Iran says Israel used remote control machine gun to kill top nuclear scientist

Erbil, Iraq – The alleged brain of Iran The nuclear weapons program, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was buried Monday with full military honors. It was ambushed with a remote-controlled machine gun mounted on a car which later exploded, Iranian media reported. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed Israel for the murder Saturday and promised retribution “in due course”.

It’s just one of the problems that the president-elect Joe biden will inherit this unstable part of the world. This month, the Pentagon ad that US troops in Iraq would be reduced by 500 just before Mr. Biden took office. It’s a move that critics say could give a boost to Iranian-backed militias that have fired dozens of rockets at US targets this year alone.

At a command center for the airstrikes in Baghdad – a place the US military calls the “shark tank” – General Ryan Rideout told CBS News that constant surveillance was also needed to stop ISIS. from Iraq and Syria (ISIS) of the grouping.

“If you stop patrolling, stop going out, you could potentially bring him back,” Rideout said.

It is believed that thousands of extremists are still at large. In neighboring Syria, CBS News went on patrol with the 82nd Airborne Division. They are working to prevent ISIS from regaining control of the lucrative oil facilities.

“If we can’t move, it means ISIS can; it means that ISIS enters with the population and influences them, ”said Lt. Col. Val Moro.

But after President Trump opened the door to a Turkish foray into Syria last year, some locals said off camera they now have a harder time trusting the United States