Iran Soleimani killing: US denies Iraq pullout amid letter confusion
(UTV|TEHRAN) – US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has denied US troops are pulling out of Iraq, after a letter from a US general there suggested...
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US ’targeting’ 52 Iranian sites if Tehran attacks
(UTV|TEHRAN) – President Trump has warned the US is “targeting” 52 Iranian sites and will strike “very fast and very hard” if Tehran attacks Americans...
Oil prices jump after top Iranian general killed by US
(UTV|IRAQ) – Oil prices have risen sharply after the killing of a top Iranian general in Iraq. Analysts warned the action could escalate tensions in...
Qasem Soleimani: US kills top Iranian general in Baghdad air strike
(UTV|Iraq) – Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year old spearheaded Iranian...
US Baghdad embassy attacked by protesters angry at air strikes
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Protesters angered by recent deadly US air strikes targeting an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia have attacked the US embassy compound in Baghdad. US troops...
Kataib Hezbollah: Iraqis protest outside US Baghdad embassy
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Thousands of people have gathered outside the US embassy in Baghdad to protest against recent US air strikes on an Iran-backed Iraqi militia....
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: US releases first images of raid on compound – [VIDEO]
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The US military has published the first footage of the raid in northern Syria in which the leader of the Islamic State (IS)...
Syria demands withdrawal of US, Turkish forces, warns of countermeasures
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem on Saturday demanded an immediate withdrawal of all US and Turkish troops from his country and warned that Syrian...
Iran warns foreign forces to stay out of Gulf, amid new US deployment
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Iran’s president has warned that foreign forces are threatening the security of the Gulf, after the US said it was deploying troops to the...
Saudi Arabia oil attacks: US to send troops to Saudi Arabia
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The US has announced plans to send forces to Saudi Arabia in the wake of attacks against the country’s oil infrastructure. Secretary of Defence...