Qasem Soleimani was the head of Iran’s Quds Force, a unit of the Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for clandestine operations abroad and for providing material support to groups like Hezbollah and Hamas
A Shiite Muslim pilgrim walks with a bag adorned with a portrait of Qasem Suleimani, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps , Major General and commander of the Quds Force, who was killed on Friday morning in Baghdad. Photo: MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP via Getty Images Early on Friday in Baghdad, an Iraqi paramilitary group stated that five of their members and two additional people were killed when an air strike hit two vehicles at Baghdad International Airport.
Though the source of the attack has yet to be confirmed, and Iran and the U.S. have not confirmed the death of General Suleimani, the strike is likely to escalate the tension between the two powers currently engaged in proxy skirmishes in Iraq.
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