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Who was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis?
3 January 2020 18:08 GMT
While Soleimani’s death has been at the forefront of the news since the deadly US strike on the Baghdad airport last night, at least nine other people have also died in the attack.
One of them was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of the Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi Iraqi militia, a prominent Iraqi paramilitary commander since the 1980s with strong ties to Iran.
So who is the man behind the group which led the storming of the US embassy on 31 December?