More than a dozen IS group operatives killed in joint US-Iraqi raid

Fifteen members of the Islamic State group were killed and seven US troops wounded during a joint US-Iraqi raid in western Iraq, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Friday. The operation comes after months of talks between Baghdad and Washington over the presence of anti-jihadist coalition forces in Iraq, which have been targeted with drones and rocket fire as the Israel-Hamas war draws in Iran-backed armed groups across the Middle East.