January 04, 2020

Iran general's death underscores vulnerability of senior leaders

Featuring: Kaleigh Thomas

Source: The Hill

Journalist: Laura Kelly

Qassem Soleimani was identified in death by a silver ring with a massive red stone on the finger of his severed hand.

That’s what was left of Soleimani, Iran’s top military general, after his remains were pulled from the fiery wreckage of the vehicle hit by an American missile strike outside Baghdad’s international airport on Friday morning.

Read the full story and more in The Hill.

Author

  • Kaleigh Thomas

    Former Associate Fellow, Middle East Security Program

    Kaleigh Thomas is a former Associate Fellow for the Middle East Security Program and 2020 recipient of the 1LT Andrew J. Bacevich Jr., USA Award at CNAS. She also serves as th...