Armed clashes on the Syrian -Iraqi border .. What is the story?

A military source in the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Authority announced today, Friday, the outbreak of clashes in the border area between Iraq and Syria, near the city of Albukamal in the far east of the Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor.

The leader of the seventh brigade of the popular crowd, Jaafar Muhammad al -Shujanbi, said that “gunmen opened fire from inside the Syrian territories towards the crowd forces deployed on the border strip.” He added: “Until now, the reasons for this provocative attack were not clear, and the Iraqi authorities (the Ministry of Defense or the Joint Operations Command did not issue any official statement on the accident. The two hours.