DAMASCUS, Syria, June 30 (UPI) -- The Islamic State on Thursday retook the Hamdan small airport near the Iraq border a day after it was seized by Syrian rebels backed by the United States.
The air base is near the city of al-Bukamal, where the Islamic State took control in 2014. The city is one of the main transit points used between Syria and Iraq by the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, ISIL or ISIS.