The U.S. military conducted a drone strike on Sunday, Dec. 3, killing five suspected militants near Kirkuk in what the U.S. side described as a “self-defense” strike.
In a Monday press release, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said forces assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) identified the suspected militants preparing to launch their own one-way attack drone. CJTF-OIR forces responded by directing an unspecified armed unmanned aerial system to the scene, delivering strikes that killed the suspected militants and destroyed their one-way attack drone.
