Iranian General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasem_Soleimani" id="mwAY4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Qasem Soleimani">Qasem Soleimani</a> is <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Baghdad_International_Airport_airstrike" id="mwAY8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike">killed by an American airstrike</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_International_Airport" id="mwAZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baghdad International Airport">Baghdad International Airport</a>, igniting global concerns of a potential <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War" id="mwAZE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="War">armed conflict</a>.<sup about="#mwt271" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-52"}}' id="cite_ref-52" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_3#cite_note-52" id="mwAZI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 52;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAZM">[52]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-52"><cite about="#mwt268" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFCrowleyHassanSchmitt2020"><a href="./Michael_Crowley_(journalist)" id="mwCnE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Michael Crowley (journalist)">Crowley, Michael</a>; Hassan, Falih; <a href="./Eric_P._Schmitt" id="mwCnI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eric P. Schmitt">Schmitt, Eric</a> (January 2, 2020). <a class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html" id="mwCnM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"U.S. Strike in Iraq Kills Qassim Suleimani, Commander of Iranian Forces"</a>. <i id="mwCnQ"><a href="./The_New_York_Times" id="mwCnU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200103022034/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html" id="mwCnY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on January 3, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCnc">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCng">January 3,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt268" class="Z3988" id="mwCnk" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&amp;rft.atitle=U.S.+Strike+in+Iraq+Kills+Qassim+Suleimani%2C+Commander+of+Iranian+Forces&amp;rft.date=2020-01-02&amp;rft.aulast=Crowley&amp;rft.aufirst=Michael&amp;rft.au=Hassan%2C+Falih&amp;rft.au=Schmitt%2C+Eric&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2020%2F01%2F02%2Fworld%2Fmiddleeast%2Fqassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+3"></span></span>