ISIL retakes Syria border town from US-backed rebels

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) has pushed back an offensive led by US-trained rebels targeting a key route linking eastern Syria to Iraq, according to a monitor and rebel sources. The New Syrian Army, backed by US-led coalition air strikes, had made significant advances into ISIL-held territory near the al-Bukamal border crossing, seizing the al-Hamdan airbase in the process, but ISIL fighters had recaptured the area out by Wednesday...