WASHINGTON -- A US service member was killed in action in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone on Saturday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday.

CENTCOM says service members died as 'partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks'.

Regional hostilities escalated to an unprecedented peak on Saturday after U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the first American military fatalities caused by direct Iranian…

The official confirmed death toll from Iranian fire in Operation Epic Fury now sits at 10, with another highly likely.