The commander of Iran’s Quds Force has been killed in a United States strike ordered by President Trump and aimed at “deterring future Iranian attack plans,” the Pentagon says
Baghdad The commander of Iran's Quds Force has been killed in a United States strike ordered by President Donald Trump and aimed at"deterring future Iranian attack plans," the Pentagon said.
Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force unit, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of the Iran-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces , were among those killed in the attack at Baghdad International Airport early Friday, the PMF said in a statement.The Iraqi military said three rockets were fired at the airport, with the total number of people killed unclear.
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