Iraqi Helicopters Attack Jihadist Convoy on Syrian Border

Iraqi army helicopters launched an attack to a jihadist convoy inside eastern Syria as it tried to approach the border, killing at least eight people. It was the first time Iraq's military carried out an attack in Syria.
 
"The army struck eight tanker trucks in Wadi Suwab inside Syrian territory as they were trying to enter Iraqi territory to provide the [jihadist] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIL] with fuel," Brigadier General Saad Maan told Al Jazeera, adding that the attack killed at least eight people.

The group, currently terrorizing the city of Fallujah, is also responsible to the bombings in the capital Baghdad, including an attack on a Shia political rally on Friday that killed 36 people. ISIL emerged in Iraq following the US-led invasion in 2003. It later resurfaced in Syria during the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

Sumber : Tempo