2 US service members injured in Iraqi raid targeting ISIS leaders

Two U.S. service members were injured overnight in a raid in Iraq that targeted top ISIS leaders and killed “multiple” ISIS operatives, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

“What I can tell you is that overnight, CENTCOM and Iraqi security forces conducted a partnered raid in Iraq targeting several senior ISIS leaders,” Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters at a briefing.

The two U.S. service members were in stable condition, Ryder said.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani announced earlier Tuesday that an Iraqi raid in the northern Hamrin Mountains had successfully killed the new head of ISIS in Iraq along with eight other ISIS leaders. The Pentagon did not provide many details about the raids Tuesday.

Iraq’s armed forces identified the Islamic State leader killed in the operation as Jasim al-Masroui Abu Abdel Qadir. The Iraqi army did not name the other victims of the raid, but said they would be identified after DNA tests.

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