In a significant escalation of hostilities that raised the risk of war with Iran, a U.S. operation killed Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.
President Donald Trump ordered a U.S. drone strike that killed the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Quds Force. The operation, which Trump approved Thursday morning, escalated tensions that had been simmering in Iraq during a week of unrest and bloodshed, and raised the risk of war with Iran. The strike, at Baghdad's International Airport, also killed two Iraq militia officials.Hours after Newsweek reported the drone attack, Trump tweeted the image of the American flag.
Iran has denied its role in these events, as well as the New Year's demonstrations in front of the U.S. embassy.Mohammed Redha al-Jabri, head of protocol of Iraq's state-sponsored Popular Mobilization Forces, was killed Thursday 'along with three guests accompanying him,' Al-Hashed Al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, told Newsweek.
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