Timeline: How the Iran crisis unfolded after Qassem Soleimani's murder

In this Sept. 18, 2016 photo Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei/ - Copyright Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP

By Euronews with AP

Published on 03/01/2020 - 19:56•Updated 15/01/2020 - 17:26

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Reaction to the killing of Iran military chief Qassem Soleimani has been flooding in. Here's a chronological recap.

In the early hours on Friday, 3 January, the US conducted an airstrike at Baghdad airport that killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The killing raised tensions to boiling point between the US and Iran, sparking fears of another war in the Middle East.