An American serviceman has been killed in combat in Iraq, officials said Tuesday. The U.S.-led coalition issued a statement saying one of its service members died in northern Iraq on Tuesday as "a result of enemy fire."


It did not specify the victim's nationality, but Defense Secretary Ash Carter confirmed that an American serviceman died near the Iraqi city of Irbil.


"It is a combat death," Carter told reporters in Germany, according to The Associated Press.