Iraq: Iraqi soldiers recapture 2 border crossings from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants
Iraqi security forces have retaken control of two border crossings in their latest battles against Takfiri militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Troops recaptured the Trebil border crossing with Jordan and al-Waleed crossing on the border with Syria on Monday.
Also, Iraqi warplanes launched air strikes against the ISIL militants in the city of Tal Afar in Iraq’s northwestern Nineveh Province.
Earlier on Monday, the army flushed the ISIL militants out of the al-Othaim district in Diyala Province. Dozens of terrorists were killed, and a number of vehicles with Saudi license plates were seized.