Horror as ISIS sniper kills 'elite' US Navy Seal

Keating, 31, is the third American to be killed in direct combat since the US started attacking the terror group in 2014.

The soldier – who was embedded with Peshmerga forces – died at around 9:30am local time yesterday from a gunshot wound.

The militants blasted through Kurdish defences near Tel Asqof before a sniper hit elite serviceman Charlie Keating IV.

Keating, 31, is the third American to be killed in direct combat since the US started attacking the terror group in 2014.

The soldier – who was embedded with Peshmerga forces – died at around 9:30am local time yesterday from a gunshot wound.

ISIS terrorists used car bombs and bulldozers to break through a checkpoint and occupy the town yesterday morning.

But they were driven out by the Peshmerga just hours later, according to US military insiders.

The US is expected to send 200 additional advisers to Iraq before the end of year to retake the city of Mosul.

(dailystar.co.uk)