Our forces enabled to curb terrorists’ infiltration across the Syrian border, JOC says

 
Baghdad-INA
 
The joint Operations Command (JOC), announced Tuesday, the success of the security forces in curbing terrorists’ infiltration across the borders.
 
Daesh terrorists’ gangs still active on the Syrian side, as they are trying from time to time to penetrate the Iraqi-Syrian borders, noting that the security forces closed the borders with wire barriers and surveillance cameras, JOC spokesman, Major General Tahsin al-Khafaji, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
 
Al-Khafaji emphasized the success of the security forces to curb the penetration of the terrorists groups, affirming the presence of security detachments in Al-Jazeera desert and in the various Ops sector.
 
He also added, “The security forces adopted new tactics by intelligence, technical and security efforts, which relies on intelligence information in directing air strikes by the Air Force."
 
Al-Khafaji stressed "The air strikes resulted in the killing of terrorist leaders, the pursuit of terrorist detachments, and killing and arrest of their members."
 
Al-Khafaji added "ISIS terrorist gangs no longer pose a threat as they used to be, but their threat still exists," explaining that "despite the inability of terrorist gangs to confront the security forces, they try from time to time to carry out a terrorist operation to raise their morale."