U.S. Strike in Iraq Kills Qassim Suleimani, Commander of Iranian Forces  —  Suleimani was planning attacks on Americans across the region, leading to an airstrike in Baghdad, the Pentagon statement said.  Iran's supreme leader called for vengeance.  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. …

Iran's Gen. Soleimani killed in airstrike at Baghdad airport  —  Baghdad (AP) — Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport Friday, Iraqi television and three Iraqi officials said.

Iran Loses Its Indispensable Man  —  The United States has killed Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps's Quds Force.  The United States is now in a hot war with Iran after having waged war via proxies for the past several decades.

Statement by the Department of Defense  —  At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.

Iran's Deadly Puppet Master  —  Gen. Stanley McChrystal explains exactly why Qassem Suleimani is so dangerous.  —  The decision not to act is often the hardest one to make—and it isn't always right.  In 2007, I watched a string of vehicles pass from Iran into northern Iraq.

Donald Trump's assassination of Qassem Suleimani will come back to haunt him  —  The Quds force leader had the status of national hero even among secular Iranians.  His death could act as a rallying cry  —  The US has assassinated Qassem Suleimani, the famed leader of Iran's Quds force …

Republicans celebrate death of Qasem Soleimani  —  The Pentagon's confirmation Thursday night that Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian military commander and one of the regime's most powerful figures, was killed in airstrike ordered by President Trump set off immediate shock waves throughout Washington.

U.S. Strike Kills Iran's Most Important Military Commander  —  Qassem Soleimani, the leader of the Iranian Qods Force, is dead in Iraq, perhaps turning a proxy war into a direct one.  —  In a drastic escalation of the U.S.' generation-long wars in the Middle East, a U.S. strike on Thursday …

The Morning Dispatch: Qassem Suleimani Is Dead  —  Happy Friday.We had a whole other, entirely different Morning Dispatch ready to go for you Thursday evening, but there were some major developments in the Middle East overnight.  Our analysis of Q4 fundraising numbers will have to wait!

Killing Iran's Qassem Suleimani changes the game in the Middle East  —  But has Trump really thought out what comes next?  —  On Thursday night, the Pentagon announced that the United States killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, the head of Iran's paramilitary forces, in an airstrike in Iraq “at the direction of the President.”

Trump's Ground Game Against Iran  —  The assassination of Qassim Suleimani is a seismic event in the Middle East.  —  Mr. Doran is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and served in the departments of State and Defense, and on the National Security Council.

Manafort Said Hannity Served as His Trump Backchannel: Docs  —  The former campaign chairman “understood his conversations with Hannity to be a message from Trump” after he came under scrutiny by the feds, according to newly released memos.  —  Paul Manafort said he used Fox News host Sean Hannity …