IS takes last Syria regime-held crossing on Iraq border
Jihadists from the Islamic State group seized the last Syrian regime-controlled crossing on the border with Iraq, the Al-Tanaf crossing, seen here in 2007 (AFP Photo/Louai Beshara)Jihadists from the Islamic State group seized the last Syrian regime-controlled crossing on the border with Iraq late Thursday, a monitoring group said.
"IS seized control of the Al-Tanaf border crossing on the Syrian-Iraqi border… after regime forces withdrew, leaving the Syrian regime with no control over its border with Iraq," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
SOURCE: AFP
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