UPDATED: Three rockets hit near Baghdad airport

By Spencer Neale

Published January 2, 2020 10:40pm ET

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UPDATED: Three rockets hit near Baghdad airport — UPDATE: Top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Popular Mobilizations Force boss Mahdi al Muhandis were killed in the strike. — — Three rockets killed eight people including top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani after striking an Iraqi military base near Baghdad airport on Thursday evening, according to reports. Tensions have escalated in the area over the […]

UPDATE: Top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Popular Mobilizations Force boss Mahdi al Muhandis were killed in the strike.

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