Middle East, World, Jan. 3 -- Iranian top military general, Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed early on Friday in a US air strike on their convoy at Baghdad airport.

Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials said Friday that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces was also killed AP reported.

Six others following a US airstrike at Baghdad's international airport. Iraqi officials and the state television reported that aside from Soleimani, Iraqi militia commander Abu M...