The rout continues.

Via Telegraph:

More news just in from the town of Al-Qaim, on the Syrian border, where 34 Iraqi security forces have been killed in fighting with insurgents. AFP reports that the rebels, believed to be Isis, are in control of much of the town:

Clashes with Sunni Muslim militants have killed 34 Iraqi security forces members in Al-Qaim, a town on the Syrian border, officials said on Friday.

The fighting broke out late Thursday night and continued until around noon Friday, with militants in control of most of the town, security forces officers and a local official said.

But the official, Farhan Farhan, appealed to the government for arms “stronger than the weapons that ISIL (Isis) has,” a reference to the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham.
Witnesses said families had begun to flee Al-Qaim.