Russia says hits Islamic State supply route from Iraq to Syria

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's military carried out an air strike on a bridge over the Euphrates river in Syria which was being used by Islamic State militants to bring supplies from Iraq into Syria, Russia's RIA news agency quoted a defense ministry official as saying. The official, Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov, said the bridge was now impassable, the agency reported. (Reporting by Polina Devitt; Editing by Christian Lowe)