and peshmerga mirrorss. the u.s. announcement to reinforce the presence on the grounds in iraq comes after a pentagon says a senior i.s.i.l. figure has been killed. in man apparently managed the armed group's finances. he is said to have been killed by a u.s. raid in syria. our correspondent joins us from the iraqi capital. there is a lot going on. let's start with the latest attack on an air force base. what do we know about that? >> reporter: according to our security forces from the area, and from the base, this is talking about a bigger fighters. 10 fighters succeeded and they were all wearing suicide vests. they infiltrated the base. there were fighting against iraqi forces and the people. some blew themselves up and others were free. there are around 15 or 16 people from the security forces have been killed in this attack. another 20 injured. the whole military base is under the case of alarm and searching is still going on looking for those people from i.s.i.l. fighters who are still free according to security