- Iran's military leader killed: Qasem Soleimani, top general and one of the most powerful men in Iran, was killed in a drone strike at Baghdad airport early Friday. The deputy head of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia was also killed.
- Funerals being held: Thousands mourn Soleimani at services in Iraq and Iran Saturday before burial.
- Trump ordered the strike: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the airstrikes disrupted an "imminent attack" in the region that put American lives at risk.
- US deploying troops: The US is sending thousands of additional troops to the Middle East in response, according to a US defense official.
- https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/us-iran-soleimani-tensions-live-intl/h_8e65d74a91d12e1aa93e4c48efcba94f
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