Isis Demands Iraq Rebels’ Allegiance

The radical al-Qaeda offshoot ISIS has asked other Sunni rebel groups which joined the uprising in Iraq to swear an oath of allegiance and give up arms. 

The group declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria it controls and changed its name to the Islamic State.  

The Islamic State has suppressed other groups in parts of Syria. 

The rebels now control important town of al-Bu Kamal and the Syrian side of the main border crossing with Iraq after three days of violent clashes with other Syrian rebel groups.
 
Source: BBC