Syria: Rebels won the ISIS crossing point
A group of Syrian rebels captured late last night the al Tanaf, a crossing from Syria to neighboring Iraq, announced the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The rebels broke into Syrian territory from Jordan, where they were trained, and then went to Tanaf, the side of which Iraq is controlled by fighters of the organization Islamic State (IR), according to this NGO, which has a wide network information sources in Syria.
In May, the IR had occupied the ancient city of Palmyra, with all the archaeological the country and the al Tanaf, approximately 240 km., Which was then the last waypoint in the Syrian-Iraqi border that was still in the hands of Bashar al-Assad regime.
Air blows the international coalition in but US leadership forced the jihadists of IK to withdraw from the Syrian side of this crossing point, facilitating in this way the advance of the rebels, said the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, according to the Athens Press Agency.
"Some of these rebels come from the province of Deir EZ Zor, near the border with Iraq, and had been expelled from their homes by the IR, while others come from Homs and Reeds", near Damascus., Explained the Abdel Rahman AFP.
The IR continues however to control Boukamal, central, strategic border crossing point, while Kurdish militants control Giarampia crossing point north.
In summer the IR had already lost control of the border crossing Tal Abyad in Syria-Turkey border, which occupied Kurdish fighters.
A group of Syrian rebels captured late last night the al Tanaf, a crossing from Syria to neighboring Iraq, announced the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The rebels broke into Syrian territory from Jordan, where they were trained, and then went to Tanaf, the side of which Iraq is controlled by fighters of the organization Islamic State (IR), according to this NGO, which has a wide network information sources in Syria.
In May, the IR had occupied the ancient city of Palmyra, with all the archaeological the country and the al Tanaf, approximately 240 km., Which was then the last waypoint in the Syrian-Iraqi border that was still in the hands of Bashar al-Assad regime.
Air blows the international coalition in but US leadership forced the jihadists of IK to withdraw from the Syrian side of this crossing point, facilitating in this way the advance of the rebels, said the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, according to the Athens Press Agency.
"Some of these rebels come from the province of Deir EZ Zor, near the border with Iraq, and had been expelled from their homes by the IR, while others come from Homs and Reeds", near Damascus., Explained the Abdel Rahman AFP.
The IR continues however to control Boukamal, central, strategic border crossing point, while Kurdish militants control Giarampia crossing point north.
In summer the IR had already lost control of the border crossing Tal Abyad in Syria-Turkey border, which occupied Kurdish fighters.