Iraqi state television announced, at dawn on Friday, the killing of the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Revolutionary Guards Corps.
Iraqi television also announced the killing of the deputy leader of the militia of the popular crowd, "Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis", in a missile attack targeting a car that Soleimani and his engineer were traveling on the road to Baghdad International Airport.
US officials told Reuters that Washington had carried out strikes against two Iran-related targets in Baghdad.
Ahmed al-Asadi, a spokesman for the PMF militia, accused the Americans and the Israelis of being responsible for the killing of Engineer and Suleimani.
She added that the rockets landed near the air cargo hall, which resulted in the burning of two vehicles and the injury of a number of citizens.
Later, an Iraqi security source told AFP that 8 people were killed in the missile strikes at Baghdad Airport.