US and British troops die during training in Iraq

Erbil (IraqiNews.com) – According to sources, military training mishaps in northern Iraq over the weekend resulted in the deaths of an American soldier and a British serviceman.

According to the U.S. military, one American soldier died on Sunday following a training mishap at Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

The military did not make the incident’s specifics public.

British officials also confirmed the loss of one of their military members during training activities in northern Iraq.s.

As part of operations against the remnants of the Islamic State group, Western soldiers are still stationed in Iraq at the time of these occurrences.

Washington maintains soldiers stationed in the Kurdistan Region while increasing strategic and diplomatic engagement with Kurdish authorities, notwithstanding the United States’ recent military reductions.

Late this year, the United States built a sizable new consulate facility in Erbil, highlighting its ongoing long-term engagement in northern Iraq in spite of more general regional unrest.

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