U.S. Service Member Is Killed in Northern Iraq in Fight With ISIS
An American service member was killed in northern Iraq on Tuesday morning — the third to die in combat since a United States-led coalition began fighting the Islamic State in Iraq in 2014. It was also the third such death in combat since the American troop withdrawal from Iraq in 2011. The death occurred around 9:30 a.m., […]Eric Schmitt reports for The New York Times:
An American service member was killed in northern Iraq on Tuesday morning — the third to die in combat since a United States-led coalition began fighting the Islamic State in Iraq in 2014. It was also the third such death in combat since the American troop withdrawal from Iraq in 2011.
The death occurred around 9:30 a.m., when enemy forces penetrated the front lines of the Kurdish pesh merga militias, which are fighting alongside the coalition against the Islamic State. The service member, who was conducting “advise and assist” duties in support of the pesh merga, was not identified. He was about two miles to three miles behind the front lines when he was killed.
The top United States military spokesman in the region, Col. Steven H. Warren, said that further details would be released when they were available. No identifying details were provided.
