Alwaght- Iraqi forces have liberated al-Waleed border crossing with Syria from ISIS terrorist group, thus choking a key supply line feeding the terrorist group.
Al-Waleed, which together with two other passageways links Iraq and Syria, came under Iraqi army control, military statement said on Saturday
The advance took place as the Syrian government and its allies are dislodging the terrorists on the other side of the border.
Al-Waleed, , in the far west of Iraq, is close to the al-Tanf crossing on the common border, which is the key to the Baghdad-Damascus Highway and also links up to the main Baghdad-Amman route.
ISIS seized al-Waleed in May 2015, almost a year into its deadly terror campaign in Syria and Iraq. It used the bridgehead to expand its grip there to the entirety of the common border.
Syrian forces are, meanwhile, advancing toward al-Tanf, where the US forces have been based since last year on a mission to train anti-Damascus militants.
US-led coalition has three times stricken convoys of Damascus-allied forces that were moving towards al-Tanf. The forces, however, regrouped afterward and continued their advance.
On Wednesday, the US Army relocated a new truck-mounted, long-range missile launcher from Jordan to al-Tanf.
