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Friday, January 3, 2020
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Friday, January 3, 2020
US killing of Iranian general will ‘increase tensions’: Moscow
Moscow warns that the US killing of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq will boost tensions across the Middle East.
“The killing of Soleimani…. was an adventurist step that will increase tensions throughout the region,” news agencies RIA Novosti and TASS quote the foreign ministry as saying. “Soleimani served the cause of protecting Iran’s national interests with devotion. We express our sincere condolences to the Iranian people.”
— AFP
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