Nigeria, July 20 -- A US soldier has been killed in Iraq, bringing to 17 the number of American soldiers who have been confirmed killed in the war with Iran.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Sunday night that "a U.S. service member in northern Iraq was killed in action on July 18 during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone."

It added that a "second service member was wounded and continues to receive medical treatment for a minor injury."

PREMIUM TIMES reports that the announcement comes a day after the killing of two American soldiers in Iranian retaliatory strikes on a US facility in Jordan. A third soldier was listed as missing.

However, in the Sunday statement, CENTC...