A military dog saved the life of a team of British Special Forces from a group of 50 ISIS fighters who ambushed them in Northern Iraq.

As per the sources, the Special Air Service (SAS) soldiers were returning from a 10-day training programme for Peshmerga fighters. Where they were trapped by a group of jihadis last month, on the Kurdish border. The convoy was hit by a homemade bomb as around 50 ISIS fighters attacked.

Jihadis attacked them the British force from behind, when they tried to move out.

The Alsatian, thought to have been trained by the US Army, was travelling with the group of British soldiers in a convoy of four vehicles. A US soldier travelling with the convoy let the heroic dog off the leash. The angry dog ran, snarling towards the ISIS fighters. The first jihadi was bitten on the neck and face. The dog then slashed at the second fighter’s arm and leg.

According to sources, “When the dog was unleashed it went after the greatest threat without consideration for its own safety – this is what they are trained to do”.