What is Qasem Soleimani?
[[File:Qasem Soleimani funeral 2.jpg|thumb|Soleimani's death prayer in Idlib, Syria]] '''Qasem Soleimani''' ({{lang-fa|قَاسِمُ سَلَىمَانَى}}&lrm;; 11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an [[Iran]]ian [[major general]] in the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (IRGC) and war criminal(allegedly). From 1998 until his death in 2020, he was commander of the IRGC's [[Quds Force]]. He was born in [[Qanat-e Malek, Kerman]]. He began his military career in the 1980s [[Iran–Iraq War]]. He later helped command efforts against the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) in 2014–15, in which he also in the name of fighting ISIS and through Shia militias committed war crimes against Sunnis in Iraq and Syria.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khansari|first=Mohammad Sadat|date=2020-01-05|title=Who Was the Vicious Criminal Qassem Soleimani|url=https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/terrorism-a-fundamentalism/who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani/|access-date=2024-05-17|website=NCRI|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chabkoun|first=Malak|title=Soleimani is no anti-imperialist hero|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/1/6/soleimani-is-no-anti-imperialist-hero|access-date=2024-05-17|website=Al Jazeera|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Berger|first=Miriam|date=2020-01-03|title=Qasem Soleimani helped shape the brutality of the Syrian war|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/01/03/qasem-soleimani-helped-shape-brutality-syrian-war/|access-date=2024-05-17|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-23|title=Syrian victims of Iranian crimes should not be overlooked|url=https://syriaaccountability.org/syrian-victims-of-iranian-crimes-should-not-be-overlooked/|access-date=2024-05-17|website=Syria Justice & Accountability Centre|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Katiraie|first=Jubin|date=2020-01-07|title=A Glance at Qassem Soleimani’s Crimes in Syria|url=https://iranfocus.com/iran-and-its-neighbours/syria/34188-a-glance-at-qassem-soleimani-s-crimes-in-syria/|access