Defence secretary Healey says the person died during a training exercise

The unnamed individual was conducting exercises in northern Iraq where UK troops have thwarted Iranian drone attacks.

The Ministry of Defence said the service person was killed yesterday in the north of the country.

A member of the British Army was killed in a training accident in northern Iraq on Sunday, the Ministry of Defence said

The soldier’s family has been informed

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Defence secretary Healey says the person died during a training exercise

WASHINGTON (AP) — One American soldier and one British soldier died during a training exercise in Iraq, U.S. and U.K. officials said Monday without releasing further details.

The deaths occurred Sunday at an air base in Irbil in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where the U.S. has retained a presence, the U.S. Army said in a post on…

U.S. and British troops have been under increased stress in recent months as they've come under attack from Iran and its proxy militias.

An American soldier and a British soldier died in a training accident at an air base in Erbil, Iraq, defense officials from both countries confirmed.