Two U.S. service members were killed Sunday in Iraq, the U.S. Department of Defense said Monday.
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The soldiers were killed while “advising and accompanying Iraqi Security Forces during a mission to eliminate an ISIS terrorist stronghold,” the department said.
The soldiers’ names have not been released.
»Read: President Trump’s statement on Iranian airstrikes
Iraqi lawmakers have voted to end the presence of all foreign troops after a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, whom the U.S. accused of carrying out terrorist attacks on Americans and hundreds of others throughout the region.
The Trump administration has said it does not intend to pull troops out of the country.
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