Kurdish Soldiers And American Special Forces Have Conducted A Raid On An Islamic State Base In Iraq Near Hawija

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Rudaw: Kurdish-American commandos raid ISIS base near Hawija

Erbil, Kurdistan Region—Kurdish and American commandos raided an Islamic State (ISIS) base near Hawija Friday night, killing a number of militants and capturing others, Kirkuk police said.

Brigadier Sarhad Qadir of the Kirkuk police told Rudaw that at 11:00 pm Friday night Kurdish commandos backed by American special forces stormed an ISIS court in the town of Riyadh east of Hawija where they killed a number of militants in the ensuing firefight.

Brig. Qadir said some militants were captured in the raid and Hussein Umair Assafi, a commander of the radical group was killed.

He added that more information on the raid is expected to be released by the special operations team.

WNU Editor: Rudaw is the only news agency reporting this raid so far .... I suspect that more information and news will be released in the next few hours. This is the same ISIS base that U.S. Special Forces with Kurdish soldiers conducted a raid in October that resulted in the death of a U.S. serviceman .... First U.S. Soldier Killed On The Ground Against The Islamic State During Iraq Hostage Rescue Operation