Iraq issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump over Soleimani killing

A woman holds a poster showing General Qassem Soleimani, right, head of Iran’s Quds force and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of the Popular Mobilisation Forces, during the procession to commemorate the first anniversary of their killing (Anmar Khalil/AP)

An arrest warrant was issued for outgoing President Donald Trump in connection with the killing of an Iranian general and a powerful Iraqi militia leader last year, Iraq’s judiciary said.

The warrant was issued on Thursday by a judge in Baghdad’s investigative court tasked with probing the Washington-directed drone strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the court’s media office said.