Pentagon has said President Trump ordered the US airstrike at Baghdad airport

Friday, 03 January 2020 07:26 [ Last Update: Monday, 22 June 2020 13:52 ]

This picture shows the aftermath of a rocket attack on Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, early on January 3, 2020.

President Donald Trump had ordered the US military to kill Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, the Pentagon has said in a statement.

Iran Press/ Iran news: Major General Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), were killed in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early on Friday.205

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