US Drone Strike Kills Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad

A US drone strike at Baghdad International Airport killed IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. President Trump authorized the strike citing an imminent threat; Iran vowed severe retaliation. The assassination marked the most significant US direct action against Iran in decades and triggered Iranian ballistic missile strikes on US bases in Iraq.