US Service Member Killed North of Mosul

A U.S. service member was killed by a bomb blast north of Mosul, a military official tells VOA. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the service member was assisting members of the Kurdish peshmerga as part of the U.S. advise-and-assist mission to retake Mosul from Islamic State fighters. Another U.S. military official told VOA the service member was killed “loosely in the vicinity of Mosul,” without elaborating. Defense and military officials say he was in a...

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