Soleimani / Iran
- Tehran Promises ‘Forceful Revenge’ After Trump Orders the Assassination of Top Iranian Commander by David Gilbert (VICE)
- The Soleimani Assassination Is America’s Most Consequential Strike This Century by Kathy Gilsinan, Mike Giglio (The Atlantic)
- Qassem Soleimani assassination: Trump, Pompeo defend decision (Al Jazeera)
- Trump’s assassination of Soleimani: Five things to know (Al Jazeera)
- Pelosi says Trump launched strike killing Iranian general without authorization by Rachel Frazin (The Hill)
- Trump Says Killing Of Iranian General Was Necessary To ‘Stop A War,’ Not ‘Start One’ by Claudia Grisales, Jessica Taylor (NPR)
- U.S. Sending 3,000 More Troops To Mideast As Reinforcements by Zeke Miller / AP (Huffington Post)
- US deploys thousands more troops to Middle East after Trump-ordered airstrike kills Iran general by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Trump’s Iran war has begun by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Trump Just Declared War on Iran by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
- Trump Cultivated His Own Credibility Crisis on Iran by Peter Nicholas (The Atlantic)
- Trump’s Faithful Will Follow Him to War by Julia Ioffe (GQ)
- Donald Trump’s Order to Kill Iranian Leader Qasem Soleimani Feels Like World War 3, but We Must Say No to War With Iran by Lucy Diavolo (Teen Vogue)
- Qasem Soleimani: Strike was to ‘stop war’, says Trump (BBC)
- How Trump decided to kill a top Iranian general by Missy Ryan, Josh Dawsey, Dan Lamothe, and John Hudson (Washington Post)
- ‘A cyberattack should be expected’: U.S. strike on Iranian leader sparks fears of major digital disruption by Tony Romm, Isaac Stanley-Becker, and Craig Timberg (Washington Post)
- Major US cities step up security efforts after strike against Iran by Edward Helmore (The Guardian)
- Trump endorses tweet comparing top Senate Democrat to Iranians Colby Itkowitz and Hannah Knowles (Washington Post)
- The Soleimani Assassination Is America’s Most Consequential Strike This Century by Kathy Gilsinan and Mike Giglio (The Atlantic)
- Pentagon to deploy thousands of troops to Middle East after Trump orders strike on Iranian official by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- Legal basis for US killing of Iran general depends on threat by Ben Fox (AP)
- Analysis: An expert on why the Soleimani assassination was almost certainly illegal by Alex Illing (Vox)
- With missile strike, Trump opts for escalation and a swing at a ‘hornets’ nest’ by Joby Warrick and
William Branigin (Washington Post) - Qassem Suleimani’s death threatens to open grisly new chapter in Middle East by Julian Borger (The Guardian)
- Who Is Qassem Soleimani, And Why Is His Death So Alarming? by Carla Herreria (Huffington Post)
- McConnell on Trump’s Iran strike: just trust us! by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
- U.S. killing of Iran’s top commander unnerves allies, dims hopes Iran nuclear deal can be saved by Loveday Morris and Michael Birnbaum (Washington Post)
- Opinion: For many Iranian-American families, this moment has us sick and terrified by Mitra Jalali (Guardian)
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