BRUSSELS – NATO has suspended training of Iraqi security and armed forces to ensure the safety of several hundred mission members after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad killed a top Iranian general, an alliance spokesman said on Jan. 4.
Reuters: NATO suspends Iraq training mission after Soleimani killing
Mourners wave the national flag and the Hashed al-Shaabi flag as they carry the portrait Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani during a funeral procession, for Soleiman and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, in Kadhimiya, a Shiite pilgrimage district of Baghdad, on Jan. 4, 2020. Thousands of Iraqis chanting "Death to America" joined the funeral procession on Jan 4 for Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, both killed in a US air strike.
