Iraqi border guards Colonel Nayif Zaili said Syrian rebels fired on two posts which lay two kilometers (1.25 miles) from the Al-Waleed border crossing linking the two countries.
One Iraqi border guard was killed and two others were maimed, he said. A doctor at a nearby hospital confirmed the toll.
The Syrian side of the Al-Waleed border crossing remains under the control of the regime of
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
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, but rebels fighting his rule have sought to take control of it over the course of several months.