Iraq's Prime Miister Confirms That Syrian War Planes Bombed ISIS Positions On The Iraq - Syrian Border

Maliki Confirms Syrian Planes Have Bombed Isis Positions -- The Guardian

Iraq's prime minister says he welcomes raid on Sunni militants as Iran and US intensify their presence in the country

The Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, said on Thursday that he welcomed a Syrian air strike on Sunni militant positions as it left both countries "winners".

The Syrian warplanes struck near the border crossing in the town of Qaim on Tuesday, hitting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis), which seeks to carve out a purist Islamic enclave across the Syria-Iraq border.

Details are, however, sketchy. The White House spokesman Joshua Earnest earlier said Washington had "no reason to dispute" reports that Syria had struck within Iraqi territory but Maliki told the BBC that Bashar Assad's airforce had stuck to its side of the border.

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