US Carries Out Airstrike Against Iranian-backed Militia Target in Syria, Officials Say
It was an apparent response to rocket attacks against US targets in Iraq
It was an apparent response to rocket attacks against US targets in Iraq
An aid worker had been held captive for three years and a businessman one year
The incident is likely to ramp up tensions between longtime foes Iran and the United States
Iranian media showed images of Sirous Asgari arriving Wednesday in Tehran, four years after he was prosecuted and later acquitted of stealing US trade
In a Monday Facebook post, Zahra Asgari said her father Sirous Asgari was flying back to Iran, four years after he was prosecuted and later acquitted
US officials say the operation took place on the same day a US drone strike killed Qassem Soleimani
Thousands of mourners are gathering for a funeral procession through Baghdad for Iran's top general and Iraqi militant leaders killed in a U.S. airstr