U.S. troops have come "under fire" and have "returned fire" in and around Mosul as allied forces try to retake the city from ISIS, a U.S. military spokesperson said on Wednesday. “When someone is shooting at you, that is combat,” said Col. John Dorrian, the Baghdad-based spokesman, to Pentagon reporters. A separate U.S. defense official told Fox News that U.S. troops fighting in Mosul have been wounded in recent fighting, but declined to say how many, or when the incidents occurred. The official told Fox News some were airlifted by helicopter for treatment, but declined to describe the wounds in any detail. ISIS is estimated to have between 1,000 and 3,000 fighters in Mosul, Dorrian said.

Source: Fox News February 22, 2017 18:19 UTC