(AFP via Getty Images) The downing of the plane came hours after Tehran fired more than a dozen missiles at American troops in Iraq after the United States carried out a drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

Republican members of Congress largely supported President Donald Trump's decision to take out Iranian General Qassem Soleimani after a classified briefing while Democrats weren't impressed and said they'd still push for a war powers resolution to halt

Commentary Qassem Soleimani was removed from the battlefield by U.S. drones, and the Iranian regime ordered the entire country to mourn him.

The Iranian regime’s top military official, Qassem Soleimani, was killed early on Jan. 3 in a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad International Airport. His death is considered a major blow to the Islamic regime.

Two months ago, the United States killed Qassem Soleimani, a professional terrorist and the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Qassem Soleimani in January. Iran has suffered several failed satellite launches in recent months. The latest came in February, when Iran failed to put its Zafar 1 communications satellite into orbit.

Following the Trump-approved airstrike to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in early January, Tehran announced it would pull back from key components of the nuclear deal, including the limit on centrifuges, thus breeching its obligations under the

Soleimani—who was killed in a U.S. drone strike earlier this year—and others.

The announcement came just minutes after the Iraqi parliament indicated in a non-binding vote on Jan. 5 that it wanted to expel U.S. troops from the country, just days after the United States killed Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s elite paramilitary

Qassem Soleimani before he was killed, throughout the Middle East. For instance, the Iraqi government is dominated by Iranian influences that include Iranian-backed terror groups.

Qassem Soleimani was one of the most significant events in the Middle East in nearly 70 years. The U.S. “Reaper” drone strike at the Baghdad Airport on Jan. 3 that killed Soleimani was precise, rapid, and without civilian casualties.

Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran's elite Quds Force and the architect of Tehran's regional strategy.

Oil prices spiked due to fears of retaliation by Iran after the killing of top military commander Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. airstrike. The international benchmark Brent crude climbed above $70 a barrel for the first time in four months.

He later defended the recent airstrike against Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, who he described as the "world's top terrorist."

Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. airstrike may push oil prices higher in the short term, according to analysts. A sustained surge in prices is unlikely, they said.

Focus on ISIS Interrupted By Escalations With Iran An increase in threats to U.S. troops following the death of top Iranian general, Qassem Soleimani, on Jan. 3. in Baghdad’s international Green Zone saw the U.S military announce a brief pause in operations

Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Quds Force. The mullahs are putting on a brave face and swearing the new No. 2 guy is as dangerous as the man he’s replacing, but don’t believe a word of it. Soleimani was irreplaceable.

Qassem Soleimani, and their respective intelligence agencies. Erdogan views Libya as another strategic battleground to push back against the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia for regional supremacy.

A top Trump administration official said the U.S. airstrike that took out Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in December 2019 was done legally under the authorization of military force.

Qassem Soleimani, while Tehran retaliated with a ballistic missile attack targeting American forces in Iraq.

The Iranian regime's top military official, Qassim Soleimani (also Qassem Soleimani), was killed following reports of at least three Katyusha rocket strikes on an Iraqi military base and drone strikes near Baghdad International Airport early Friday morning

Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. Part of the wreckage from Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, a Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed after being hit by a missile shortly after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport on Jan. 8, 2020.

Qassem Soleimani, Iran firing missiles at Iraqi bases hosting troops from a number of countries, and Iran accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 people from seven different countries, including the United Kingdom.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shared footage showing Iraqis celebrating the death of Iran's top military general, Qassim Soleimani (also known as Qassem Soleimani).

A U.S. drone strike in Iraq on Jan. 3 killed prominent Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, responsible for building up Iran's network of regional proxy armies in Iraq and beyond. Tehran responded with missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq.

Qassem Soleimani. Oil prices dipped even further a day later, as investor concerns about military flare-ups in the Middle East eased while attention turned to unexpectedly high American petroleum reserves.

Qassem Soleimani in an American airstrike in Baghdad. No one was hurt in the attack on the U.S. bases. General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Guard’s aerospace division, said his unit accepts full responsibility for the shootdown.

The EU's High Representative Josep Borrell called this urgent meeting of European foreign affairs ministers, which was also joined by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg,  after the assassination of an Iranian general, Qassem Soleimani, in a U.S.

The letter called him a terrorist and a devil, and swore revenge for the deaths of Quds Force founder Qassem Soleimani and veteran Iraqi militant Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in a U.S. drone attack in Baghdad in early January 2020.

Soleimani last week.