WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — CENTCOM noted that casualty identification procedures will be deferred to the relevant national authorities.
“A Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve service member died as a result of a non-battle related injury in Iraq today,” the press release stated.
The US-led coalition of 65-nations has been conducting airstrikes against ISIL targets in Iraq since August 2014 and in Syria since September 2014, but without approval of the UN Security Council or the Syrian government.
