Gen. Qassem Suleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was killed in a U.S. airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, the Pentagon confirmed. AdvertisementA senior Iraqi politician and a high-level security official confirmed to the Associated Press that Suleimani and Muhandis were among those killed in the attack. More recently, rumors circulated in November 2015 that Suleimani was killed or seriously wounded leading forces loyal to Assad as they fought around Syria’s Aleppo. Earlier Friday, an official with an Iran-backed paramilitary force said that seven people were killed by a missile fired at Baghdad International Airport, blaming the United States. A security official confirmed that seven people were killed in the attack on the airport, describing it as an airstrike.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 03, 2020 01:59 UTC