Head of Iran Quds Force Qassim Soleimani Killed in Baghdad Strike

Head of Iran Quds Force Qassim Soleimani Killed in Baghdad Strike
Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Quds Force, attends an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, in Tehran, Iran on Feb. 11, 2016. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File
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The Iranian regime’s top military official, Qassim Soleimani (also Qassem Soleimani), was killed following reports of at least three Katyusha rocket strikes on an Iraqi military base and drone strikes near Baghdad International Airport early Friday morning.

Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials confirmed that Soleimani, who was the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force or Jerusalem force, has been killed by an airstrike.