‘Eclipses the death of Bin Laden’: reaction to US killing of top Iranian general

Death of Qasem Soleimani ‘one of biggest developments in the Middle East for decades’

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An Iraqi protestor holds a portrait of Qasem Soleimani (left) during demonstrations against the Saudi-led Arab coalition air strikes across Yemen
(Image credit: Ali Al Saadi /AFP via Getty Images)

The killing of the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force in a US air strike has triggered warnings of a potential all-out conflict between the two nations.

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