Row after IS militants taken to area near Iraq

It has also angered Iraqis who expressed resentment at the deal that effectively puts the militants on their border. Baghdad accused Hezbollah and the Syrian government of preferring to strengthen IS near the Iraqi border, rather than eliminating the militant group.

Spokesman Saad alHadithi said the Iraqi government “will firmly face any threat to Iraqi territories”. Some Iraqis also expressed resentment on social media

The Lebanese government and Hezbollah have defended the deal that allowed IS safe passage to the eastern province of Deir el-Zour, saying it was the only way Lebanon could uncover the fate of its kidnapped soldiers. OFFICIALS fear the death toll from flooding in Texas sparked by Hurricane Harvey could soar once the water recedes from one of the country’s most sprawling metropolitan centres.

Crews have been overwhelmed by thousands of rescue calls and have had little time to search for potential victims.

More than three days after the storm ravaged the Texas coastline, authorities had confirmed only three deaths, including a woman killed when a large tree fell on to her trailer home in the town of Porter, but

Tidwell Road in Houston is more like a river.

unconfirmed reports of others missing or feared dead are growing.

“We know in these kind of events that, sadly, the death toll goes up,” Houston police chief Art Acevedo said. “I’m really

worried about how many bodies we’ll find.”

One Houston woman said she presumed six members of a family died after their van sank into Greens Bayou in East Houston.