Qasem Soleimani - Wikipedia
Soleimani strengthened the relationship between Quds Force and Hezbollah upon his appointment, and supported the latter by sending in operatives to assist in forcing Israel's withdrawal and the end to the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon.
Assassination of Qasem Soleimani - Wikipedia
On 3 January 2020, Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian major general, was killed by an American drone strike near Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, while travelling to meet Iraqi prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi.
On December 31, 2019, supporters of Kata’ib Hezbollah and other Iran-backed Iraqi militias surrounded the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, forcing their way into the compound and setting some outer buildings on fire.
Timeline Of Trump Airstrike On Iran General Soleimani : NPR
Jan 4, 2020 · President Trump ordered an airstrike on Thursday evening that killed the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, a man he said was "plotting imminent and sinister attacks" against Americans...
Qasem Soleimani: US kills top Iranian general in Baghdad air strike - BBC
Jan 3, 2020 · Iran's most powerful military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year-old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of...
Inside the Decision to Kill Iran’s Qassem Soleimani - The Atlantic
May 24, 2024 · Soleimani was clearly orchestrating the attacks, principally through his networks within Kataib Hezbollah, a radical paramilitary group in Iraq.
Twenty-eight years ago Hezbollah’s leader was assassinated, and Israel ...
Jan 6, 2020 · The United States justified the assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, as a preemptive strike designed to thwart a series of planned attacks against US citizens and interests in Iraq and possibly elsewhere.
Qassem Soleimani | Biography, Death, & Facts | Britannica
Jan 3, 2025 · Qassem Soleimani (born March 11, 1957, Qom?, Iran [see Researcher’s Note]—killed January 3, 2020, Baghdad, Iraq) was an Iranian major general and commander of the Quds Force (1997/98–2020), a wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responsible for IRGC foreign operations.
Hezbollah won’t avenge Qasem Soleimani’s death—for now
Feb 8, 2021 · Lebanese militant group Hezbollah remains committed to avenging Qasem Soleimani’s death—at least rhetorically. Shortly after the United States assassinated the Quds Force commander in January 2020, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah vowed that US troops “who came to the region vertically will return home horizontally.”
Who was Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s IRGC’s Quds Force leader?
Jan 3, 2020 · General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC’s) Quds Force has been killed early on Friday alongside several others following a US air raid at Baghdad’s...