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Retired Lt. Gen. Sean McFarland On The Legacy Of U.S. Military Presence In Iraq

4:21pm January 07, 2020

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with retired Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland about the legacy of U.S. presence in Iraq and the future of the fight against ISIS as Iraq calls on U.S. troops to leave the country.

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Recent U.S. Veterans Are Coming To Consensus On Iran And Iraq — Across Party Lines

4:21pm January 07, 2020

by Quil Lawrence

Veterans groups across the political spectrum have found a growing consensus in favor of winding down American military involvement in the Middle East.

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Firefighters struggle to protect homes from the embers generated by bushfires near the town of Nowra in New South Wales, Australia.

Australian Fires Prompt Questions About Protecting Houses From Embers

4:21pm January 07, 2020

by Rebecca Hersher

Massive Australian wildfires are sending embers high into the atmosphere. When they rain down, they can start new fires far from the original source, and some buildings are more flammable than others.

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Democratic Presidential Candidates Criticize Trump For Ordering Soleimani Strike

2:48pm January 07, 2020

by Don Gonyea

Following the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, leading Democratic presidential candidates have accused the president of acting without regard to potential consequences.

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., looks on as Negah Hekmati talks about her hours-long delay returning to the U.S. from Canada with her family days earlier, at a news conference on Monday.

Border Screenings Spark Travel Fears For Iranian Americans Amid Rising Tensions

2:47pm January 07, 2020

by Joel Rose

As many as 200 were held for questioning at a border crossing near Seattle. Some Iranian Americans are so concerned that they are canceling plans to travel abroad.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at a meeting with officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Tehran in September. Zarif spoke to NPR on Tuesday.

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Iran's Foreign Minister: U.S. Strike On Soleimani An Act Of Terrorism And War

12:54pm January 07, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Speaking with NPR in Tehran on Tuesday, Mohammad Javad Zarif said the U.S. "will pay" for the attack that killed Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani last week.

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European Leaders Scramble To Reduce Tensions Between U.S.-Iran

11:59am January 07, 2020

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Norbert Rottgen, chairman of the German Parliament's foreign relations committee, about Europe's role in trying to avoid additional conflicts between the U.S. and Iran.

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During a funeral procession on Monday, mourners surround a truck carrying the coffins of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others who were killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike.

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Stampede At Funeral For Iran's Soleimani Kills At Least 32, Injures Scores

9:50am January 07, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Iranian television said the stampede took place in Kerman, Soleimani's hometown, where the Quds Force commander slain in a U.S. airstrike last week was to be buried.

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Why U.S. Troops Should Stay Even Though Iraq's Parliament Voted Them Out

8:10am January 07, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to retired Army colonel Peter Mansoor, who served as executive officer under Gen. Patraeus during the Iraq War. He says Iraq is a key player in the Middle East.

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U.S. Will Pay For Drone Strike, Iran's Foreign Minister Says

8:10am January 07, 2020

Mohammad Javad Zarif tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that last week's assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani was "a cowardly armed attack" that "amounts to war."

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