Congress is due to convene for a meeting later in the day to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election.
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The US has expressed its desire to maintain its military presence in Iraq, in spite of a request by the Iraqi government for the withdrawal of American troops from the country.
Iranian state TV says the attack is a retaliation after the country’s top commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a drone strike in Baghdad, on the orders of US President Donald Trump
The motion passed at an open parliament session also obliges the government to allocate 200 million euros ($224 million) from the National Development Fund for the elite Quds Force.
Soleimani was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport early on Friday on the orders of President Donald Trump, the US Department of Defence said in a statement
India on Friday called for “restraint” as the situation in the Gulf escalated dramatically after the killing of a top Iranian military commander by the U.S. forces at Baghdad airport in Iraq.