Iranian Security Forces Attacked On Border, Possibly By ISIS, State Media Claims

Fighters associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the Sunni militant group laying siege to large swaths of land in Iraq, attacked Iranian border guards in the town of Qasre Shirin last week, according to Iranian state media. If true, the attack would mark the first time the militant group has expanded its efforts to create an Islamic caliphate beyond the borders of Iraq and Syria. It currently occupies an irregular expanse of land that stretches from Aleppo to the outskirts of Baghda...