Qassem Soleimani, leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ foreign wing, was killed in a strike on his convoy in Iraq, according to Iraqi political and military allies and Iraqi State TV. Top Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes was killed alongside Mr. Soleimani when the convoy they were traveling in together was struck on the road leading to Baghdad International Airport. Unverified...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 03, 2020 01:41 UTC