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Two U.S. service members were killed by "enemy forces" Sunday while advising and accompanying Iraqi Security Forces during a mission to eliminate an ISIS terrorist stronghold in a mountainous area of north-central Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement to Fox News.
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U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division clean the barrel of artillery at a military base north of Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2017. Picture taken February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily
The names of the service members are being withheld pending next of kin notification, in accordance with U.S. Department of Defense policy, the statement said.
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The two Americans killed were Marine Raiders partnering with Iraqi Special Forces in a large operation against ISIS, an unidentified source familiar with the operation told Marine Corps Times. No other information was immediately released.
Fox News' Lucas Tomlinson contributed to this report.
