At least 15 Iraqi border policemen were killed today and five were wounded in an attack by extremists from the Islamic State on a checkpoint on the Iraqi-Syrian border, officials said.
The attack took place in the town of Al Walid on the Iraqi side of the border, a senior military officer said.
This news was confirmed by a government official in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.
The Islamic State has conquered large parts of Iraq and Syria since August, and it also controls most of the border crossings between those two countries.
The extremist group has declared a self-styled Islamic caliphate in territories under its control in Iraq and Syria, where it enforces its strict interpretation of Sharia law.
The Islamic State has carried out numerous attacks on government security forces, ethnic minorities and others who oppose it, committing mass murders.
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