US drone strike kills IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani near Baghdad airport

A US drone strike near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020 killed Qasem Soleimani, commander of the IRGC Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Kataib Hezbollah. Trump authorized the strike; Secretary Pompeo described it as preempting an imminent attack. Iran declared three days of national mourning and vowed revenge, and Iraq's parliament voted to expel all foreign troops. Iran retaliated January 8 with ballistic missile strikes on two US bases in Iraq, injuring 110 service members.