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January 3, 2020

Airstrike kills 5 members of Iran-backed militia, Iraq official says

An airstrike Friday hit two cars carrying members of an Iran-backed militia north of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, killing five members, an Iraqi official told The Associated Press.

January 3, 2020

Marie Harf: Soleimani killing is most 'consequential decision' by US in Middle East since Iraq War

"Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host Pete Hegseth and Democratic strategist Marie Harf sparred Friday over the Trump administration's decision to kill Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, with Harf calling the action the most "consequential decision" since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

January 3, 2020

Gregg Jarrett: In ordering Soleimani killing, Trump acting correctly, decisively and constitutionally

President Trump did not need congressional permission to order an attack that killed Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani.

January 3, 2020

Security upgraded at Capitol after Soleimani drone strike, sources say

Security has been upgraded at the Capitol after the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and prompted vows of retaliation from Iran.

January 3, 2020

Johnny ‘Joey’ Jones: Soleimani strike and Iran – A warfighter’s view

As a retired Marine who lost both legs and suffered other serious injuries fighting in Afghanistan, I want to be supportive of our commander in chief for his decision to order the killing Friday of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq.

January 3, 2020

Biden questions decision to kill Soleimani: 'I pray that Trump listened to his commanders'

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday ripped President Trump’s decision to authorize an airstrike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani -- the commander of Iran's secretive Quds Force and one of the country's most powerful figures -- asking if the administration is prepared for what could come next amid retaliatory threats.

January 3, 2020

After Soleimani: Celebrations, cyber-attacks and threats to kick US troops out of Iraq

“Things are moving very fast, but the leaders want the U.S. troops out now,” one high-ranking official who was not authorized to speak on the record told Fox News.

January 3, 2020

Trump says Soleimani was planning 'imminent and sinister attacks' in first public remarks since US airstrike

President Trump accused Iranian military general Qassem Soleimani of planning “imminent and sinister attacks” in his first televised remarks since the deadly airstrike that killed the general in Baghdad.

January 3, 2020

Iranian activist Masih Alinejad: The people of Iran did not mourn Qassem Soleimani's death

Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad told Fox News Friday that the people of Iran did not mourn the death of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

January 3, 2020

US to send 3,000 more troops to Middle East following Soleimani death: officials

The 82nd Airborne Division’s brigade – put on alert Friday – will be deploying to Kuwait, two U.S. defense officials tell Fox News.