51 dead as Islamist foes clash in Syria on Iraq border: NGO

April 11, 2014 01:57

At least 51 jihadist and Islamist fighters were killed as rival forces clashed in Syria on the border with Iraq today, a monitoring group said. The fighting erupted at dawn after an assault by the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on posts held by al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front and its allies.

The clashes centred around the border town of Albu Kamal, from which ISIL was expelled from earlier this year, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It said 51 combatants were killed.

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