Charlie Keating IV died after IS attackers overran the Kurdish Peshmerga frontline near Telskof, a Christian town north of Mosul.
(SKYNews)- Footage has been released of a battle in Iraq between American, Kurdish and Assyrian forces and Islamic State militants, in which a US Navy SEAL was killed.
Charlie Keating IV was shot in a gunfight after more than 100 IS attackers overran the Kurdish Peshmerga frontline near Teleskof, a Christian town about 20 miles north of Mosul.
He was assisting US troops, who were deployed to advise Peshmerga fighters, but found themselves in the firing line when IS broke through using suicide car bombs and bulldozers on Tuesday.
The US responded with F-15s and drones that dropped more than 20 bombs, said a US official.Up to 60 militants were killed and the Peshmerga later regained control of the town.
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