U.S. says ‘terminated’ top Iran general to thwart attack on Americans

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON – Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, Tehran’s most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East. Soleimani, a 62-year-old general who headed the overseas arm of the Revolutionary Guards, was regarded […]