Jihadi group captures Syrian border town
The al-Qaeda breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and al Shams captured a key Syrian town near the Iraq border from other rebels on Tuesday and advanced toward a stronghold of its main jihadi rivals, an activist group said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Boukamal fell to the militants early Tuesday following days of battles between the group and other factions led by the Nusra Front, al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate. Activists in the area could not immediately be reached and calls to Boukamal and nearby areas were not going through. (AP)
