<p>The United States carried out a strike that killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity said on Thursday.</p>.<p>A US strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and the deputy head of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi military force at Baghdad's airport early Friday, the Hashed announced.</p>.<p>"The deputy head of the Hashed, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and head of the Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, were killed in a US strike that targeted their car on the Baghdad International Airport road," the group said in a statement.</p>.<p>Pentagon officials have confirmed that the US President ordered the killing of Iran's most senior commander Qassem Suleimani, according to <em>ANI</em>.</p>.<p>The international airport was hit in a volley of missiles just after midnight, Iraq's military said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="www.deccanherald.com/international/trump-ordered-killing-of-iranian-commander-soleimani-790937.html">Trump ordered killing of Iranian commander Soleimani</a></strong></p>.<p>Security sources said the rockets targeted a Hashed convoy and left eight people dead, including "important figures."</p>.<p>The Hashed is a network of mostly-Shiite armed units, many of whom have very close ties to Tehran, who have been officially incorporated into Iraq's state security forces.</p>.<p>Muhandis is the Hashed's deputy chief but is widely recognised as the real shot-caller within the group.</p>.<p>He has been blacklisted by the US.</p>.<p>Soleimani heads the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force and also serves as Iran's pointman on Iraq.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, a mob of Hashed supporters surrounded the US embassy in outrage over American air strikes that killed 25 fighters from the network's hardline Kataeb Hezbollah faction, which is backed by Iran.</p>.<p>The US had acted in response to a rocket attack days earlier that had killed an American contractor working in Iraq.</p>
<p>The United States carried out a strike that killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity said on Thursday.</p>.<p>A US strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and the deputy head of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi military force at Baghdad's airport early Friday, the Hashed announced.</p>.<p>"The deputy head of the Hashed, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and head of the Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, were killed in a US strike that targeted their car on the Baghdad International Airport road," the group said in a statement.</p>.<p>Pentagon officials have confirmed that the US President ordered the killing of Iran's most senior commander Qassem Suleimani, according to <em>ANI</em>.</p>.<p>The international airport was hit in a volley of missiles just after midnight, Iraq's military said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="www.deccanherald.com/international/trump-ordered-killing-of-iranian-commander-soleimani-790937.html">Trump ordered killing of Iranian commander Soleimani</a></strong></p>.<p>Security sources said the rockets targeted a Hashed convoy and left eight people dead, including "important figures."</p>.<p>The Hashed is a network of mostly-Shiite armed units, many of whom have very close ties to Tehran, who have been officially incorporated into Iraq's state security forces.</p>.<p>Muhandis is the Hashed's deputy chief but is widely recognised as the real shot-caller within the group.</p>.<p>He has been blacklisted by the US.</p>.<p>Soleimani heads the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force and also serves as Iran's pointman on Iraq.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, a mob of Hashed supporters surrounded the US embassy in outrage over American air strikes that killed 25 fighters from the network's hardline Kataeb Hezbollah faction, which is backed by Iran.</p>.<p>The US had acted in response to a rocket attack days earlier that had killed an American contractor working in Iraq.</p>