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Thousands of mourners attend funeral for slain commanders in Baghdad
4 January 2020 12:18 GMT
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in Baghdad for the funeral procession for Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard commander Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and eight others killed in a US air strike in Iraq on Friday.
Among the dignitaries who attended the procession were Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, Muhandis associate Hadi al-Ameri, Shiite cleric Ammar al-Hakim, former premier Nouri al-Maliki.