Commander of IRGC Quds Brigade, General Qasem Soleimani was killed in US airstrike in Baghdad, Eurasia Diary reports citing Mehr News.
Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) confirmed.
Issuing a statement IRGC announced that the Iranian commander was martyred in an US airstrike early morning today.
The strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU) and some of other forces of the PMU along with their guests.
Issuing a statement the PMU announced the Israeli regime and the US are behind this act of terror.
Pentagon also announced that Gen. Soleimani was killed on the US President Donald Trump's order.