Coalition service member dies in non-combat incident

A service member with Operation Inherent Resolve — the U.S.-led coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria — was killed Wednesday as a result of what appeared to be a non-combat incident.

The incident currently is under investigation, and further details will be released at the discretion of the pertinent national authorities and after next of kin notification, a press release from Operation Inherent Resolve said.

Officials at U.S. Central Command would not confirm whether the service member was a U.S. soldier.

Coalition combat operations in Iraq and Syria have started to wane as a result of the liberation of Mosul and Raqqa. Early in December, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the complete liberation of Iraq from ISIS control.

But there are still pockets of ISIS fighters in the Jazeera desert in western Iraq and along the middle Euphrates River valley. U.S. officials in Baghdad contend there are less than 3,000 ISIS fighters left in the war-torn region.

November had only recorded 1,000 coalition munitions dropped in Iraq in Syria. That figure is the lowest since September of 2014, around that start of Operation Inherent Resolve.

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