Qassem Soleimani told militias to step up attacks on US targets in Iraq

General Qassem Soleimani instructed Iraqi militia leaders, including his top ally in the country, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, to step up attacks on US targets in the country during a meeting in October at a villa across the Tigris River from the US embassy complex in Baghdad. The attacks would deploy sophisticated new weapons provided by...