Shafaq News– Baghdad
Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Haibet Al-Halbousi on Mondaysummoned Interior Minister Abdul Amir Al-Shammari, Defense Minister Thabet Al-Abbasi,and Army Chief of Staff Abdul Amir Yarallah for a closed security briefing.
According to a statement from the parliament’s mediaoffice, the ministers will brief lawmakers on border protection measures andcurrent security assessments.
The move follows renewed official assurances regardingthe western frontier, with Nineveh Governor Abdul Qader Al-Dakhil recentlydescribing the province’s border with Syria as fully secured, citing continuousdeployments along the entire line. Iraq’s armed forces also confirmed fullcontrol of the Syrian frontier, saying construction of a concrete barrier alongthe roughly 600-kilometer border is about 80 percent complete.
Security scrutiny has intensified due to renewedinstability in northeastern Syria, where clashes between Syrian governmentforces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) caused dozens ofcasualties and displaced thousands of Kurdish families. Syria’s transitionalPresident Ahmad Al-Sharaa signed an agreement with the SDF aimed at ending thefighting and integrating the group into state institutions. Despite the deal,the SDF has accused factions affiliated with the Syrian government ofcontinuing attacks on its positions, while Damascus has blamed the SDF fordeadly assaults on army personnel.
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