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US-Iran tensions latest: Confusion after Pentagon says Iraq troop withdrawal letter 'a mistake'
Quds Force's Qassem Suleimani and Kataib Hezbollah chief Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis were killed on Trump's orders
The National
January 07, 2020
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