(Adds details) ANBAR, Iraq, June 22 (Reuters) - Gunmen seized an Iraqi-Syrian border post in Iraq's western Anbar province on Sunday, security sources said, a day after Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government grabbed a**ther border crossing further **rth. A government official who spoke on condition of a**nymity blamed "terrorists". Al-Waleed lies west of Rutba, one of three towns to fall on Sunday to the Sunni insurgents led by al Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which has made stunning advances across **rthwest and central Iraq this month. Al-Qaim, a**ther border town about 200 km (120 miles) further **rth, fell on Saturday to the ISIL militants, who want to create an Islamic caliphate spanning Iraq and Syria.
06-23-2014, 11:21 PM
Gunmen seize Iraqi border post with Syria - sources
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