The U.S. Central Command said that one of the American soldiers was killed yesterday, Saturday, "during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance" in northern Iraq.

It added in a statement issued today, Sunday, that the ordnance belonged to "an Iranian attack drone that was shot down."

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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard had targeted an American base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, amid the ongoing war with the United States and Israel.

The Guard said in a statement published on its channel on the Telegram application: "The headquarters of the American army in Harir Air Base in the Kurdistan Region was targeted with five missiles," according to the statement.