US President Donald Trump has a uniquely combative relationship with the media, which he denounces as "fake news," except in a handful of cases, including his favored Fox News network (AFP Photo/NICHOLAS KAMM)
On Thursday, Washington Post Beirut bureau chief Liz Sly reported a "big new escalation" at Baghdad International Airport, with rocket attacks that have left eight dead, and a drone strike that killed a top Shi'a leader "and his guests":
NBC's Cal Perry reported that one of those killed in the strike may be a senior leader of the militant group Hezbollah — creating the potential for even more escalation:
Also confirmed killed was Qasem Soleimani, a Major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran:
