A U.S. military helicopter crashed in western Iraq with seven people on board, U.S. officials said on Thursday night.
Two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the aircraft was a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter and it crashed near al-Qaim, a town in Anbar province close to the Syrian border. One official said that it is unlikely the seven people had survived the crash. Rescue forces were sent to the scene.