US president threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites hard if Tehran attacks Americans or US assets in retaliation for the killing of military commander Qassem Soleimani.