US Service Member Killed In Iraq

A US service member has been killed in northern Iraq, with US media reporting the death came after a rocket attack on a base.

The death came after an indirect fire rocket attack on a base in Makhmur, according to CNN, with a US official quoted as saying that a "small number" of other American troops were injured in the attack.
The base is located where the US conducts advise-and-assist activities, the news organisation said, and it is understood that the service member was on security duty there for force protection.
The service member has not yet been publicly identified, as their family is yet to be informed.

The last US service member to be killed in Iraq as a result of hostile enemy action was Army soldier Master Sgt Joshua Wheeler, who died in October during a rescue mission, also in northern Iraq.