On 3 January 2020, Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian major general, was killed by an American drone strike ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump [3] near the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, while travelling to meet Iraqi prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi.

Jan 3, 2020 · Iran's most powerful military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year-old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of...

Jan 3, 2020 · Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani was killed by a US airstrike at Baghdad airport. During the war against ISIS, Soleimani was also often reported to be on the battlefields in...

Jan 4, 2020 · President Trump ordered an airstrike on Thursday evening that killed the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, a man he said was "plotting imminent and sinister attacks" against...

Jan 2, 2020 · Rumors circulated in November 2015 that Soleimani was killed or seriously wounded leading forces loyal to Assad as they fought around Syria’s Aleppo. Soleimani’s killing follows the New Year’s Eve attack by Iran-backed militias on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

Jan 2, 2020 · US President Donald Trump has said that he ordered a precision strike to “terminate” a top Iranian commander who was plotting “imminent and sinister attacks” on Americans, adding that the...

Jan 3, 2020 · President Trump authorized the attack early Friday at Baghdad International Airport that killed Iran’s top security and intelligence commander, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani. Suleimani was...

On 8 January 2020, in a military operation code named Operation Martyr Soleimani (Persian: عملیات شهید سلیمانی), [5] Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched over 12 ballistic missiles at the al-Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, western Iraq, as well as another airbase in Erbil, in response to the ...

Jan 3, 2020 · The death of Iran's Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad on Thursday will unite the nation in mourning its second most powerful leader.

Jan 3, 2020 · A U.S. airstrike killed Iranian Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani near Baghdad International Airport. Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was also reported to be killed.