A senior official of an Iranian-backed paramilitary force was among those killed by rockets near Baghdad International Airport, sources say
Baghdad The commander of Iran's Quds Force and a senior official in Iraq's paramilitary forces have been killed by"shelling" targeting their vehicle at Baghdad International Airport, Iraqi state television reported.
Qassem Suleimani, commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Quds Force unit, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of the Iran-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces , were among those killed in the attack early Friday, al-Iraqiya TV reported.Rockets hit two vehicles belonging to the PMF, a PMF source and an Iraqi security source told CNN. The head of protocol of the PMF was also killed, a source at the PMF told Iraqiya TV.
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