Border guards confirm full control of border with Syria

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  • 13-10-2021, 13:20
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    Baghdad-INA


    The Border Guard Command confirmed on Wednesday that the border with Syria has been fully controlled.
     
    "The forces have begun fortifying the Iraqi-Syrian border," said Lt. Gen. Hamed al-Husseini, commander of the border guard forces, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
     
    "Border guards have come a long way in securing the Iraqi-Syrian border from the northwest side of Nineveh province," he said.
     
    "The border is in a state of stabilized security and most terrorist infiltrations and smuggling have been cut off," he said, stressing that "forces are fully in control of the border." 
     

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