The US Defense Department has announced the death of an American service member as a result of ‘enemy’ fire in northern Iraq.
The trooper was killed on Saturday during a rocket attack on a base in the region, said the Pentagon.
The so-called US-led coalition against Daesh (ISIL) earlier said a trooper had been killed due to enemy action, but had declined to specify the nationality of the dead.
The last US service member to be killed in Iraq as a result of enemy fire was army soldier Joshua Wheeler, who died last October during a rescue mission in northern Iraq, US media said.
The latest fatality came after an indirect rocket attack on a base at Makhmur, CNN said, citing a US official as saying that a “small number” of other American troops were also wounded there.
It is not exactly clear how many soldiers sustained injuries and the Pentagon has yet to give further details.
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