(2024-01-04). Deadly Bombing in Iran Could Exacerbate "Shadow War" with U.S. & Israel: Historian Arash Azizi. democracynow.org 
Twin explosions in the Iranian province of Kerman killed dozens and injured hundreds Wednesday at a memorial for top Revolutionary Guards general Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike four years ago in Iraq. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but Iran has placed blame on Israel and the U.S, while U.S. officials and regional experts have suggested ISIS as the culprit. Our guest, Iranian historian Arash Azizi, discusses the potential sources of the attack, the scale of the tragedy — which occurred on Mother's Day in Iran and may count among its victims civilian…
(2024-01-04). US Drone Strike Kills Iraqi Militia Leader in Baghdad. news.antiwar.com A US drone strike in Baghdad killed a senior militia leader, marking another significant escalation that could lead to a full-blown regional war. The strike killed Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi, a deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) operations in Baghdad. The PMF is a coalition of mostly Shia Iraqi militias that are part of …
(2024-01-04). Iraq: Drone strike in Baghdad kills top Iran-backed militia official. middleeasteye.net 
Iraq: Drone strike in Baghdad kills top Iran-backed militia official | Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces accuse US of killing one of its senior members | Thu, 01/04/2024 – 11: 36 | Iraqi security forces stand guard near the site of the drone strike on 4 January 2024 (Reuters/Ahmed Saad) | A drone strike killed a senior
(2024-01-04). Tensions Rise Across the Middle East in Wake of Deadly Bombing in Iran. truthout.org Twin explosions in the Iranian province of Kerman killed dozens and injured hundreds Wednesday at a memorial for top Revolutionary Guards general Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike four years ago in Iraq. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but Iran has placed blame on Israel and the U.S, while U.S. officials and regional experts have suggested ISIS as… |
(2024-01-04). US Strike Kills Senior Commander of Iraq's Al-Nujaba Anti-terror Group. english.almanar.com.lb 
A US drone strike hit the headquarters of Iraq's Harakat Al-Nujaba paramilitary anti-terror group in eastern Baghdad, killing or injuring several operatives of the movement, including a senior commander. Al-Manar correspondent in Baghdad, reported that the group's senior commander Taleb Al-Saidi, known as 'Hajj Abu Taqwa' was among the martyrs in the strike which targeted …
(2024-01-04). Released cabinet papers on Iraq war support still not transparent. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-01-04). Over 100 Killed As Terror Attack Strikes Iran Near Soleimani's Tomb. popularresistance.org Two remote detonated bombs killed at least 103 people and wounded dozens in Iran on 3 January, the anniversary of the assassination of famed military commander Qassem Soleimani, Iranian media reported. | The dual explosions took place in Kerman, Soleimani's home province, during a ceremony near the cemetery where he was buried. Hundreds had gathered there to commemorate his death in a US drone strike on the airport road in Baghdad in 2020. | According to the correspondent for Tasnim News, the bombs detonated at different locations and minutes apart, while a large number of ambulances arrived at the places of the…
(2024-01-04). Germany considers bomb blasts in Iran as terrorism. plenglish.com "We remain deeply saddened by the high number of people killed in the explosions in Kerman, many of them children, and we condemn this act of terrorism," the German Foreign Ministry wrote in X. | The people of Iran deserve a future in peace and security, it added. | The blasts took place on a road leading to the cemetery where Qassem Soleimani, former head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, is buried. | At least 84 people were killed, according to Sayyed Mohammad Saberi, head of the city's Emergency Organization. | Soleimani was killed on Jan. 3, 2020, in a U.S. drone strike outside Baghdad ai…
(2024-01-04). US air strikes on Baghdad kill senior commander of Al-Nujaba anti-terror paramilitary group. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-01-04). Al-Manar correspondent: Al-Nujaba senior commander Abu Taqwa Al-Saidi martyred as US forces strike the group's headquarters in central Baghdad. english.almanar.com.lb