Four Years Ago, Trump Had No Clue Who Iran's Suleimani Was.  Now He May Have Kicked Off WWIII.  —  President Donald Trump makes a video call to the troops stationed worldwide at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 24, 2019.  —  Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

U.S. Strike in Iraq Kills Qassim Suleimani, Commander of Iranian Forces  —  Suleimani was planning attacks on Americans across the region, leading to an airstrike in Baghdad, the Pentagon statement said.  Iran's supreme leader called for vengeance.  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. …

Donald Trump's assassination of Qassem Suleimani will come back to haunt him  —  The Quds force leader had the status of national hero even among secular Iranians.  His death could act as a rallying cry  —  The US has assassinated Qassem Suleimani, the famed leader of Iran's Quds force …

Security Alert - U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq, January 3, 2020  —  Home الصفح ة الرئي سية |  Security Alert - U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq, January 3, 2020  —  Event: Due to heightened tensions in Iraq and the region …

Trump's Strike Has Drawn A Sharp Line Between The Democrats Running For President  —  The Democratic presidential candidates have split into an anti-war camp, led by Bernie Sanders, and a set of more nuanced responses to the killing of a key Iranian official, a rare and sharp contrast inside …

The Killing of Qassem Suleimani Is Tantamount to an Act of War  —  On orders from President Trump, the United States killed Major General Qassem Suleimani, the leader of Iran's élite Quds Force and the mastermind of its military operations across the Middle East, in an overnight air strike at Baghdad's International Airport.

Trump's Ground Game Against Iran  —  The assassination of Qassim Suleimani is a seismic event in the Middle East.  —  Mr. Doran is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and served in the departments of State and Defense, and on the National Security Council.

Trump: Only a ‘weak’ and ‘ineffective’ president would start a war with Iran  —  Trump's old comments are resurfacing after he ordered an attack on an Iranian leader that could spark more violent conflict in the Middle East.  —  Before the 2012 presidential election, when former President Barack Obama …

The U.S. takes a war footing against Iran after Soleimani strike  —  President Trump, after warning three days ago that Iran would pay “a very BIG PRICE,” authorized a drone strike at Baghdad International Airport that killed Iran's top general and second most powerful official, Qasem Soleimani.

Why oil could hit $80 even without a ‘full-blown’ U.S.-Iran war  —  It's always useful to have a sense of Middle Eastern history, as financial markets swirled following the news of the U.S. airstrike that killed a prominent Iranian general in Baghdad.  —  So let's go way back to...September …

Strait of Hormuz, the world's biggest oil chokepoint, in focus as U.S.-Iran tensions flare  —  The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway in the Middle East that marks the most sensitive transportation choke point for global oil supplies, was back in focus Friday after a U.S. airstrike killed …

Iran's Deadly Puppet Master  —  Gen. Stanley McChrystal explains exactly why Qassem Suleimani is so dangerous.  —  The decision not to act is often the hardest one to make—and it isn't always right.  In 2007, I watched a string of vehicles pass from Iran into northern Iraq.

Trump's Iran strike demands a serious response from Democrats  —  President Trump's decision to order the assassination of Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, a major escalation that could unleash all sorts of bloody and terrifying consequences, should prompt Democrats to do two things without delay.

Congressman Roe: “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to represent East Tennessee.”  —  f t # e  —  JOHNSON CITY, TENN.- Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after announcing he will retire at the end of the 116th Congress: