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

Trump Thinks Attacking Iran Will Get Him Reelected.  He's Wrong.  —  Beginning in 2011, and continuing through the next year, Donald Trump began obsessively predicting that President Obama would start a war with Iran in order to be reelected.  Trump stated it publicly, on at least a half-dozen occasions …

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 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 …

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 …

Killing Soleimani Was Worse Than a Crime  —  There was a case for killing Major General Qassem Soleimani.  For two decades, as the commander of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, he executed Iran's long game of strategic depth in the Middle East—arming and guiding proxy militias in Lebanon …

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 …

Iran Options Seem Narrow as It Seeks to Avenge Slain General  — Supreme leader has vowed to retaliate against U.S. killing  — Tehran can't risk all-out war, according to strategists  —  Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei threatened “severe retaliation” against the U.S …

Soleimani posted memes antagonizing Trump on social media  —  Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq early Friday, wasn't just an infamous terrorist organizer and one of the regime's most powerful officials — he was also one of President Trump's social media antagonists.

Iranian General Traveled With Impunity, Until U.S. Drones Found Him  —  President Trump's decision to kill General Suleimani was one that his predecessors had rejected, fearing it would lead to war.  —  WASHINGTON — One night in January 2007, American Special Operations commandos tracked …

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.

“There will be dead Americans” as a result of Iran general being killed, ex-CIA deputy director says  —  The targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani, one of Iran's top military leaders, has escalated tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with Iran vowing revenge.

Why the Death of an Iranian Commander Won't Mean World War III  —  After years of striding across the Middle East seemingly in command of the region, General Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran's Quds Brigade, was finally killed by American airstrikes early Friday morning.