President Trump’s decision to order an airstrike that killed a powerful Iranian military leader on Iraqi soil reverberated through the Middle East on Friday, as Tehran vowed revenge, its allies in Iraq pressed to expel U.S. forces and the U.S. said it would deploy some 3,500 more troops to the region. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned that a “hard revenge awaits criminals” for the death of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Mr. Trump said that the U.S. drone strike aimed to disrupt plans for imminent attacks...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 03, 2020 13:36 UTC