Islamic State kills twenty Iraqi smugglers near borders with Syria
| Smuggling is a risky business, though clearly it is easier to get out past the Iraqi border guards than it is to get back past the remnants of ISIS. |
Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said, “twenty smugglers from Anbar were trapped by IS members at the Syrian side from the borders with Iraq.”
The smugglers, according to the source, who preferred anonymity, “were drivers of trucks. The militants killed them and stole their trucks.”
“The smugglers were intending to cross from Syria to Iraq,” the source added.
The Iraqi-Syrian borders are under the control of joint troops of military and border guards.
Paramilitary troops kill suicide attackers as IS attack foiled near borders with Syria
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The pro-government paramilitary services have repulsed an Islamic State attack, killing suicide attackers as they infiltrated from Syria to Iraq.
In a statement, the media service of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) said on Wednesday that “troops deployed on Iraqi-Syrian borders, west of Mosul, thwarted an infiltration attempt by Islamic State suicide attackers who tried to sneak into Iraq.”
The attackers, according to the statement, were all killed.