Iraq hits 'jihadist convoy' in Syria

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Source: BBC

Iraqi military helicopters have destroyed a convoy of fuel tankers inside Syrian territory, Baghdad says.

The convoy was heading towards the border and was due to supply jihadi militants in Iraq's Anbar province, according to the Interior Ministry.

Isis has recently created a safe passage from Anbar to the north Syrian city of Aleppo, says BBC Arabic's Murad Batal Shishani.

Our correspondent says it seems Iraq now wants to increase the pressure on the group by hitting its supply routes.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-27179916

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1. This is good news

That Iraq is starting to try and curb Islamist violence, it can help keep innocents safe from being killed as terror targets.