DEVELOPING: Airstrike reported near Baghdad airport; reports from the region state that high profile military commanders have been killed. nbcnews.to/2ZLb0Ws
BREAKING: US military: At the direction of the president, the US has killed Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force. nbcnews.to/2rQVw6X
U.S. killed high-profile commander of Iran’s secretive Quds Force, Department of Defense says in statement late Thursday. nbcnews.to/35evQPa 
BREAKING: Iranian FM Zarif: “The US' act of international terrorism, targeting & assassinating General Soleimani ... is extremely dangerous & a foolish escalation. The US bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism.”
More on Qassem Soleimani, and why his death matters. nbcnews.to/36lY4ZJ
