Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has condemned US assassination of IRGC Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani, warning of devastating consequences for Iraq as senior Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr put all his forces on alert.

Secretary General of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah Seyed Hassan Nasrallah said that resistance forces across the world bear responsibility of punishing those behind the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani.

Different Iraqi popular forces and political parties strongly condemned the US assassination of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and deputy commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), or Hashad al-Shabi Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has strongly condemned the deadly American air raids that targeted the positions of Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi forces, saying Washington is in fact taking revenge on the popular forces because of the key role they played in defeating the Daesh terror group.

A senior Israeli general says allegations by the regime’s officials about the possibility of a military strike against Iran are empty and Tel Aviv is in no position to launch a preemptive strike on the Islamic Republic.

The recent protests at the US embassy/city-state/Superman fortress of solitude in Iraq undoubtedly served notice of what the 2020s will bring for Iraq: freedom from three decades of US domination and terrorism.

Bangladesh’s ambassador to Iran says his country is providing the Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar with basic needs and other types of assistance, Press TV reports.

US troops with the 82nd Airborne Division have arrived in Kuwait as part of the Immediate Response Force, the US Department of Defense announces.