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Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and\u00a0Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis,\u00a0the second-in-command of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), have been assassinated in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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The IRGC announced in a statement on Friday morning that\u00a0Major General Soleimani and al-Muhandis were martyred in an airstrike. The Iraqi pro-government group also confirmed the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

\"The deputy head of the Hashed, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and head of the Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, were killed in a US strike that targeted their car on the Baghdad International Airport road,\" it said in\u00a0a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n\n

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\"The American and Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani,\" said Ahmed al-Assadi, a PMU spokesman.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

The group had earlier said that its public relations director Mohammed Reza al-Jaberi\u00a0and four other members of the group were also killed after three\u00a0Katyusha rockets struck a military base next to Baghdad International Airport in the Iraqi capital.<\/p>\n\n

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This picture shows the aftermath of a rocket attack on Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, early on January 3, 2020. (Photo via Facebook)<\/p>\n\n

The media bureau of the voluntary forces \u2013 better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Shabai \u2013 described the early Friday morning attack as a\u00a0 \"cowardly US bombing\u201d.<\/p>\n\n

The rockets landed near the air cargo terminal, burning two vehicles and injuring several people, the\u00a0Iraqi\u00a0Interior Ministry's Security Media Cell\u00a0said in an earlier statement.<\/p>\n\n

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