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Iran’s top security and intelligence commander, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, was killed in a drone strike at Baghdad International Airport which the Pentagon said was ordered by Trump.
The New York Times has live rolling updates on the Iran situation here
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“Soleimani was a cult hero-like figure among the IRGC and its regional proxies, and a key trustee of the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader [Ali] Khamenei," wrote Ali Fathollah-Nejad, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center.
“Through the target killing of [Soleimani], along with senior Iran-aligned Iraqi and Lebanese figures, the U.S. has effectively clipped the wings of Iran’s quite successful expansionist regional policies,” he added.
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