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The following is a transcript of President Trump's remarks on Iran Wednesday morning:

Trump tweeted that an assessment of casualties and damages was underway. The initial outlook, he said, was

While previous US presidents knew killing Iran's top general wasn't worth the risk or repercussions, Donald Trump has a unique approach to foreign policy, writes David Lipson. Without going into detail, Mr Trump said he acted because General Soleimani was planning a "big attack and very bad

American officials confirm rockets have been fired at the Al-Asad airbase in Iraq, which houses US forces. Follow live.

Iran says it has launched "tens" of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq's Ain Assad air base housing U.S. troops over America's killing of a top Iranian general.

"We're Going To War, Bro": Elite 82nd Airborne In Largest 'Fast Deployment' In A Decade "We're going to war, bro" — declared a young US soldier from the US Army's celebrated 82nd Airborne Division. He gave reporte

On Tuesday, the White House stated it is considering the possibility of declassifying information showing the necessity for the airstrike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, that an imminent attack planned on American forces was deterred by the

President Donald Trump said that the United States would not leave Iraq until the country paid the United States for the military base.

US President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on a threat to attack Iranian cultural sites despite accusations that any such strike would amount to a war crime.After his top diplomat, Mike Pompeo, had insisted that any military action would conform to int

Iran said Sunday it would no longer abide by any of the limits of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers after a U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, abandoning the accord's key provisions that block Tehran from having e

The US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria halted its yearslong campaign against the Islamic State on Sunday as US forces braced for retaliation from Iran over a strike that killed a powerful Iranian commander, military officials said.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the U.S. airstrike in Baghdad killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, against criticism from Democrats, while backing up President Trump's t

Rockets were fired near two US bases in Iraq, days after a US airstrike in the country killed top Iranian military leader, Qassem Soleimani, according to Reuters and other outlets. On Saturday, two rockets reportedly landed near Iraq's US Embassy in B

BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Iraq's parliament has voted to expel the U.S. military from the country. Lawmakers voted Sunday in favor of a resolution ...

President Donald Trump vowed specific military action against Iran if it

President Donald Trump said he ordered the killing of one of Iran's most powerful men to stop a war, not start one, as tensions between the two nations rise and the United States sends thousands of additional troops to the Middle East. The US will dep

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President Donald Trump on Friday defended his order to kill a top Iranian general.

The Pentagon is deploying roughly 3,500 more troops to the Middle East in response to rising tensions in the region with Iran.

A top White House adviser on Iran said that the killing of Qassem Soleimani prevented the deaths of "hundreds of Americans."