Friendly fire from the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State killed 10 members of the Iraqi security forces and a local official in an air strike west of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi officials said. The strike was called in after the army detachment arrested the suspect and withdrew from the area, he added. A spokesman of the U.S.-led international coalition said all its air strikes are carried out at the request of the Iraqi security forces. “Any and all support comes at request/approval of Iraq; NO unilateral coalition operations in Iraq,” said the spokesman, U.S. Army Colonel Ryan Dillon, in a tweet. The Iraqi government last month declared victory over Islamic State which had declared a “caliphate” over parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014.

Source: Hindustan Times January 27, 2018 11:49 UTC