Shafaq News–Nineveh
Iraq’sborder with Syria in Nineveh province is fully secured, Governor Abdul Qaderal-Dakhil affirmed on Monday, citing extensive deployments by Iraqi securityforces.
Speaking ata press conference, al-Dakhil described the security situation as stable,attributing the result to close coordination with the commander-in-chief of thearmed forces, caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, and seniorsecurity commanders. He said the effort involves continuous cooperation betweenthe Joint Operations Command and security, technical, and logistical bodies.
He outlinedthe deployment of Iraqi army units, federal police, border guards, and thePopular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a state-affiliated paramilitary coalition,along the entire Nineveh–Syria border, stressing that the measures eliminatesecurity concerns in the area.
Earliertoday, Iraq’s Armed Forces confirmed that the border with Syria has been fullysecured as part of national measures to prevent armed groups from exploitingborder gaps, noting that construction of the concrete barrier along the roughly600-kilometer frontier is about 80 percent complete.
Theassurances come amid renewed instability in northeastern Syria, where clashesbetween Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces(SDF) caused dozens of casualties and displaced thousands of Kurdish families. Syria’s transitional President Ahmad Al-Sharaa signed an agreement with the SDFaimed at ending the fighting and integrating the group into state institutions. Despite the deal, the SDF has accused factions affiliated with the Syriangovernment of continuing attacks on its positions, while Damascus has blamedthe SDF for deadly assaults on army personnel.
