US airstrike kills Qassim Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force, at Baghdad airport

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US airstrike kills Qassim Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force, at Baghdad airport
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BREAKING: Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, was killed early on Friday in an air strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport, according to reports.

The strike also reportedly killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF.

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