كل ما تود معرفته عن Qasem Soleimani

Iranian Shiite pilgrim show cards baring pictures of slain Iranian and Iraqi commanders, respectively Qasem Soleimani (R) and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

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Mariam Taha Thompson, a 62-year-old Lebanese-American who was a contract Arabic translator with the American forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, was sentenced last month to 23 years in jail for…

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The Shia vs. the ‘Shia Crescent’

On February 15, 2020, Hezbollah organized a ceremony to unveil a statue of Qassem Soleimani in the Lebanese town of Maroun al-Ras, roughly half a mile from the border with Israel. The statue…

Hanin Ghaddar 20 March 2020

Soleimani Was More Valuable in Politics Than in War

TheIslamic Republic of Iranhas suffered a loss with the assassination ofQassem Soleimani, its most prominent military general. The nature and dimensions of that injury, however, are not a simple…

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Supporters of Shiite Hezbollah movement react with clenched fists as they watch a speech by the movement's leader Hasan Nasrallah, transmitted on a large screen, in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern suburbs on January 5, 2020. (Getty)

Hezbollah Has Prepared for This Moment for Decades

“What is just retribution?” So askedHezbollahleaderHassan Nasrallahin a speech onJanuary 5, two days afterthe United Statesassassinated Iranian Quds Force commanderQasem Soleimaniand Iraqi Popular…

Brian Katz 25 January 2020

Soleimani Was More Valuable in Politics Than in War

TheIslamic Republic of Iranhas suffered a loss with the assassination ofQassem Soleimani, its most prominent military general. The nature and dimensions of that injury, however, are not a simple…

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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, and President Hassan Rouhani, left of him, praying near the coffin of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran. (Reuters)

Iran’s Revenge Plans Could Reach Latin America

For the majority of his 20-year career at the top of Iran’s Quds force,Qassem Soleimanimethodically operated in the shadows to build Iran’s vast network of proxies, militias and allies across the…

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