US Airstrike Kills 20 Iraqi Pro-Government Troops
MEP: A US airstrike has reportedly killed at least 20 Iraqi pro-government fighters near the militant-held northern city of Mosul on Wednesday morning.
A local source, speaking on condition of anonymity told the Arabic-language Shafaq news agency the US-led military aircraft struck a building in the Kharaeb village of the al-Qayyarah region, leaving 20 Iraqi tribal fighters dead and five others injured.
The source added that the fighters were members of a clan led by a tribal elder identified as Sheikh Nazhan Lahibi.
The United States and some its allies have been carrying out air strikes in Iraq since June 2014 allegedly targeting Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) terrorists in the northern and western parts of the conflict-plagued Arab country.
