Posts Tagged ‘Yeman Kill’

According to a Washington Post report, US forces tried to assassinate the commander of the Quds force in Yemen but failed. Qassem Soleimani uses a walkie-talkie on the frontline during offensive operations against Islamic State militants in the town of Tal Ksaiba, in Salahuddin province, in 2015(photo credit: REUTERS) On the day that the US Army killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad, US forces carried out another covert mission against Abdul Raza Shahla, a senior Iranian official in Yemen, according to US sources quoted by the Washington Post. Shahla, the target of the attack, funds and commands the Quds Force in Yemen. The unsuccessful strike may indicate that Soleimani’s assassination last week was part of a broader operation, raising questions about whether the mission was intended to eliminate the leadership of the Revolutionary Guards or merely prevent an attack…