General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force, has been killed by US <a 
href="https://sites.google.com/site/makeoseulupeonguilyu/" target="_blank">발렌티노</a>=발렌티노여성의류<br /> forces in 
Iraq.

The Pentagon confirmed he was killed "at the direction of the president".

It comes after reports of a strike <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/imiteisyleogeub1/" target="_blank">이미테이션시계
</a>=이미테이션 이미테이션시계 이미테이션미러급<br /> at Baghdad's international airport, which is said to have killed a 
number of people.

The death marks a huge escalation which analysts fear could lead to an Iranian response.

Gen Soleimani was a major figure in the Iranian regime. His Quds force reported directly to the country's Supreme Leader 
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and he was hailed as a heroic national figure.

US President Donald Trump <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/matinmoseonguilyu/" target="_blank">발리</a>=발리여성의
류<br /> tweeted an image of the American flag after the news broke.

Global oil prices meanwhile soared more than 4% in the wake of the strike.