US Drone Strike Kills IRGC General Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad Airport

A US drone strike at Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020, killed Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, commander of Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah. President Trump authorized the strike without prior congressional notification, notifying Congress only hours after the attack. Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed severe retaliation, and Iraq's parliament voted to expel US forces.