Major Iraqi border post with Syria captured

By Alissa J. Rubin
Updated June 23 2014 - 8:00am, first published 7:30am

Baghdad: Sunni militants captured a major border post into Syria late on Saturday, opening the way for fighters and weapons to move across the border with ease, a development that Iraqi and Western officials described Sunday as worrisome. 

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