JOC reveals plans to close the gaps in the border with Turkey

Baghdad-INA
The Joint Operations Command (JOC) revealed on Sunday, the preparation of special plans to secure the borders with Turkey, while it announced the participation of three types of aircraft in the month of Muharram plan.

The spokesman for the JOC, Major General Tahsin al-Khafaji, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the deputy commander of operations with the commander of the border guards and the Peshmerga made an important visit to the borders, to watch the gaps in the zero line separating Iraq and Turkey."

Al-Khafaji, added, "The necessary plans have been prepared, as indicated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, for the purpose of completing our procedures, in order to close the loopholes to prevent any infiltration, and to maintain the security and safety of the borders," noting that "this is the first time that the Iraqi flag has been raised on the borders intersection with Turkey.”

He stressed that "there is great cooperation with the Peshmerga forces in all security fields, which is a tangible progress."

Regarding the preparations for the month of Muharram, he explained, "The Baghdad Operations Command, in cooperation with the Middle Euphrates Operations Command in Karbala and Najaf, prepared the necessary plans in cooperation with the Joint Operations Command, which includes a plan for the intelligence and security effort and activating arrest warrants and specific operations before the month of Muharram."