The Trump-directed Baghdad strike kills Qasem Soleimani
Reporting and findings
- documented
The U.S. military strike Donald Trump directed at Baghdad International Airport killed Qasem Soleimani on January 3, 2020.
- U.S. Department of Defense: Statement by the Department of DefenseStrike outcome and mandate-holder report chronology
- United Nations Human Rights Council: Use of armed drones for targeted killings: report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, A/HRC/44/38Strike outcome and mandate-holder report chronology
Summary and current status
The lethal outcome is recorded separately from the order and from later legal analysis.
Soleimani was killed in the January 3, 2020 Baghdad strike
People and organizations
- 2020 Soleimani strike orderlethal strike
- Qasem Soleimaniperson killed
- Donald J. Trumppresident directing the strike
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumpkilled in Trump-directed U.S. strikeQasem Soleimani