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Report: Iraqi PM orders Syria crossings opened to refugees

AL-WALEED, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has told Iraq's border officials to allow Syrian refugees into the county, a senior border commander said Monday.
"The order came 30 minutes ago," General Issam Yassim told Reuters at Iraq's southern Al-Waleed border crossing with Syria, 560 km west of Baghdad.
He said it applied to all Iraqi border crossings with Syria.