The killing of Iran's General Soleimani is hugely significant

Peter Bergen wrote on the implications of killing Qasem Soleimani in a targeted airstrike for CNN.

(CNN) - The significance of Thursday's US strike against Qasem Soleimani cannot be overstated because he ran Iran's military operations across the Middle East.

Iraqi state TV reported Thursday that Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, was killed by rockets hitting his vehicle near Baghdad International Airport. The Pentagon then confirmed it was an American strike ordered by President Donald Trump that killed Soleimani.