A senior Trump administration official said the general had been planning imminent attacks on US personnel across the Middle East. The attack, which also killed a top Iraqi militia commander and adviser to Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, divided Iraqi opinion. State TV reported that it was carried by the United States. Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said with Friday’s attack Washington had breached Iraq’s sovereignty and violated a deal for keeping US troops there. ‘Sorry for our loss’President Hassan Rouhani said the killing would stiffen Iran’s resistance to the United States.

Source: New Strait Times January 03, 2020 23:26 UTC