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Tribal assassinations spark Iraqi-Syrian border concern

The assassination of a prominent tribal figure and reports of continuing smuggling of individuals from Syria into Iraq have raised concerns on both sides of the border.

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Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand in the village of Baghouz in Syria's eastern Deir ez-Zor province near the Iraqi border on March 24, 2019, a day after the Islamic State was declared defeated by the US-backed Kurdish-led SDF. — DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images

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