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Iran’s retaliation could be hacking, not bombs

January 4, 2020

Iranian hackers in recent years have wiped the computer servers of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, crippled a Las Vegas casino, breached the networks of dozens of U.S. banks and ...

Mourners Chant ‘Death To America’ In Soleimani Funeral Procession

January 4, 2020

BAGHDAD — Thousands of mourners chanting “America is the Great Satan” marched in a funeral procession Saturday through Baghdad for Iran’s top general and Iraqi militant leaders, who were killed ...

The US, Iran, and the fallout of Soleimani’s assassination

January 4, 2020

The assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani has ushered in another turbulent decade for the Middle East. United States President Donald Trump‘s assassination of the head of the Quds Force, the paramilitary wing of ...

Iranian cyberattacks feared after killing of top general

January 4, 2020

BOSTON — Iran’s retaliation for the United States’ targeted killing of its top general is likely to include cyberattacks, security experts warned Friday. Iran’s state-backed hackers are already among the ...

Was the drone attack on Iranian general an assassination?

January 4, 2020

NEW YORK — After Friday’s targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, newsrooms struggled with the question: Had the United States just carried out an assassination? And should news stories ...

The U.S. Public Still Doesn’t Want War With Iran

January 3, 2020

For a president who professes aversion to wars in the Middle East, in ordering the killing of the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani, U.S. President Donald Trump may have made an ...

US-Iran tensions: Timeline of events leading to Soleimani killing

January 3, 2020

Tensions between the United States and Iran escalated dramatically on Friday after US President Donald Trump ordered the killing of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani. The attack at Baghdad International Airport also killed Mahdi al-Muhandis, ...