
The American command in Iraq reported on Monday about the death of six US army servicemen in the vicinity of Baghdad, Interfax reports.
Four of them died as a result of shelling in the area of the village of Yusufi (50 km southwest of Baghdad), two others in the area of the city of Balad to the north of the Iraqi capital.
Also, according to the American command in Iraq, the operation continues to destroy the Iraqi rebels related to al-Qaeda near the city of Kaim on the border with Syria.
Bombing shots from aircraft are applied to this area. From medical sources in Kaim, it became known that at least 35 civilians were killed as a result of airstrikes.