U.S. Service Member Killed Outside Mosul

A U.S. service member was killed outside of Mosul, Iraq, on Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force, Operation Inherent Resolve, said in a statement.

The service member died from wounds sustained in a blast outside the city.

Further details were not immediately available.

The news of the casualty comes as two Army Rangers were killed in an anti-ISIS raid in Afghanistan this week. The Pentagon is investigating whether the two soldiers were the victims of friendly fire.

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