US Special Forces mounted an operation in northern Iraq to rescue Kurdish hostages, CNN reported on Thursday, citing unidentified U.S. officials.
There may be one US fatality or injury, CNN said, adding that details were sketchy. Confirmed details as to the raid remain unclear.
Vaughn Sterling, a CNN senior producer at The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, tweeted that the raid resulted in the death of one American but that 70 Kurdish hostages were freed.
This is not the first high risk operation that US Special Forces have conducted against ISIS. Most recently, on May 16, Special Forces conducted a raid in eastern Syria aimed at capturing Abu Sayyaf, a high ranking ISIS member. During the raid, Sayyaf was killed but his wife and considerable amounts of intelligence files were seized.
(Reuters reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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US Special Forces reportedly mounted a risky hostage rescue operation in Iraq
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