Qassem Soleimani
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Qassem Soleimani (11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian Major General in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and from 1998 until his death, commander of its Quds Force, a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial military and clandestine operations.[1]
Soleimani began his military career in the beginning of the Iran–Iraq War of the 1980s, during which he commanded the 41st Division. He was later involved in extraterritorial operations, providing military assistance to anti-Saddam Shia and Kurdish groups in Iraq, and later Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Palestinian territories. In 2012, Soleimani helped bolster the Syrian government, a key Iranian ally, during the rebel insurgency, particularly in its operations against ISIS and its offshoots. Soleimani also assisted in the command of combined Iraqi government and Shia militia forces (Popular Mobilisation Forces) that advanced against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2014–2015.[2]
Soleimani was killed in a targeted US airstrike on 3 January 2020 in Baghdad, Iraq.[3] Also killed were PMF members including Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.[4] Soleimani was promoted to Lieutenant General posthumously.[5]
Keivan Khosravi, spokesman for Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said that the SNSC is to hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani by American terrorists in Iraq.[6]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:After Mossad Targeted Soleimani, Trump Pulled the Trigger | Article | 3 January 2020 | Jefferson Morley | Donald Trump has now fulfilled the wishes of Mossad. After proclaiming his intention to end America’s “stupid endless wars,” the president has effectively declared war on the largest country in the region in solidarity with Israel, the most unpopular country in the Middle East. |
References
- ↑ "Iran's Spymaster Soleimani Counters U.S. Moves in the Mideast"
- ↑ "From the east, Iran-backed force advances on Tikrit"
- ↑ "U.S. says it kills top Iranian commander Soleimani in air strike"
- ↑ "U.S. Kills Two Top Iranian Military Leaders, Bigger Than Bin Laden, Al-Baghdadi, Reports Say"
- ↑ "Airstrike kills top Iran general Qassim Suleimani at Baghdad airport, Iraqi TV reports"
- ↑ "Iran’s SNSC to Sit to Extraordinary Meeting"
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