Direct report · Iranian top military killed in US rocket attack
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Jan 3
This has happened:
- The night of Friday, Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a rocket attack at Baghdad International Airport. Iraqi militias Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was also killed.
- The Pentagon says Soleimani was behind Tuesday's storming of the US embassy in Baghdad and the attack on an Iraqi military base in which an American civilian was killed.
- The attack must have been under the direct order of President Donald Trump.
- The reason for the attack must have been to protect American personnel in the region.
- Experts and critics now believe that the tense situation between the countries can be stepped up.
SVT · Helena Zachariasson
6 min20.52
According to police sources, there are three rockets that should have fallen in the green zone in Baghdad. Sirens should have been heard, Reuters reports.
SVT · Dante Thomsen
12 min20.47
Reuters reports that two explosions have been heard in Baghdad. However, the information is scarce.
SVT · Dante Thomsen
1 hour19.43
Iran intends to abandon the nuclear agreement made in 2015 and will no longer limit its uranium enrichment. It reports state-run Iranian television, according to Reuters. According to the news agency, the statement was made by a state representative who also said the decision could be reversed if the United States lifted its sanctions against Tehran.
SVT · Carin Fock
3 h18.24
The US-led coalition has decided to cease its operations against IS in order to focus instead on protecting its own troops.
SVT · Dante Thomsen
3 h17.56
The decision in the Iraqi parliament means that Sweden can also be forced to leave Iraq.
- The Swedish presence in Iraq is based on an invitation from the Iraqi government. The Swedish government is awaiting official communication from Iraq to better understand the meaning of the decision in Parliament. The need for international cooperation remains to fight Daesh (IS, eds.), Which has again become increasingly active in recent months in Iraq, said Foreign Minister Ann Linde in a comment to SVT News.
SVT · Dante Thomsen
4 tim16.40
The resolution passed by Iraq's parliament concerns the US-led coalition and means that the government must ensure that foreign forces can no longer utilize Iraq's land, air and water, Reuters reports. Unlike laws, parliamentary resolutions are not binding on the government, Reuters writes. But Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi has earlier demanded that Parliament put a stop to foreign military presence in the country.
At the same time, the Iraqi government has promised to step down, so much is unclear.
SVT · Dante Thomsen
5 h15.55
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has also written a letter to the UN Security Council. The letter calls on the council to condemn the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in a US drone attack, writes AFP.
SVT · Dante Thomsen
5 hours15.35
Reuters reports that the Iraqi parliament has voted to throw US forces out of the country.
SVT · Dante Thomsen
5 pm15.30
In a speech on Sunday afternoon, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi called on Parliament to take the necessary measures and end the presence of foreign troops immediately.
"Despite the internal and external difficulties that we may face, it is still best for Iraq," he said, according to Reuters data.
SVT · Dante Thomsen
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The text is updated.