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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday raised the Iraqi flag over the newly-liberated city of Al-Qaim and Husaybah border crossing with Syria. According to a statement issued by al-Abadi ...
An Iraqi border police captain also showed Reuters news agency photos of the Iraqi flag flying at the crossing, saying that it was "officially under the full control of the Iraqi government".