35 dead in stampede at funeral of Iran General Qasem Soleimani killed by US: Report
General Qasem Soleimani was killed along with eight others in a US airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump early on Friday.
General Qasem Soleimani was killed along with eight others in a US airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump early on Friday.
The NATO mission run by Canadian General Jennie Carignan is reportedly a "non-combat, advisory and training" mission
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a statement on Friday said 'the increase in tension has alarmed the world adding that peace, stability and security in this region are of utmost importance to India'.
Trump said, at his direction, the United States military successfully executed a flawless precision strike that killed the 'number one terrorist' anywhere in the world.
General Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were among the eight killed in US airstrike at Baghdad airport.
The White House in a statement said that at the direction of Trump, the US military took a 'decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad' by killing Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The statement assessed that 17 terrorists were killed in the airstrike, causing no civilians casualties.
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