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Maliki: Syria carried out air strikes against ISIL near Al Anbar

Syrian Air Force L-39ZA trainer/counterinsurgency attack aircraft #2136. Image credit - Reuters.
Syrian Air Force L-39ZA trainer/counterinsurgency attack aircraft #2136. Image credit – Reuters.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) On Thursday Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki confirmed that Syria carried out air strikes against militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, near the Iraqi border on Tuesday.

Maliki said in a statement for BBC, “The Syrian fighter jets bombed insurgent positions near the border of Qaim on Tuesday,” adding that “the strike was directed to a point on the Syrian side of the border.”

Maliki indicated that “Iraq did not ask for these raids,” asserting that “Baghdad welcomed such attacks against the elements of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.”

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