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Iraq and Syria border guards soldiers congratulate each other during the opening ceremony of the crossing between the Iraqi town of Qaim and Syria's Boukamal in Anbar province, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Iraq and Syria have opened a key border crossing between the two neighboring countries seven years after it was closed during Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq and Syria open border crossing closed since 2012

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, an Iraqi soldier watches smoke rising after an airstrike by US-led International coalition warplanes against ISIS, on the border between Syria and Iraq in Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) ** FILE **

Iraqi town fearful as battle against IS rages next door

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

In this Monday, Nov. 6, 2017 photo, U.S. Marines build a military site during a sandstorm in western Anbar, Iraq. The US-led coalition's newest outpost in the fight against the Islamic State group is in this dusty corner of western Iraq near the border with Syria where several hundred American Marines operate close to the battlefront, a key factor in the recent series of swift victories against the extremists. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

As caliphate crumbles, US builds outposts in western Iraq

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press