Oil prices have climbed above $70 a barrel for the first time in four months amid fears that the US air strike that killed Iran’s top military commander may trigger a retaliation. The global oil markets have risen by more than 5% to $70.73 a barrel since the attack that killed...
Soleimani was killed on 3 January 2020 around 1:00 a.m. local time (22:00 UTC on 2 January 2020),[105] after missiles shot from American drones targeted his convoy near Baghdad International Airport.[106] He had just left his plane, which arrived in I...
Iran’s most powerful military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year-old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. He was killed at Baghdad airport, along with other...
